Obituary of Lester Strong Jr., LaSalle Parish, Louisiana

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

From The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La.
Micro Film at the LaSalle Parish Library, Located in Jena, LaSalle Parish, La.
Thursday, Jan. 16, 1969


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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Pineville Man Drowns Thursday In Catahoula Lake

A 28-year-old Pineville man, Lester Strong Jr., drowned in Catahoula Lake last
Thursday after his small boat capsized in the choppy lake, according to
Sheriff Alonzo Taylor of LaSalle Parish.

Strong, a commercial fisherman, left his home in Pineville about 10 a.m.
Thursday morning going to the lake. Late that afternoon, two hunters who knew
Strong, spotted his truck near Catahoula Lake, but could not locate the
fisherman.

They notified the sheriff's office, but Sheriff Taylor said the water in the
lake was too rough to launch a search for the body Thursday night. However,
shortly after the search began Friday morning, the body was recovered by
sheriff's deputies about three-fourths mile from the bank.

Sheriff Taylor said that apparently the small boat he had gone out in had
capsized when it hit rough waves in the lake.

Funeral services for Strong were held Saturday at the Hixson Brothers Funeral
Home chapel in Pineville. Burial was in Alexandria Memorial Gardens.

A native of Simmsport, all of Strong's close relatives live in Pineville and
Alexandria.