Extracted from The Lake Charles American Press (Lake Charles, LA)
Tuesday, January 2, 1962

J. C. McCURLEY

DERIDDER (Spl.) -- Funeral services for James Cleveland McCurley, 77, were set at 1 p.m. today in the Second Baptist church with Rev. G. J. Jones of Port Arthur, Texas, and Rev. Guy Allen officiating.

Burial will be in Newline [sic Newlin] cemetery near Singer with Hixson funeral home in charge.

Mr. McCurley died at 6:20 a.m. Monday in the Beauregard Memorial Baptist hospital.

He is survived by his wife; seven daughters, Mrs. Jewel Hickman of Houston, Texas, and Mrs. Lela Rainwater, Mrs. Laura McCullough, Mrs. Velma Farris and Mrs. Louise Bell, all of DeRidder, Mrs. Vince Blackmon of Knight and Mrs. Mae Miller of Merryville; six sons, Bennie McCurley of DeRidder, Hildrad [sic Hildred] McCurley of Oklahoma City, Okla., Olen Ray McCurley of Houston, Kenneth McCurley of Fort Benning, Ga., and Barney McCurley of Woodville, Texas; 34 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.