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or Saturday, Sept. 7, 1974 THE SHREVEPORT TIMES DEATHS Preston Adcock Preston M. Adcock, 48, a San Angelo, resident and a former Shreveporter, died Thursday in San Angelo hospital after a sudden ilIness. A native of Red River Parish, Mr. Adcock lived in Shreveport for 15 years before moving to San Angelo three years ago.

He was a realtor and a Presbyterian. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Monday in the Johnson Funeral Home of San Angelo and burial will be in San Angelo. Mr. Adcock is survived by his widow, Mrs.

Lydale B. Adcock of San Angelo; six sisters, Mrs. Eunie Polan of Irving, Mrs. Nina Bennett of New Orleans, Mrs. Bess Talbert of Florida, Mary Giddens of Ringgold and Mrs.

Eugenia Pickett and Mrs. Jewel Curry, both of Doyline; and three brothers, George Adcock and Sam Adcock, both of Shreveport and Elbert Adcock of Doyline. G. L. Alexander Funeral services for George Leo Alexander, 56, of 3239 Penick St.

will' be held at 1 p.m. today in the Marshall Street Chapel of Rose-Neath Funeral Home. Mr. Alexander died at 8:30 a.m. Thursday in Highland Hospital after a long illness.

The Dubberly native had been a resident of Shreveport since 1948. He was a veteran World War II, and a member of Lakeshore Baptist Church and the Amalgamated Transit Union. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Brenda Rambin of Saugus, two brothers, Glenn Alexander of Carthage, and William Lloyd Alexander of Shreveport; a sister, Mrs. Lola Hodges of Baton Rouge; and two grandchildren.

Officiating for the services will be the Rev. Bill Stowell, pastor of Emmanuel Baptist Church. Burial will be in Forest Park West Cemetery. Pallbearers will be William Herron, Don Reeves, David Alexander, Randy Alexander, Glenn Wayne Alexander, James Hodges, Charles and Dalton Hodges. David W.

Wall Sr. Funeral services for David William Wall, 29, of 245 Robinson Place, will be held 2:30 p.m. today in the Rose-Neath Funeral Home Street Chapel. The Rev. Billy Shaw, pastor of Woodlawn Baptist Church, will officiate.

Burial will be in Good Exchange Cemetery, McLeod, Tex. Mr. Wall was killed Thursday night in a shooting outside Chubbies Lounge, Hwy. 80 East, Bossier City. A native of Vivian, he had lived in Shreveport 14 years.

Survivors include his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charlie D. Wall Sr. of Shreveport; three daughters, Rhonda Renee Wall, Mhonda Kay Wall and Kimberley Ann Wall, all of Shreveport; two sisters, Debra Kay Wall of Shreveport and Mrs.

Norma Jean Lovett of Overton, and one brother, Charlie D. Wall Jr. of Houston, Tex. Mrs. Allie Shadions Mrs.

Allie Y. Shadions, 79, of Shreveport died at 5:10 p.m. Friday at Virginia Hall Nursing Home after a long ilIness. Graveside services will be at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Mt.

Zion Cemetery, DeBerry, with the Rev. W. P. Mears, officiating. Burial will be under the direction of Osborn Funeral Home.

A native of Corrigan, Mrs. Shadions had been a Shreveport resident for 50 years. She was a member of Blanchard Baptist Church. Survivors include three brothers, R. R.

Young of Shreveport and Shelby Young and Hardy Young, both of Alexandria. LOUISIANA Mrs. G. R. Taylor RUSTON Mrs.

Gertie R. Taylor of Ruston died Friday. Funeral services will be held at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at the chapel of Kilpatrick's Funeral Home in Ruston with the Rev. 0.

W. Roberts officiating. Burial will be in the Culbertson Cemetery under the direction of Kilpatrick Funeral Home. Survivors include two sisters, Mrs. Nita Sample of Mansfield and Miss Elva Rugg of Shreveport; a newphew, Richard Rugg of Fort Worth, and a number of other nieces and nephews.

