Obituaries of JANUARY 1985 Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, La.
Daily Comet, Lafourche Parish, La.
Submitted by: Chris Tidwell, 29 Aug 2014

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Jan 10, 1985

Leonard Jefferson

Religious services have been scheduled for 8 p.m. Friday at the Isralite
Baptist Church in New Orleans for Leonard Jefferson, 88, a native of
Assumption Parish and a resident of New Orleans for 70 years.

Dismissal will be at 10 a.m. Saturday with interment in Hope Cemetery.

He was the father of Mrs. Mable Jefferson Brown and Mrs. Myrtle
Jefferson Cook, both of Thibodaux; and the brother of Mrs. Caldonia
Bernard, New Orleans.

He is also survived by 17 grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren and two
great-great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Monroe Jefferson,
wives by two former marriages, Jamie Williams and Fannie Jefferson; and
a host of brother and sisters.