Obit: Mr. James Speer, Lincoln Parish, Louisiana 
  Submitted by: Dorothy Rinehart Taylor, 111 Racove Drive, West Monroe, LA 71291 
  

  


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      The Ruston Daily Leader, Wednesday, June 26, 1991-3A 
                                                           
                      Mr. James Speer 
                              
  GRAMBLING -- Funeral services for Mr. James D. Speer, 72, of
  Grambling will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday - in his home
  church of Grambling/Lewis Temple CME Church with Rev. Harvey
  D. Willis officiating. 
  Burial will take place in Grambling Memorial Gardens in
  Grambling under the direction of Our Christian Funeral Home
  of Ruston. 
  Mr. Speer died Sunday morning at Overton Brooks VA Medical
  Center in Shreveport following a lengthy illness. 
  
  Mr. Speer was a native of Atlanta, Ga., and was retired from
  the U.S. Army. He was Rewarded the American Service Medal,
  the World War II, Victory Medal, The European-African-Middle
  --Eastern Service Medal and the Good Conduct Medal with four
  loops. 
  Mr. Speer is survived by his wife, Helyn B. Speer of
  Grambling; one (laughter, Major Joann Speer Martin of Enid,
  Okla.; one sister, Mrs. Josephine S. Banks of Charlotte,
  N.C.; one godchild; and a host of nieces, nephews, relatives
  and friends. 
  A wake will be held from 6 - 7 p.m. today in the chapel of
  Our Christian Funeral Home. The body will lie in state at
  the church on Thursday from 9-10 a.m.. The casket will be
  closed before the family comes in and will not be opened
  again.