Carl C. Downs ALEXANDRIA Carl C. Downs, 71; services, 3 p.m. Thursday; burial, Forest Lawn Memorial Park. Prominent Monroe Woman Dies Mrs.

Elizabeth Garner Richard of Monroe, member of a prominent southern family, died Friday in Schumpert Medical Center in Shreveport from congestive heart failure. Mrs. Richard, the wife of Ernest C. Richard, suffered a heart attack several months ago. She was taken to Schumpert so she could be near her daughter, Mrs.

Caroline R. McLean, who lives in Shreveport. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday in Grace Episcopalian Church with the Rev. W.

Bradley Trimble officiating. Burial will be in the Riverview Cemetery under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home. Mrs. Richard was born in Springfield, on Feb. 2, 1902 and was married to Richard in Miami, March 8, 1924.

She was educated at Springfield High School, Ward- Belmont College, Nashville, and at Miss McDonald's in New York City. She was a member of Grace Episcopal Church, where she was in the choir and taught a Sunday school class; a member of the Lotus Club for a number of years, and of the Daughters of the American Revolution. She was active in music and study club work in the Twin Cities. Mrs. Richard's paternal ancestors were prominent in the field of law and government in Tennessee.

Her father, John Ewing Garner, an attorney, was mayor of Springfield, and president of the Springfield Woolen Mills. Her mother, the late Caroline Logan Garner, was the daughter of the late I. D. VanLogan, owner of Hardtimes Plantation on which is now located the Bayou DeSiard Country Club and golf course. Besides her husband and daughter, Mrs.

Richard is survived by three grandchildren, Ralph W. McLean, Monroe; Elizabeth Garner McLean, a student at LSU; and John Hardin McLean, Shreveport. Pallbearers will be T. 0. Bancroft Speed Bancroft, Durwood Cann, Billy Edmondson, Hillyer Speek Lamkin, Armand McHenry C.

D. Oakley and Fred Westrom. Bossierite Is Victim Of Suicide A Bossier City man committed suicide in Benton, jail Friday, where he was being held on suspicion of possession of marijuana, Saline County Sheriff Harold Smith said. Bennie W. LaCroix, 23, of 2602 Douglas, Bossier City, was found dead early Friday in the jail, the sheriff said.

County Coroner Sam Gibson and medical examiner Dr. Marvin Kirk ruled suicide by strangulation, the sheriff said. Seized when Mr. LaCroix was arrested, Smith said, was 53 pounds of a substance believed to be marijuana. Funeral services are pending at Boone Funeral Home, Bossier City.

Survivors include his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Eddie LaCroix of Bossier City; two brothers; Eddie Ray LaCroix and Steven LaCroix, both of Bossier City; and a sister, Glenda LaCroix of Bossier City. Mr. LaCroix was a Baptist.

Veteran Actor Otto Kruger Dies WOODLAND HILLS, Calif. (AP) Otto Kruger, the smooth-voiced actor who could play kindly fathers and oily villains with equal skill, died Friday on his 89th birthday. Death came at the Motion Picture and Television Hospital, which is supported by the film and television industry. Kruger had long served on the board of the hospital, which he entered in August after suffering a relapse from a stroke. He had suffered a series of small strokes since then, a hospital spokeswoman said.

FUNERAL SERVICES MR. GEORGE LEO ALEXANDER 1:00 P.M. Saturday Marshall Street Chapel Interment Forest Park West MR. DAVID WALL 2:30 P.M. Saturday Marshall Street Chapel McLeod, Texas MR.

