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Laura <I>Gaines</I> Leeves

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Laura Gaines Leeves

Birth
Rockwood, Roane County, Tennessee, USA
Death
16 Jun 1967 (aged 75)
Tallulah, Madison Parish, Louisiana, USA
Burial
Tallulah, Madison Parish, Louisiana, USA Add to Map
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TALLULAH (Special) — Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. today at First Baptist Church for Mrs. Laura Grimes Leeves, 75, of Tallulah with the Rev. Clark W. Bell officiating.

Burial will be in Silver Cross Cemetery under direction of Crothers Funeral Home here.

Mrs. Leeves died Friday night at the Madison Parish Hospital after a long illness.

She was a native of Rockwood, Tenn., and she had lived in Tallulah since 1905. Before moving to Tallulah she had resided at Millikins Bend. She was the daughter of the late Dr. and Mrs. George W. Gaines. Dr. Gaines was one of the first doctors in Madison Parish.

Mrs. Leeves was a member of the First Baptist Church.

Survivors include two daughters, Dr. Attie Leeves and Mrs. Claude Grimes; one grandson, Bill Grimes of Ft. Worth, Tex.

Pallbearers will be Judge Cliff C. Adams, J. K. Post Jr., Edgar H. Lancaster Jr., Herbert Massey, Rufus T. Yerger, Warren Patrick, Robert N. Graves and J. C. Sherwin.

Honorary pallbearers will be all physicians and dentists in Tallulah and one physician from Vicksburg, Miss.

Published in The Monroe Morning World (LA), Sunday, June 18, 1966
TALLULAH (Special) — Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. today at First Baptist Church for Mrs. Laura Grimes Leeves, 75, of Tallulah with the Rev. Clark W. Bell officiating.

Burial will be in Silver Cross Cemetery under direction of Crothers Funeral Home here.

Mrs. Leeves died Friday night at the Madison Parish Hospital after a long illness.

She was a native of Rockwood, Tenn., and she had lived in Tallulah since 1905. Before moving to Tallulah she had resided at Millikins Bend. She was the daughter of the late Dr. and Mrs. George W. Gaines. Dr. Gaines was one of the first doctors in Madison Parish.

Mrs. Leeves was a member of the First Baptist Church.

Survivors include two daughters, Dr. Attie Leeves and Mrs. Claude Grimes; one grandson, Bill Grimes of Ft. Worth, Tex.

Pallbearers will be Judge Cliff C. Adams, J. K. Post Jr., Edgar H. Lancaster Jr., Herbert Massey, Rufus T. Yerger, Warren Patrick, Robert N. Graves and J. C. Sherwin.

Honorary pallbearers will be all physicians and dentists in Tallulah and one physician from Vicksburg, Miss.

Published in The Monroe Morning World (LA), Sunday, June 18, 1966


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  • Created by: Ron Manley
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/111702849/laura-leeves: accessed ), memorial page for Laura Gaines Leeves (16 Feb 1892–16 Jun 1967), Find a Grave Memorial ID 111702849, citing Silver Cross Cemetery, Tallulah, Madison Parish, Louisiana, USA; Maintained by Ron Manley (contributor 46788603).