Obituaries:Jesse C. Torrence
Submitter:Carolyn P. Avery
Source:West Carroll Gazett  27 Jan. 1938





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WEST CARROLL GAZETTE 27 Jan. 1938


JESSE C. TORRENCE, WELLKNOWN CITIZEN, DIES WENESDAY

Final rites for Jesse C, Torrence, 41, well-known citizen of this
Parish who died Wednesday morning in the U.S. Veterans' hospital 
at Alexander, will be conducted Friday afternoon at Collinsville,
Miss., near Meridian.

The funeral will be held from the Pleasant Ridge Methodist
Episcopal church and interment will follow in the cemetery
There.

Preparations have been made for the funeral cortège to leave 
early Friday morning.

The body of the deceased was brought from the hospital Wednesday
and has been at his home, about 13 miles southwest of here on the
Oak Grove-Mer Rouge highway, where many friends have called to pay
respects to his memory.

Mr. Torrence's death resulted from pneumonia, of but short dur-
ation. He became ill Friday night and was removed to the hospital
Sunday.

Successfully engaged in farming, Mr. Torrence, with his wife and
three children, had been a resident of West Carroll since 1932,
having moved here from Canton, Miss.

He was a member of the Baptist church and was actively engaged in
The affairs of Catron-Kelly American Legion post,  here and of the
Oak Grove Masonic lodge.

Besides his wife and children, Earnest, 14, Alice, 12, and Lenell,8,
Two sisters, Mrs. C.P. Kien and Mrs. T.J. Riche both of this community
Survive.