Obituary of MONROE DAN MITCHELL, 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. ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** Date: April 21, 1960, Thursday Headline: Monroe Mitchell of Olla Succumbs Monroe Dan Mitchell, 82, died suddenly in the home of his daughter, Mrs. Howard Hendrix of Rt. 1, Olla, at 9:45 p.m., Tuesday. Funeral services were held Thursday at 10 a.m. from the Olla Baptist Church with the Rev. Filer J. Seals and the Rev. B. B. Cox officiating. Burial followed at Beech Creek Cemetery near Olla under the direction of Hixson Brothers Funeral Home of Jena. Mitchell is survived by his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Mitchell of Olla; four daughters, Mrs. Howard Hendrix of Olla, Mrs. Alvin Wright of Morris, Mich., Mrs. Ida Broussard of Lake Charles, Mrs. Earl Nugent of Bastrop; one son, L. L. Mitchell of Monroe; 13 grandchildren, and 13 great-grandchildren. Pallbearers were his grandsons, Homer, L. O. and J. D. Hendrix, Jerry Nugent, Alvie and Sherman Snoddy.