Extracted from The Winn Parish Enterprise (Winnfield, LA)
Wednesday, March 2, 2005

Lee J. Gaar

Lee J. Gaar, age 84, died Thursday, March 10, 2005 at Lincoln General Hospital following a brief illness. Mr. Gaar was born in Winn Parish, Louisiana on December 7, 1920 to William Russell and Eva Hall Gaar. He was a member of Hodge Baptist Church, a veteran of the U.S. Army having faithfully served his country during World War II and had retired from Crown Zellerback.

Funeral services were held Sunday, March 13, 2005 at 2 p.m. at the Southern Funeral Home Chapel in Jonesboro with Revs. Dwayne Boudreaux, Clovis Sturdivant and Loy Gaar officiating. Burial followed in New Hope Cemetery at Gaar's Mill.

Mr. Gaar is survived by his wife Myrtis W. Gaar of Quitman; son, Jay Gaar and wife Cona of Houston, TX; brother, Loy Gaar and wife Grace of Dodson; and a host of other relatives and friends.