Extracted from The News-Star (Monroe, LA)
Mrs. Mary E. Temple
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Eliza Temple, 89, of 608 Mitchell Lane, West Monroe, were to be held at 4:30 p.m. today at Start Baptist Church with the Revs. E. L. Hayes and Willie Woodard officiating.
Burial was to be in Start cemetery under direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home.
Mrs. Temple, a native of Sikes and former Start resident, died Thursday at a local hospital after a long illness.
Survivors include five daughters, Mrs. Mary Lawrence and Mrs. Alpha Green, both of West Monroe; Mrs. Idell Ramsey, Rayville; Mrs. Verla Thomas and Mrs. Myrtis Howe, both of Monroe; four sons, W. M. and E. M. Temple Sr., Rayville; Alfred Temple, Fort Worth, Tex.; a brother, Irven Underwood, West Monroe; a half-brother, Lonnie Underwood, Delhi; a half-sister, Mrs. Mary Smith, Monroe; 59 grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers are Huey Rigsby, Hoyt Neal, James Bryant, Pete Hernandez, H. A. Everitte and Jimmy Wright.
Friday, February 19, 1965