James M. Pelt Jr., Vernon Parish Louisiana Submitted by Dianne Duncan ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** Alexandria Daily Town Talk, Dec. 31, 1987 James M. Pelt Jr. Leesville Services for James Madison Pelt Jr. will be at 2:30 pm today in the chapel of Hixson with the Rev. Bud McCullough officiating. Burial will be in Leesville Cemetery. Pelt, 88, of Leesville died at 12:25 am Wednesday [Dec. 30, 1987] in Merryville Nursing Center, Merryville. Survivors include his wife, Jewel Pelt of Leesville; one son, James Pelt of Houston, Texas; three daughters, LaFon Sorensen of Crosby, Texas, Billie Lodrige of Leesville and Jimmie Dixon of Coos Bay, Ore.; nine grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. Friends may call until time of services today in the funeral home. [James M. Pelt Jr. was the son of James M. Pelt and Fannie (Legg) Pelt] Notes in brackets added by Dianne Duncan