Obituary of Lessie Lee Francis, LaSalle Parish, Louisiana Copied and Submitted by :Kathy LeMay Kelly, P.O. Box 219, Trout, La. 71371 From The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Micro Film at the LaSalle Parish Library, Located in Jena, LaSalle Parish, La. Many Thanks to The Times - Signal for allowing the following to be added to the Archives. ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** FRANCIS, Lessie Lee Lessie L. Francis, 85, of Jena, died at 9:10 p.m., Friday, February 6, 1998, in LaSalle Nursing Home of Jena. She was a homemaker. Services were held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 8, in the chapel of Hixson Brothers Funeral Home of Jena with Rev. Craig James officiating. Burial followed in the Hair Cemetery near Jena under direction of Hixson Brothers, Inc., of Jena. Survivors include two daughters, Orva Lynn Boyd of Jena and Cynthia Bryan of Vidallia; three step-daughters, Hazel Hopson of Jena, Joyce Baker of Pineville and Madis Voinche of Marksville; two step-sons, Edgar Francis of Jena and Charles Francis of Charleston, S.C.; four grandchildren and a number of step-grandchildren. Pallbearers were Sonny Smith, Billy Smith, Burl Clark, Johnny Hutchins, Doc Eubanks and Douglas Powell. (The Jena Tines, Wednesday, February 11, 1998)