Obituary of JOHN WALTER STONE, LaSalle Parish, Louisiana Copied and Submitted by: Doug McBroom, 15520 Swan Lake Blvd., Gulfport, MS 39503 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. ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** Date: December 1, 1955, Thursday Headline: John Walter Stone is Buried at Belah John Walter Stone, 83, of Midway, died early last Friday morning shortly after midnight, at a nursing home in Pineville. Mr. Stone had been in poor health for some time. Funeral services were held at the graveside in Belah Cemetery Saturday afternoon, with the Rev. Jerry Poston, pastor of the Midway Baptist Church, conducting the rites. Interment was under the direction of Kinner and Stevens Home for Funerals. The Rev. W. W. Stone of Midway, a son, is the only survivor other than three grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.