Extracted from the Alexandria Daily Town Talk (Alexandria, LA)
Monday, May 1, 2000

John E. Bignar

JENA - Services for John ``Toke'' Ezekiel Bignar will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in Cross Roads Baptist Church with the Revs. Joey Bignar, Herbert Whitten, Donald Doughty and Ed Jelks officiating. Burial will be in Tidwell Cemetery under direction of Hixson Bros., Jena

Bignar, 60, of Jena died Sunday, April 30, 2000, in Christus St. Frances Cabrini Hospital, Alexandria.

Survivors include his wife, Elizabeth Cannon Bignar of Jena one daughter, Deedra Jane Bignar of Jena two sons, John Darren Bignar of Prairie Grove, Ark., Jamie Dean Bignar of Jena one stepdaughter, Sherry Gay of Katy, Texas one stepson, Jarred Smith of West Monroe two brothers, Leland Bignar of Jena and Rev. Joey Bignar of Jonesboro three sisters, Inez Keene, Laverne Cannon and Jimmie Faye Doughty, all of Jena four grandchildren.

Friends may call from 9:30 a.m. until 10 p.m. today in the funeral home and from 8 a.m. until time of services Tuesday in the church.