Extracted from The Alexandria Daily Town Talk (Alexandria, LA)
Saturday, December 4, 2004

James Monroe McClelland

Funeral service for James Monroe McClelland will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Dec. 3, 2004 in the chapel of Rush Funeral Home, Pineville, with the Reverends Leland Briggs and Bruce Maxwell officiating. Interment will follow in Restland Memorial Gardens, Pollock, under the direction of Rush Funeral Home, Pineville.

Mr. McClelland, age 79, of Pollock, entered eternal rest Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2004 at his residence.

He was born in Arkansas and reared in Louisiana. He was a retired maintenance technician for Monterey County, California. He was a member of Bentley United Pentecostal Church.

He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Sarah Jones McClelland of Bentley; one son, Alvin McClelland of San Jose, Calif.; three daughters, Edwina Cumpton of Lacey, Calif., Janiver Brown of Napa, Calif., and Joan Mitchell of Owasso, Okla.; one sister, Loreane Thigpen of Bentley; 10 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Friends may call Thursday, Dec. 2, 2004 from 4 p.m. till 10 p.m. and Friday, Dec. 3, 2004 from 8 a.m. till the time of service at 11:00 a.m. at Rush Funeral Home, Pineville.

To extend online condolences to the McClelland family, please visit us at www.rushfh.com.