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Gaines Florence - Madison Parish, Louisiana 

From Tallulah Madison Journal June 30, 1999

Funeral services for Mr. Gaines Florence, 72, of Tallulah, were held Sunday, June 27, 1999 in the chapel 
of Crothers-Glenwood Funeral Home with the Rev. John Rushing officiating. Burial followed in Memorial 
Park Cemetery under the direction of Crothers-Glenwood Funeral Home.

Mr. Florence died Saturday, June 26, in the Glenwood Hospital in West Monroe, La., after a lengthy illness. 

He was a lifelong resident of Tallulah and was retired. He was a member of the former Montrose Baptist 
Church. Mr. Florence was a World War II veteran serving in the U.S. Navy in the Asiatic Pacific Ocean. 
He was a member of American Legion Post 100 in Tallulah.

Mr. Florence is survived by his wife: Grace Dahlhauser Florence, Tallulah; one son: Gaines D. "Wayne" Florence, 
Tallulah; one stepson: Vaughn Antley, West Monroe, La.: one daughter: Gloria Dahlhauser, Tallulah; and 
three grandsons: four sisters: Bessie Lee Collins and Odie Mae Reynolds, Tallulah, Betty Sue Whitley, 
Hope, Ark., and Grace Riley, Deer Park, Texas; one brother: Edwin Florence, Tallulah, and numerous 
nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers were Gerald Collins, Truman Collins, Donald Collins, Stephen Collins, Billy Ray Arender 
and Donald Wayne Arender.

Honorary pallbearers were members of American Legion Post #100.