Obituary of TROY TROIES BLACK, LaSalle Parish, Louisiana

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From The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La.  
Microfilm at the LaSalle Parish Library located in Jena, LaSalle Parish, La.

Many Thanks to The Times - Signal and to the LaSalle Parish Library for 
allowing the following to be added to the Archives.





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Date:  January 27, 1966, Thursday

Headline:  Funeral Conducted for Troy T. Black

Funeral services were conducted Saturday at 10 am for Troy Troies Black, 61, 
of Jena, in the East Jena Baptist Church.  The Rev. Norman Tyson, the Rev. 
Dan Blake, and the Rev. Russell Neal officiated.  Burial followed in Belah 
Cemetery under the direction of Hixson Brothers Funeral Home of Jena with 
Masonic graveside services by Michael Dempsey Lodge No 327, F&AM.

Mr. Black died Thursday, Jan. 20 at 3:20 pm in a Monroe hospital.  He was a 
switcher of Hunt Oil Co.

Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Valia Wooten Black of Jena; two sons, Billy 
Black and James Black, both of Jena; two brothers, Z. E. Black of West Monroe 
and J. D. Black of Winnfield; two sisters, Mrs. Lela Rudd of Jena, and Mrs. 
Effie Payne of Jonesboro; his father, J. E. Black of Jena; and five 
grandchildren.

Pallbearers were Jesse Moffett, Jr., Armond Reeves, R. C. Dickerson, Dewey 
Ford, J. A. Hailey, Bobby Johnson, J. P. Gilmore, and Lee Whatley.