Obituary of James N. McCartney, LaSalle Parish, Louisiana

Copied and Submitted by :Kathy LeMay Kelly, P.O. Box 219, Trout, La. 71371

From The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La.
Clippings 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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July 13, 1950, Thursday

Funeral Held for James McCartney

Mr. James N. McCartney, 44, of Trout, Route 1, who died Saturday evening at 8
o'clock, was buried Monday morning at 11 o'clock from the New Union Baptist
church, with interment in the New Union cemetery under the direction of Hixson
Brothers of Jena.

Mr. McCartney, a woodcutter by trade, was a native and lifelong resident of
LaSalle parish. Nephews of Mr. McCartney served as pallbearers at the final
rites which were conducted by the Rev. Jessie Norris, assisted by the Rev. Fox
Allen and M.T. Doughty.

He is survived by his wife, Frances, and five sons, James, Herman, Gerald,
Wayne, and Kenneth; four brothers, George McCartney of Tullos, Oscar McCartney
of Trout, and Lacy and Leslie McCartney, both of Houston, Tex.; and three
sisters, Mrs. Lottie Powell of Trout and Mrs. Jessie Nichols and Mrs. Alice
Miles, both of Houston, Tex.