Obituary of VAL B. STONE, LaSalle Parish, Louisiana

Copied and Submitted by: Doug McBroom, 15520 Swan Lake Blvd., Gulfport, MS 
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From The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La.  
 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 31, 1957

Headline:  (Picture of Val B. Stone)

Val B. Stone (above), a native of Louisiana, but a resident of Texas since 
1927, died suddenly at his home in Henderson, Texas, Oct. 15.  Funeral 
services were held at the First Baptist Church in Henderson Thursday, Oct. 
17, with interment following in Henderson Cemetery.

Mr. Val B. Stone is survived by his wife, Mrs. Estelle Duncan Stone, one son, 
D. E. Stone; two daughters, Mrs. Annie Willis and Miss Helen Stone, all of 
Henderson, Texas; three brothers, Walter M. Stone of Jena, O. C. Stone of 
Houston, Texas, and F. H. Stone of Corpus Christi, Texas; two sisters, Mrs. 
Annie Wright and Mrs. Edith Evans, both of Jena, and four grandchildren.

A successful business man, Mr. Stone was a rancher, oilman, and conducted a 
steel tank business.


(NOTE:  A picture of a very distinguished-looking Mr. Stone accompanied this 
obituary.  He was wearing a suit and what looks like a fedora top hat.)