Obituary of RICHARD MAURICE ROARK, LaSalle Parish, Louisiana

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From The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La.  

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Date:  March 8, 2000, Wednesday

Headline:  Area Deaths

Richard Maurice Roark, 75, of Summerville, died at 9:50 p.m., Monday, 
February 28, 2000, at Hardtner Medical Center in Urania.

He was a former member of the LaSalle Parish Police Jury and LaSalle Parish 
School Board.  He was a veteran of the U. S. Navy.

Roark was born January 1, 1925, at nickel to the union of Richard and Lena 
Francis Roark.

Services were held at 10 a.m., Thursday, March 2, at the chapel of Kinner and 
Stevens Funeral home in Jena with the Revs. Ronnie Tarver and Finas Corie 
officiating.  Interment followed in Squires Cemetery near Summerville under 
direction of Kinner and Stevens Funeral Home of Jena.

Survivors include his wife, Doris Yule Roark of Summerville; one daughter, 
Sherrol Lyn Roark Rosier of Olla; two sisters, Alma Roark Frazier of 
Shreveport and Falice Roark Becton of Olla; his stepmother, Stella Zeagler 
Roark of Holum; one half-sister, Elsie Ruth Laskin of Monroe; six 
grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers were Charles Deville, Samuel Roark, Bobby Doughty, Willie Paul, 
Ben Epling, and Stephen Doughty.