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DeBakey filed a $150,000 damage suit Friday against the publishers of Hustler Magazine alleging the magazine published an unauthorized interview and picture of the famed Houston heart surgeon. Bluegrass Festival Continues The third semiannual Bluegrass Festival continues today at Fern Lodge in Bossier City featured performances by Mac Wiseman and Lester Flatt. Although the festival will not end until Sunday, today will be the last time Wiseman and Flatt will appear. Others participating in the event include Flatt's Nashville Grass, The Watkins Family, Roma Jackson and the Tennessee Pals, Mike Cupit and the Magnolia Bluegrass Show, Lambert Bros. County Boys Bud "Dear Ole Dixie" Robinson.

Today's activities include a bluegrass band, fiddle and banjo contests for amateurs. The contests will be staged back to back beginning at noon. Winners will receive cash awards. No electrical instruments are allowed. Fern Lodge is located off the Old Bellevue Road in Bossier City.

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Barham MONROE Morris William Barham, 61; services, 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Kilpatrick Funeral Home chapel, West Monroe Memorial Cemetery. Arron Holton Jr. WINNFIELD Arron Holton, Jr. 49; services, 2 p.m.

Saturday, Sanders Chapel; burial, Sanders Chapel Cemetery. Elbert Johnson LEESVILLE Elbert Sutley Johnson; services, 2 p.m. Saturday, Hixson Funeral Home chapel; burial, Oak Forest Cemetery. Mrs. Buel Hancock WINNFIELD Mrs.

Buel Dean Hancock, 53; services, 11 a.m. Saturday, Hixson Bros. Funeral Home chapel, Winnfield; burial, Hurricane Grove Cemetery near Sikes. Ronald Mendenhall LEESVILLE Ronald William Mendenhall, 29; services were held Friday, Hixson Funeral Home chapel; burial, Leesville Cemetery. Armand LaCour NATCHITOCHES Armand Leon LaCour, 59; services 3 p.m.

Saturday, Church of the Immaculate Conception; Catholic Cemetery. Gregory Manshack MANSFIELD Gregory Paul Manshack, services, 2 p.m. Sunday, Converse Baptist Church; burial, Converse Cemetery. Marion Baker HOMER Marion M. Baker, 75; services, 2 p.m.

Sunday; burial, Arlington Cemetery. Mrs. Georgia Blackmon BERNICE Mrs. Georgia Blackmon, 91; services, 3 p.m. Saturday, First Baptist, Church, Junction City, burial, Roselawn Cemetery.

W. M. Loving DeRIDDER W. M. Loving, 70; services, 3 p.m.

Saturday, First United Pen-. tecostal Church; burial, Cannon Cemetery. Dr. J. E.

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Saturday, Drewett Funeral Home chapel; burial, Grand Cane Cemetery. TEXAS Mrs. Leo Butter LONGVIEW, Tex. Mrs. Leo Butter; services were held Friday, Trinity Episcopal Church.

Rex Roberts SAN AUGUSTINE, Tex. Rex Roberts, 62; services, 2 p.m. Sunday, Antioch Baptist Church; burial, Black Jack Cemetery. ARKANSAS EL' DORADO, Ark. John Martin Deason, 67, of El Dorado died Thursday in a New Orleans hospital.

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday in the Young Funeral Home chapel. Burial will be in the Woodlawn Cemetery. Mr. Deason was a retired U.S.

Postal employe, a veteran of World War II and a member of the First Baptist Church. Survivors include his widow; a daughter, Mrs. Ferrell A. Gresham of North Little Rock; and two granddaughters; two brothers, Hubert P. Deason of Houston, and I.

M. Deason Jr. of El Dorado; seven sisters, Mrs. Ola Lawton and Mrs. Willie D.

Runyan, both of El Dorado, Mrs. Birdie Adams of Big Springs, Mrs. Gladys Wadley of Baton Rouge, Mrs. Charlie McWilliams of Shreveport, Mrs. Estelle Norvell of Port Arthur, and Mrs.

Merle Ash of Tyler, Tex. Everett Whaley STAMPS, Ark. Everett E. Whaley, 74; services, 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Unity Methodist Church, Bussey; burial, Sharmon Cemetery.

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