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JOHN IRVIN UNDERWOOD -- The News-Star, Monroe LA, 28 Nov 1969
Funeral services were scheduled for 3:30 p.m. today for John Irvin Underwood, 87, of 322 Bawcom St., West Monroe, who died Thursday [27 Nov 1969] afternoon at St. Francis Hospital after a long illness. Officiating at Mulhearn Funeral Home in West Monroe was to be the Rev. Vester Headrick, with burial to follow in Hasley Cemetery.
Mr. Underwood was a native of Sikes and had lived in West Monroe since 1953. He was a retired farmer.
Survivors include the widow, Mrs. Marie Pardue Underwood of West Monroe; six sons, Woodrow Underwood and Marshall Underwood, both of West Monroe, Quillie Underwood of Monroe, Monroe Underwood of Baton Rouge, Tommy Underwood of New Orleans, and F.N. Billy Underwood with the U.S. Navy in Hawaii; two daughters, Mrs. Alton Chisholm of Highlands, Tex., and Miss Faye Underwood of West Monroe; a half-brother, Lonnie Underwood of Delhi; a half-sister, Mrs. Mary Smith of Monroe; 23 grandchildren and 28 great-grandchildren.
[John was married to (1) Emma Lou Ella MAY on 19 Nov 1911 Winn Parish LA, and (2) Marie PARDUE.]
--Contributed 2021 Oct 02 by Doug McBroom doug324@aol.com

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