Extracted from The News-Star (Monroe, LA)
Wednesday, February 25, 1970

Jesse Hall

JONESBORO (Special) -- Jesse Sherwood Hall Sr., 76, died today at Lincoln General Hospital in Ruston after a long illness.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Friendship Baptist Church with the Rev. Howard Holloway and David Perkins officiating.

Burial will be in Danville Cemetery in Bienville Parish under direction of Edmond's Funeral Home here.

Mr. Hall was a retired farmer and had served in World War I.

Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Betty Hall Autrey of Friendship; one brother, Chester Hall of Cullen; several nieces and nephews.