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Extracted from The News-Star (Monroe, LA)
Thursday, September 23, 1965

J. M. McBroom, Sr.

LAKE PROVIDENCE (Special) -- Funeral services for J. Monroe McBroom, Sr., 74, of Lake Providence were scheduled for 2 p.m. today at Riser and Son Funeral Home at Columbia with the Revs. E. W. Cauthron and Elmer Douglas officiating.

Burial was slated in Pinehill Cemetery near Olla. Mr. McBroom died at a local hospital Wednesday after a long illness. He was a native of LaSalle Parish.

Survivors include four sons, Capt. Adrian McBroom of the U. S. Army, C. M. McBroom of West Monroe, Billy Gene McBroom of Monroe, and Monroe McBroom, Jr., of Shreveport, a brother, John McBroom of Urania, and two sisters, Mrs. Andrew Davis of Olla and Mrs. Jessie Powell of Kelly.
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NOTE: James Monroe McBroom, Sr., was born on Jan. 29, 1891 in Olla LA to William Jackson MCBROOM and Sarah Jane BURT.