Obituary of JACK MILES, 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:  October 10, 1935, Thursday

Headline:  Funeral Services for Jack Miles at Monroe Thursday

Funeral services for Jack Miles, 12 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Miles, 
208 Mitchell Lane, were held at the family residence in West Monroe Thursday 
afternoon at 2:00 o'clock, conducted by Rev. E. E. Huntsberry, pastor of the 
First Baptist Church.  Interment was in Riverview Burial Park, Monroe.  Young 
Miles was a grandson of Mrs. J. D. Russell, Sr., of Jena.

The youth, a pupil at Crosley School, met instant death Wednesday evening at 
6:30 o'clock, when he fell or was thrown from a horse when the animal ran 
against a fence.  Jack with two companions, Jimmy Cudd of 310 South 
Riverfront, and Thomas Younse of 514 South Riverfront, were horseback riding 
on the White's Ferry Road and were at a point near the Old Travelers Rest 
Dairy when the fatal accident occurred.  In attempting to guide the horse 
through a gate, the animal struck the fence and young Miles was thrown to the 
ground, striking head first and breaking his neck.

He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Miles; two sisters, Mrs. 
Ross Davis and Miss Marjorie Miles; and three brothers, Aubrey, Harold and 
Russell Miles, all of West Monroe.