Obituary of JANE REBECCA WHATLEY, 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:  September 26, 1957, Thursday

Headline:  Mrs. Jane R. Whatley Buried Saturday at Cemetery in Belah

Mrs. Jane Rebecca Whatley, 73, a lifelong resident of this area and descended 
from an old, established family of the Catahoula-LaSalle Parish area, was 
buried Saturday morning following services held at the Belah Methodist Church 
near Jena.

A member of the Hurricane Creek Baptist Church, Mrs. Whatley was the wife of 
Charlie Whatley of Trout route.  He survives her.

The Revs. S. B. Spinks, Clifton Ganey and Champ Breeden conducted the final 
rites at Belah Methodist Church, with interment in Belah Cemetery following 
under the direction of Hixson Brothers Funeral Home of Jena.

In addition to her husband, Mrs. Whatley is survived by three sons, Tom, 
Walter and Quitman, all of Trout route; five daughters, Mrs. Hattie Price, 
Mrs. Martha French, Mrs. Maudie Hatfield and Ms. Lola Guilde, all of Trout 
route, and Mrs. Mollie Williams of Jena; a brother, Eddie Brooks of Trout 
route; four sisters, Mrs. Josephine Jones of Jonesville, Mrs. Thelma Crawford 
of Harrisonburg, Mrs. Tommie Sanders of Jena, and Mrs. Charlotte Tarver of 
Jena; 23 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren.

Graveside rites also were held at the cemetery by the three ministers 
conducting the church services.

Serving as pallbearers were Jim Thompson, John Lee Dayton, George Hassan, 
Angelo Willard, Jimmie Tatman, and M-Sgt Lonnie B. Price.