Obituary of James Revels, LaSalle Parish, Louisiana


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

From The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal;
Micro Film at the LaSalle Parish Library, Located in Jena, LaSalle Parish, La.
Thursday, January 20, 1966

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James Revels, Former Resident Dies at Ferriday

James B. Revels, 60, of Ridgecrest, died at Concordia parish hospital in
Feriday Tuesday afternoon Jan. 11 following a long illness.

Funeral services for Mr. Revels, a retired sawmill superintendent and native
of Florida were held at 10 a.m. Friday at Young's funeral home chapel in
Ferriday with the Rev. Noah Langley officiating.

Mr. Revels worked for the Louisiana Delta Lumber Company at Trout and Jena
after which he was employed until retirement by Sondheimer Lumber Co. Of
Sondheimer. He had lived in Louisiana since 1949 and at Ridgecrest for the
past year and a half. He was a member of Tallulah Masonic Lodge No. 308 and a
Shriner of El Karubah Temple in Shreveport.

Burial will be at Jena cemetery of Jena with masonic graveside services.

Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Dallas Revels of Ridgecrest; two sons, James
D. Revels of tucson, Ariz, G. B. Revels of Sanford, Fla.; two brothers, John
W. Revels of Fort Myers, Fla., Owen J. Revels of Jacksonville, Fla.; three
sisters, Mrs. Ruth Revell of Bowling Green, Fla., Mrs. Betty Sheldon of Tampa,
Fla., and Mrs. Nina Douglas of Immokalie, Fla.