Obituary of WILLIAM JAMES "DUB" MCNEELY, 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.

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Date:  September 11, 1958

Headline: W. J. McNeely Dies of Injuries Received While Working on Car

Funeral services were held Monday, Sept. 1, at 2 p.m., for William James 
"Dub" McNeely of Harrisonburg, who died Saturday when his automobile fell on 
him.

McNeely, 31 year old rural mail carrier, was killed when the car on which he 
was working slipped off a jack and fractured his skull.  The accident 
occurred about 1:45 p.m. at his home about five miles north of Jonesville on 
the Harrisonburg Road.  He had been rural mail carrier for approximately 
eight years.

Funeral services were held at the First Baptist Church of Jonesville with the 
Rev. James O. McNair, pastor, officiating and assisted by the Revs. Harold 
Davis and H. B. McClure.

Burial was in the New Jena Cemetery, Jena, under the direction of Young's 
Funeral Home with full Masonic rites at the graveside, conducted by members 
of Four Rivers Masonic Lodge No. 369, Jonesville, of which he was a member 
and past worshipful master.  He was also a member of the First Baptist Church 
of Jonesville.

Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Bonnie McNeely; his mother, Mrs. Maggie McNeely; 
two sisters, Mrs. Elvin Heider, Olla, and Mrs. A. H. Murray, Jr., Jonesville; 
and a brother, A. W. McNeely, Watertown, N. Y.  A cousin, Mrs. Angie 
(McNeely) Walker of Jena is an employee of this newspaper.