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Ezra Bland Towne - Madison Parish, Louisiana 

From Tallulah Madison Journal August 26, 1992

Funeral services for Mr. Ezra Bland Towne, 71, were held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Edward Catholic 
Church with Father Silvin Waterkotte officiating. Burial was in the Silver Cross Cemetery under direction 
of Crothers-Glenwood Funeral Home.

Mr. Towne died Monday in the Madison Parish Hospital after a brief illness.

He was born in Delta and had lived his entire life in Madison Parish. He was a veteran of World War II 
and was the owner of the Madison Shoe Shop for many years. He was a member of St. Edward Catholic Church.

Survivors include his wife, Betty Cagnolatti Towne of Tallulah; two daughters, Ms. Mary Nell Rains of 
Jackson, Miss. and Ms. Jane Towne of Tallulah; two sisters, Mrs. Ken King of Rayville and Mrs. Lael Jones 
of Lake Charles; one brother, William Towne of Baton Rouge; three grandsons and a number of nieces 
and nephews.

Pallbearers were nephews Mac Cagnolatti Jr, Dale Cagnolatti, David Cagnolatti, Woodrow Cagnolatti, 
John Erwin and Bland Greeson.

In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to St. Edward Catholic Church.