Died Sunday, Aug. 9, 1992, at Methodist Hospital, New Orleans. He was 85, a resident of New Orleans and a native of Picayune, Miss. He was a retired CSA federal government employee and a veteran of World War II.
Visiting at Harry McKneely & Son Funeral Home, Ponchatoula, 6 to 10 p.m. Tuesday and 8 a.m. until religious services at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home chapel. Interment in Parklawn Memorial Gardens.
Survived by wife, Myrtle Bardwell Drury, New Orleans; two sons, Morris H. Drury Jr. and Percy Drury, both of Baton Rouge; a sister, Eulalia Blow, Covington; two brothers, Clayton Drury, Albany, and Dan Drury, Folsom; seven grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews.
Preceded in death by parents, Bryant and Martha Thigpen Drury; four brothers, Horris, Robert, Leon and Rand Drury; four sisters, July and Veasy Drury, Roberta Janusa and Beulah Timberlake; and a half-brother, Steve Drury.
He was a member of American Legion Post No. 367 and Masonic Lodge.
Published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA), August 11, 1992
Visiting at Harry McKneely & Son Funeral Home, Ponchatoula, 6 to 10 p.m. Tuesday and 8 a.m. until religious services at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home chapel. Interment in Parklawn Memorial Gardens.
Survived by wife, Myrtle Bardwell Drury, New Orleans; two sons, Morris H. Drury Jr. and Percy Drury, both of Baton Rouge; a sister, Eulalia Blow, Covington; two brothers, Clayton Drury, Albany, and Dan Drury, Folsom; seven grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews.
Preceded in death by parents, Bryant and Martha Thigpen Drury; four brothers, Horris, Robert, Leon and Rand Drury; four sisters, July and Veasy Drury, Roberta Janusa and Beulah Timberlake; and a half-brother, Steve Drury.
He was a member of American Legion Post No. 367 and Masonic Lodge.
Published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA), August 11, 1992
Died Sunday, Aug. 9, 1992, at Methodist Hospital, New Orleans. He was 85, a resident of New Orleans and a native of Picayune, Miss. He was a retired CSA federal government employee and a veteran of World War II.
Visiting at Harry McKneely & Son Funeral Home, Ponchatoula, 6 to 10 p.m. Tuesday and 8 a.m. until religious services at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home chapel. Interment in Parklawn Memorial Gardens.
Survived by wife, Myrtle Bardwell Drury, New Orleans; two sons, Morris H. Drury Jr. and Percy Drury, both of Baton Rouge; a sister, Eulalia Blow, Covington; two brothers, Clayton Drury, Albany, and Dan Drury, Folsom; seven grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews.
Preceded in death by parents, Bryant and Martha Thigpen Drury; four brothers, Horris, Robert, Leon and Rand Drury; four sisters, July and Veasy Drury, Roberta Janusa and Beulah Timberlake; and a half-brother, Steve Drury.
He was a member of American Legion Post No. 367 and Masonic Lodge.
Published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA), August 11, 1992
Visiting at Harry McKneely & Son Funeral Home, Ponchatoula, 6 to 10 p.m. Tuesday and 8 a.m. until religious services at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home chapel. Interment in Parklawn Memorial Gardens.
Survived by wife, Myrtle Bardwell Drury, New Orleans; two sons, Morris H. Drury Jr. and Percy Drury, both of Baton Rouge; a sister, Eulalia Blow, Covington; two brothers, Clayton Drury, Albany, and Dan Drury, Folsom; seven grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews.
Preceded in death by parents, Bryant and Martha Thigpen Drury; four brothers, Horris, Robert, Leon and Rand Drury; four sisters, July and Veasy Drury, Roberta Janusa and Beulah Timberlake; and a half-brother, Steve Drury.
He was a member of American Legion Post No. 367 and Masonic Lodge.
Published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA), August 11, 1992
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