Obituary of Alyffe Leon Whatley, LaSalle Parish, Louisiana

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From The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La.
Clippings 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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March 8, 1962, Thursday

A.L. Whatley, Former Resident Dies In Pineville

Alyffe Leon Whatley, 60, died in a Pineville hospital Thursday March 1 at 9
p.m. He was a resident of Winnfield.

Funeral services were held from the Eden Methodist church at 2 p.m. Saturday
with the Rev. J. C. Rousseaux, the Rev. A.G. Taylor and the Rev. Dan Blake
officiating.  Burial followed in the Eden cemetery under the direction of
Hixson Brothers funeral home of Jena.

Mr. Whatley had lived in LaSalle parish until moving to Winnfield a few years
ago. He was the son of the late James M. and Lillie Whatley and for 35 years a
member of the Eden Methodist church.

He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Neva Davis Whatley of Winnfield; one
daughter, Mrs. James Enterkin of Athins, Texas; one son, A.L. Whatley, Jr. of
Winnfield; two brothers,, E.R. Whatley of jena and J.F. Whatley of Winnfield;
three sisters, Mrs. Kathleen Waggoner of Olla, Mrs. E.E. Jones of Jena and
Mrs. Butler Floyd of Jena; and two grandchildren.

Pallbearers were Burley Corley, Gilbert Duke, Roy Duke, Milton Finley, Aaron
Jones and Harold Ray Corley.