Obituary of IRVING O. SWAYZE, 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:  January 12, 1950, Thursday

Headline:  Funeral Services for Irving Swayze, 55, Held on January 6

Funeral services for Irving O. Swayze, 55, of Nebo, who was found dead under 
his house on Jan. 5, were held on Friday, Jan. 6, at 2 p.m. at the Nebo 
Baptist Church.

Mr. Swayze had gone under his house to wrap the exposed water pipes there 
when his death occurred.  LaSalle Parish coroner, Dr. D. L. Trax, attributed 
his death to a heart condition.

The Rev. Thompson Doughty conducted the funeral services, assisted by the 
Revs. George Foster, T. J. Ratcliff, and J. H. Sewell.  Interment was at the 
Heard Cemetery in Manifest.

Mr. Swayze was born in Jonesville, on April 24, 1895, but had been a resident 
of Nebo community for the past 30 years.  He was a retired school teacher.

He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Annie Womack Swayze; three daughters, Mrs. 
Allen Robertson, Sulphur, Mrs. Floyd Reeves, Reeves, La., and Mrs. J. B. 
Moffett, Jr., Nebo; one brother, T. M. Swayze, Pineville; two half-brothers, 
the Rev. John T. Walters, Ruston, and E. E. Walters, Marshall, Tex., and four 
grandsons.

Members of Mr. Swayze's farm-training class for veterans of World War II 
served as pallbearers.  Mr. Swayze was a veteran of World War I.

Funeral arrangements were handled by Hixson Brothers Funeral Home, Jena.