Obituary of CULLEN LAWRENCE, LaSalle Parish, Louisiana

Copied and Submitted by: Doug McBroom, 15520 Swan Lake Blvd., Gulfport, MS 
39503

From The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La.  
Microfilm at the LaSalle Parish Library located in Jena, LaSalle Parish, La.

Many Thanks to The Times - Signal and to the LaSalle Parish Library for 
allowing the following to be added to the Archives.





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Date:  February 17, 1949

Headline:  Reburial Rites Held for Cullen Lawrence

Reburial services for Cullen Lawrence were held at Harrisonburg Wednesday, 
Feb. 9.

Lawrence volunteered for the Army July 1940, at Barksdale Field, Shreveport, 
La.  He was sent to the Philippines in November 1941.  His father, R. W. 
Lawrence, of Parham, La., was notified by the War Department in May 1942 that 
his son was a prisoner of war in the Philippines.  August 1943 notice came of 
his death.

Relatives attending the funeral from Searcy were Mrs. Maloy Steen and 
daughter, Frances; Mrs. Kate King of Midway; Mrs. James Hodges of Jena; Mr. 
and Mrs. J. W. Greer and son, Aaron, of Trout.