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CHANCY SCEALS -- Monroe Daily Star, Nov 16, 1898, Page 1, Column 2
Chancy Sceals, an aged colored woman who for many years was employed as a domestic in the family of Mr. A.J. Keller as cook, dropped dead in Mr. Keller's yard yesterday evening. On account of illness she had not been working for some months past. She lived near Mr. Keller's home and being without wood had gone over to borrow some and was in the act of picking up a stick of wood when she fell dead. She was removed to her home and her remains were taken in charge by a colored benevolent society of which she was a member. The society will bury her today in the colored cemetery on Young's Bayou.
-- Contributed by Unknown, culled from loose newspapers in a box in the cabinet of the Special Collections room of OPPL.

IRBY LEA (MAY) SENN -- The Jackson Independent, Jonesboro LA, 21 Jan 1993
Funeral services for Mrs. Irby Lea Senn, age 84, of Jonesboro, were held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, January 16, in the Chapel of Mulhearn Memorial Park in Monroe. Rev. David Dietzel, pastor of Jonesboro United Methodist Church, conducted the services. Burial was in the Memorial Park Cemetery in Monroe, under the direction of Edmonds Funeral home of Jonesboro.
Mrs. Senn died early Friday morning, January 15, in the Jackson Manor Nursing Home in Jonesboro, after a lengthy illness.
Mrs. Senn was a former resident of Monroe. She was a native of Columbia, and was a retired school teacher.
Local survivors include Peggy Brady and Betty Horton, both of Jonesboro.
[Irby Lea May Senn was married to Robert Ira Senn on 15 July 1937 in Bossier Parish LA. She was the daughter of Dr. Irby Benjamin MAY and Ina Beulah MYERS.]
--Contributed 2021 Oct 02 by Doug McBroom doug324@aol.com

ROBERT IRA SENN -- The Monroe News-Star, 8 Jun 1987
Services for Robert Ira Senn, 81, of Monroe, will be held at 10 am Tuesday, June 9, 1987, at Kilpatrick Lamy Lane Chapel, with Dr. William Blakely officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery under the direction of Kilpatrick Funeral Home of Monroe.
Mr. Senn died Saturday, June 6, 1987, at St. Francis Medical Center after a short illness.
Mr. Senn was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Monroe, the Society of Civil Engineers, and Masonic Lodge 164 in Columbia.
He is survived by his wife Mrs. Irby Lee May Senn of Monroe and a nephew, Jim Howard of California.
Pallbearers will be Robert Harrell, Tom Chaney, Ron Carr, David Swanson, Marc Barrett, and David Erskine.
Honorary pallbearers will be Cliff Rainwater, Grayson Gutherie, Tom Coleman, and Eugene Scott.
Visitation will be from 10 am Monday until 9 pm and from 8 am until service time on Tuesday.
In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the First United Methodist Church of Monroe or the organization of your choice.
[Robert Ira Senn was married to Irby Lea May, daughter of Irby Benjamin MAY, MD, and Ina Beulah MYERS MAY.]
--Contributed 2021 Oct 02 by Doug McBroom doug324@aol.com

ROY MILTON STEELE -- The Caldwell Watchman, 1 Jul 1965
Former Parish Barber Dies in West Monroe
Roy M. Steele, 61, native of Caldwell Parish and a former West Monroe Police Chief died in a West Monroe hospital on Thursday night of last week [24 Jun 1965].
A native of Vixen, located in Ward Five of Caldwell Parish, Mr. Steele had been working with the city police department in West Monroe since April 1955, in a second period of employment after serving as chief.
He was police chief for four years, starting in 1937 and had lived in West Monroe since 1935.
In Ward Five, he had been a barber and owner and operator of a grocery store.
Funeral services were at 2:00 p.m. Saturday at Mulhearn Funeral home with Revs. A. T. Mitchell and E. L. Tasner officiating.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Alma Steele of West Monroe; one son, Roy Steele Jr. of West Monroe; one sister, Mrs. Houston Ewing of Chatham; and two grandchildren.
[Roy M. STEELE married Alma MAY, daughter of Eli Joseph MAY and Olivia "Lizzie" MCFERRAND FLUITT MAY.]
--Contributed 2021 Oct 02 by Doug McBroom doug324@aol.com

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