11 Mar 1955 - Last rites for Mrs. Lenora Bell Rhodes, age 73, who died in Shreveport, Thursday, March 3, were conducted at 2 p.m. Friday, March 4 at Fort Jesup Baptist church with Rev. Jimmie Thorpe officiating, assisted by Rev. Carr, Rev. H. H. Tibbitts and Rev. Earl Marr. Interment was in Fort Jesup cemetery under the direction of Warren Funeral Home.
Surviving: Sons, Johnnie of Many, Horace of Doyline, Roy,
Elmer and Chester of Shreveport; daughters, Mrs. Wilson Flanniken of Many, Mrs. Amos Austin of Shreveport and Mrs. Ira Williams of Mobile, Ala.; sisters, Mrs. W. T. Key of Many, Mrs. Ida Dowden of Shreveport, Mrs. Ellen Dowden of Shreveport, Mrs. Nettie Rhodes of Alexandria, Mrs. Lou McDaniel of Hornbeck; brother, Marion Dowden, of Arizona; 32 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren
Pallbearers were T. W. Marr, Bill Lester, Gilbert
Bush, Sylvester Colston, Vernon Adams and Willie Bell.
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Lenora Bell (Nora) Dowden
Sex: F
Birth: 9 JUL 1881 in Kisatchie, Natchitoches, Louisiana
Death: 3 MAR 1955 in Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana
Burial: 4 MAR 1955 Fort Jesup Cem., Many, Sabine, Louisiana
Father: Francis Marion Dowden b: 26 SEP 1860 in Kisatchie, Natchitoches, Louisiana
Mother: Marganey Marguerite Coleman b: AUG 1860 in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana
Marriage: John Henry Rhodes b: 25 MAR 1881 in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana
Married: 8 DEC 1900 in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana
Children
1. Carrie Rhodes b: 16 OCT 1901
2. Josephine Marganie (Josie) Rhodes b: 22 DEC 1902 in Kisatchie, Natchitoches, Louisiana
3. Mae Bell Rhodes b: 22 MAY 1905
4. Bertie G. Rhodes b: 27 OCT 1908
5. John Abraham (Johnnie) Rhodes b: 1 NOV 1909 in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana
6. Ernest Brady Rhodes b: 18 JAN 1913 in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana
7. Horace Avery Rhodes b: 14 FEB 1915 in Kisatchie, Natchitoches, Louisiana
8. Roy Lee Rhodes b: 8 JUN 1917 in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana
9. Elmer Archie Rhodes b: 19 FEB 1920 in Kisatchie, Natchitoches, Louisiana
10. Chester L. Rhodes b: 27 JUN 1924
11 Mar 1955 - Last rites for Mrs. Lenora Bell Rhodes, age 73, who died in Shreveport, Thursday, March 3, were conducted at 2 p.m. Friday, March 4 at Fort Jesup Baptist church with Rev. Jimmie Thorpe officiating, assisted by Rev. Carr, Rev. H. H. Tibbitts and Rev. Earl Marr. Interment was in Fort Jesup cemetery under the direction of Warren Funeral Home.
Surviving: Sons, Johnnie of Many, Horace of Doyline, Roy,
Elmer and Chester of Shreveport; daughters, Mrs. Wilson Flanniken of Many, Mrs. Amos Austin of Shreveport and Mrs. Ira Williams of Mobile, Ala.; sisters, Mrs. W. T. Key of Many, Mrs. Ida Dowden of Shreveport, Mrs. Ellen Dowden of Shreveport, Mrs. Nettie Rhodes of Alexandria, Mrs. Lou McDaniel of Hornbeck; brother, Marion Dowden, of Arizona; 32 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren
Pallbearers were T. W. Marr, Bill Lester, Gilbert
Bush, Sylvester Colston, Vernon Adams and Willie Bell.
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Lenora Bell (Nora) Dowden
Sex: F
Birth: 9 JUL 1881 in Kisatchie, Natchitoches, Louisiana
Death: 3 MAR 1955 in Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana
Burial: 4 MAR 1955 Fort Jesup Cem., Many, Sabine, Louisiana
Father: Francis Marion Dowden b: 26 SEP 1860 in Kisatchie, Natchitoches, Louisiana
Mother: Marganey Marguerite Coleman b: AUG 1860 in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana
Marriage: John Henry Rhodes b: 25 MAR 1881 in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana
Married: 8 DEC 1900 in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana
Children
1. Carrie Rhodes b: 16 OCT 1901
2. Josephine Marganie (Josie) Rhodes b: 22 DEC 1902 in Kisatchie, Natchitoches, Louisiana
3. Mae Bell Rhodes b: 22 MAY 1905
4. Bertie G. Rhodes b: 27 OCT 1908
5. John Abraham (Johnnie) Rhodes b: 1 NOV 1909 in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana
6. Ernest Brady Rhodes b: 18 JAN 1913 in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana
7. Horace Avery Rhodes b: 14 FEB 1915 in Kisatchie, Natchitoches, Louisiana
8. Roy Lee Rhodes b: 8 JUN 1917 in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana
9. Elmer Archie Rhodes b: 19 FEB 1920 in Kisatchie, Natchitoches, Louisiana
10. Chester L. Rhodes b: 27 JUN 1924
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