Obituaries: Jesse Temple, 1974, Winn & Lincoln Parishes, La.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: March 27, 1974 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American


Jesse Temple, Former P. J. Pres., Dies


Jesse Temple, 87, who served Ward Four as Police Juror for 24 years, beginning
in 1924, and as president of that body eight years, died at 5 a.m. Saturday,
March 23, 1974 in the Jackson Manor Nursing Home following a brief illness.

Funeral services were conducted Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Siloam Baptist Church,
with Rev. J. C. Creel, assisted by Rev. Wilmer Jordan, in charge of the last
rites.  Burial was in the Gansville Cemetery under direction of Southern
Funeral Home.  

During his reign as Ward Four police jury member and president of that body,
Temple was described as a dominating force in matters that concerned the
parish.  His wry wit and excellent legal knowledge left vivid impressions on
people who met him in the political arena.  It was during the depression years
when the parish was operated for less than $ 15,000 a year.

A native of Lincoln Parish, Mr. Temple had been farming in Winn Parish since
the age of 16.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Willie Burnum Temple; three sons, Carl
Temple, Arnold Temple, and Leonard Temple, all of Dodson; five daughters, Mrs.
DeLoy Green, Mrs. Opal Boyette, Mrs. Oleen Shively, all of Dodson, Mrs. Wilma
Gates of Ruston and Mrs. Thera Lou Adams of Camden, Arkansas; 30 grandchildren
and 24 great grandchildren.

Acting as pallbearers were Billy Temple, Odell Temple, Murry Chandler, Wayne
Taylor, Otis Machen, and Buford Taylor.