Obituary of MARTHA ELLA MCCLURE, 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 1, 1970, Thursday

Headline:  Funeral Servcies for Martha McClure Held Last Saturday

Funeral services for Mrs. Martha Ella McClure, 74, of Jonesville Route, were 
held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Utility Baptist Church near Jonesville, with 
Revs. Jerry Richardson and S. B. Spinks officiating.

Burial was in the Woodland Cemetery of Jena under arrangements by Hixson 
Brothers of Jena.

Mrs. McClure, mother of several local residents, died Christmas Day at the 
home of her daughter, Mrs. Mildred Lott of Trout.

Survivors include eight daughters, Mrs. Mildred Lott of Trout; Mrs. Lena Bell 
of Jena; Mrs. Estell Barton of Mansfield; Mrs. Rena Butter of Pucsuh, 
Kentucky; Mrs. Julia Miller of McCalls Creek, Miss.; Mrs. Loretta Wilson, and 
Mrs. Rose Young, both of Jonesville and Mrs. Myrtle Ersmeinger of Wisner; 
eight sons, Samuel Roy McClure of the U. S. Army in Germany; Juan McClure, 
Douglas McClure and Clifford McClure, all of Jonesville; Abner McClure of the 
U. S. Air Force, stationed in Kansas; Fred McClure, Bill McClure and Ed 
McClure, all of Jena; three brothers, Coney Spinks and W. B. Spinks, both of 
Jonesville; and Rev. S. B. Spinks of Jena; seven sisters, Mrs. Janie Finley 
and Mrs. Rena Crosh, both of Eva; Mrs. Lena Netherland of Jonesville, Mrs. 
Colla Keringer and Mrs. Bessie Stampley, both of Wisner; Mrs. Rosie Oliver of 
Bastrop; and Mrs. Lotile Cayle of St. Joseph; and a host of grandchildren and 
great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers were Don McClure, Wesley McClure, Herman Spinks, Sonny Spinks, 
Blondie Moore, and J. D. Chevallier.