Obituary of LEWIS WILLIAM MCLENDON, 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 25, 1951, Thursday

Headline:  Last Rites are Held For LaSalle Native, L. W. McLendon, 92

Funeral services for Lewis William McLendon, 92, who passed away at his home 
on Route 1, Olla, at 9 a.m. Monday, were held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the 
Summerville Baptist Church with the Reverends T. J. Allbritton, Hugh Tarpley 
and J. G. Norris officiating.  Interment was in the Squyres Cemetery near 
Summerville, under the direction of Hixson Brothers Funeral Home.

Mr. McLendon, a farmer by occupation, was a lifelong resident of LaSalle 
Parish.  He was born on July 29, 1859.  

He is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Martha Poole and Mrs. Hester Zeagler, 
both of Route 1, Olla.

Pallbearers at the funeral were R. L. McLendon, Moses McLendon, Curtis 
McLendon, Marion McLendon, Jimmy McLendon and Robert McLendon.