Obituary of JAMES MOSES WALKER, 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 20, 1966

Headline:  James Moses Walker of Jena Succumbs

James Moses Walker, 73, of Jena, died at 9:30 a.m. Monday at Nebo.  He was a 
member of the Jena Town Council and was last week elected mayor pro-tem.  He 
would have completed his second term on the council this summer.  He also was 
a Mason and a member of the Methodist Church.

Funeral services were held Wednesday at 11 a.m. at the Nolley memorial 
Methodist Church with the Rev. Ed Barksdale and the Rev. John Sewell 
officiating.  Burial followed in Nolley Cemetery under the direction of 
Kinner and Stevens Funeral Home of Jena.

Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Ella Boddie Walker, two daughters, Mrs. 
Dorothy Woods of Jena and Mrs. Beth Coyle of Lexington, Ky.; one brother, 
Clarence B. Walker of Jena; one sister, Miss Lena Walker of Jean; and six 
grandchildren.