Obituary of Jesse Mercer Whatley, LaSalle Parish, Louisiana

Copied and Submitted by :Kathy LeMay Kelly, P.O. Box 219, Trout, La. 71371

From The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La.
Micro-film at the LaSalle Parish Library, Located in Jena, LaSalle Parish, La.
Thursday, Feb. 17, 1966


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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Jesse M. Whatley Of Jena Succumbs

Jesse Mercer Whatley, 94, of Jena died Friday at 7:30 a.m. at a Jena nursing
home. He was a retired salesman.

Mr. Whatley and his wife celebrated their 66th wedding anniversary on Jan. 21.

Funeral services were conducted Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at the Jena First Baptist
church with the Rev. Dan Blake, the Rev. Bill Moore and the Rev. K.G. Brooks
officiating. Burial followed at Nolley Memorial Methodist church cemetery of
Jena under the direction of Hixson Brothers funeral home of Jena.

Survivors include Mr. Whatley's widow, Mrs. Lillie Francie Whatley of Jena;
five nieces, Mrs. R.S. Wright, Mrs. Edith Evans and Mrs. Hilda Carrol, all of
Jena, Mrs. Pearl Lilltle of Wink, Texas and Mrs. Bernice Stien of New Orleans;
eight nephews, Fred Stone of Corpus Cristi, Texas, Walter Stone of Jena, C.C.
Stone and Ray White of Houston, Texas, Cliff White of Wink, Texas, Wayne White
of New Orleans, Rex White of Lake Charles and Jack Roark of Quenah, Texas.

Pallbearers were Ray White, Wayne White, Darnell Stone, C.C. Stone, John
Crooks and Jimmy White.