Obituary of WILLIAM EDWARD LEONARD, LaSalle Parish, Louisiana

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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:  January 13, 1966

Headline:  W. E. Leonard of Trout Succumbs

William Edward Leonard, 70, of Trout died Saturday at 1:55 p.m. in an 
Alexandria hospital.  He was a World War I veteran.

Funeral services were held Monday at 2 p.m. at the Searcy Baptist Church with 
the Rev. Ed Jelks officiating.  Burial followed in Thomas Cemetery under the 
direction of Kinner and Stevens Funeral Home of Jena.

Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Tennie Walker Leonard of Trout; three 
daughters, Mrs. Florine Byrnes of Houston, Texas, Mrs. Katherine Hudson of 
Spendora, Texas, and Mrs. Helen Hastings of Summerdale, Ala.; three sons, Roy 
L. Leonard of Trout, W. L. Leonard of Ponchatoula and H. a. Dunn of Trout; 
three brothers, F. C. Leonard of Denham Springs, Fred Leonard f Franklinton 
and Thomas Leonard of Houston, Texas; 30 grandchildren; and eight 
great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers were Earl K. Brooks, Garthian Stapleton, Jerry J. Jones, Charles 
R. Slay, Leland Walker, Jr., and Emmanuel E. Jones, Jr.

Military rites were conducted by the Jena National Guard Unit and members of 
the Veterans of Foreign Wars.