Obituary of ELIHUE CURTIS, LaSalle Parish, Louisiana

Copied and Submitted by: Doug McBroom, 15520 Swan Lake Blvd., Gulfport, MS 
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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:  September 27, 1951

Headline:  Funeral Rites Held at Belah Baptist For E. Curtis, 95

Funeral services for Mr. Elihue Curtis, 95, were held at the Belah Baptist 
Church at 2 p.m. Monday, with the Rev. Tom Ratcliff, pastor of the Nebo 
Baptist Church, officiating.  Interment was in the Belah Cemetery, under the 
direction of the Kinner and Stevens Home for Funerals, Jena.

Mr. Curtis passed away at 8:35 a.m. Sunday at the home of a grandson, Gilbert 
Duke, in the Belah community.  He was born in Catahoula Parish on Dec. 29, 
1855.

He was a member of the Fellowship Baptist Church.

Survivors of the deceased include one son, Ben F. Curtis, one daughter, Mrs. 
Maude Duke, and 11 grandchildren.

His wife, the late Clara Elizabeth Tidwell Curtis, three daughters and one 
son preceded him in death.