Of Bellevue Expires
Joseph Lester Burleigh, 91 years, retired farmer of the Bellevue section, died this morning at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Charles Lavergne, with whom he resided. He had been in ill health for several years.
The body is resting at Lafond and Son funeral home. The Rosary will be recited there tonight at eight o'clock and services will be read at a requiem mass tomorrow morning at nine o'clock at Sacred Heart Catholic church in Grand Coteau. Interment will be in the adjacent cemetery.
Mr. Burleigh, widely known resident of St. Landry, had celebrated his golden wedding anniversary 16 years ago. His wife died the following year.
He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Lavergne of Bellevue; five sons, John of Opelousas, Lester of Tulsa, Oklahoma, Leo of New Orleans, Edgar of Port Barre, and Francis of Jeanerette, 16 grand-children and 17 great-grand children.
Page 24 DAILY WORLD Opelousas, La., Friday, December 21, 1951.
Edith Garland Dupré Library, UL Lafayette.
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SUNSET NOTES
Mr. Edgar Burleigh of Port Barre spent Saturday and Sunday here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lester Burleigh.
Thursday, March 20, 1930 CLARION-NEWS
Edith Garland Dupré Library, UL Lafayette.
Death Certificate states that he died in the Bellevue Section of Opelousas. Opelousas Rt. I Box 79.
Of Bellevue Expires
Joseph Lester Burleigh, 91 years, retired farmer of the Bellevue section, died this morning at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Charles Lavergne, with whom he resided. He had been in ill health for several years.
The body is resting at Lafond and Son funeral home. The Rosary will be recited there tonight at eight o'clock and services will be read at a requiem mass tomorrow morning at nine o'clock at Sacred Heart Catholic church in Grand Coteau. Interment will be in the adjacent cemetery.
Mr. Burleigh, widely known resident of St. Landry, had celebrated his golden wedding anniversary 16 years ago. His wife died the following year.
He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Lavergne of Bellevue; five sons, John of Opelousas, Lester of Tulsa, Oklahoma, Leo of New Orleans, Edgar of Port Barre, and Francis of Jeanerette, 16 grand-children and 17 great-grand children.
Page 24 DAILY WORLD Opelousas, La., Friday, December 21, 1951.
Edith Garland Dupré Library, UL Lafayette.
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SUNSET NOTES
Mr. Edgar Burleigh of Port Barre spent Saturday and Sunday here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lester Burleigh.
Thursday, March 20, 1930 CLARION-NEWS
Edith Garland Dupré Library, UL Lafayette.
Death Certificate states that he died in the Bellevue Section of Opelousas. Opelousas Rt. I Box 79.
Inscription
L J BURLEIGH
BORN
SEPT 5 1860
DIED
DEC 21 1951
Family Members
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Augustus Burleigh
1855–1930
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Emma Burleigh de Valcourt
1855–1946
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Louis Burleigh
1857–1857
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Caroline Burleigh
1859–1860
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Frances Elisabeth Burleigh Savoie
1862–1936
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Martha Alice Burleigh
1865–1881
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Twin Daughter Burleigh
1867–1867
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Twin Daughter Burleigh
1867–1867
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Mary Ella "Mrs. Lucius" Burleigh Guidry
1868–1941
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Ophelia "Mrs. Henry" Burleigh Savoie
1870–1938
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Child Burleigh
1872–1872
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Child Burleigh
1877–1877
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