Obituary of MATTIE R. WARD, 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: April 3, 1975, Thursday Headline: Obituaries Funeral services for Mrs. Mattie R. Ward, 89, Jena, were held Mach 24, 1975, at 10:00 a.m. at Friendship Baptist Church, Pollock. Burial followed at Friendship Cemetery of Pollock with arrangements by Hixson Brothers, Inc., of Jena. Mrs. Ward was a resident of the Golden Age Nursing Home in Jena where she died on March 22, 1975, at 3:50 p.m. Survivors include four daughters, Mrs. Lucille Corley of Aimwell, Mrs. Bertie Taylor of California, Mrs. Erlene White of LeCompte and Mrs. Annie Royal of Pollock; one son, Herbert Ward of Grand Prairie, Texas; 4 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren.