Obituary of Clarence Wishum, 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. Many Thanks to The Times - Signal 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 ********************************************** WISHUM, Clarence Clarence Wishum, 61 years old of Jonesville, La. Died Wednesday, April 17, 1974 at his residence following a brief illness. Funeral services were held at First Baptist Church of Jonesville with Revs. James O. McNair, Jimmie D. Pyles and John Ed Snell and Willard Norris Officiating. Burial was in the Belah Cemetery in Jena under direction of Young's Funeral Home of Jonesville. Mr. Wishum was a resident of Jonesville for 22 years having operated the Riverside Cafe at the time of his death. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Jonesville. He is survived by his widow, Grace Masters Wishum, his sister Mrs. Clarence Chevallier of Jena, a number of nieces and nephews. Serving as pallbearers were L.C. Scott, Emmett Taylor, Ed Taylor, Quitman Hudnall, Alvin Chevallier, Joe Davis, Charles Wurster, Jr., and Jewel Ford and Honorary Pallbearers. He was brother to the late Cliff Wishum of Jena and was a native to this parish. (The Jena Times, Thursday, May 2, 1974)