Obituaries Tensas Parish, Louisiana Submitted by Edith Ziegler ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** Alex M. Blanche, Jr. Funeral services for Mr. Alex M. Blanche, Jr. age 73 were held Friday, December 8, 2000, in the chapel of Crothers-Glenwood Funeral Home. Burial followed in the Silver Cross Cemetery in Tallulah. Mr. Blanche died December 5, at his residence in St. Joseph. He was born in Tendal, La. and was a retired petroleum engineer. He was preceded in death by his wife Margery. He is survived by four sons, Alex M. Blanche, III of Kimball, Nebraska; Mark Blanche of Houston, Texas; Sterling Blanche of St. Joseph; and Brian Blanche of Vicksburg, Mississippi; one daughter, Mary Alice Ferguson of San Antonio, Texas; and eight grand-children.