West Carroll County Louisiana Archives News.....                                                                                     Military Funeral Held For War Veteran Today                                                                                        June 23, 1939
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West Carroll Gazette-Oak Grove, La. June 23, 1939
  Funeral services for James M. Ranie 47 year old painter who lived near here 
on the Bayou Macon were conducted with full milltary honors today from the 
Legion Hut at 2:30 p.m. and continued on at the Oak Grove Cemetary.
  The veteran died Tuesday night about 9:00 at the Vetrans Hospital at 
Alexandris following a cerebral hemorrhage.
  The services were were conducted by the Caron-Kelly American Legion post of 
which he was a member.  The Rev. E.B. Emmerich, pastor of the Oak Grove 
Methodist church officated, with members of the post, performing military 
services over the grave. 
  Pall bearers were K. Womack, Mark Bowman, Allie Beckworth, D.W. McBride, 
James and Wilson Delrio. A folley of shots were fired, by a squad consisting 
of B P Philly, W.H. Kilgo, E.C. --- , and Wade Hampton acting as the psll 
bears.  Arden B. Smith fifth district legion commander and D.B. Fiske, 
commander of the local post were in charge of the services at the cemetery.

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