Funeral services for Jeb Stuart Lord, Jr., 89, will be at 3:00 PM, Sunday, June 12, 2016 at New Chapel Hill Baptist Church in West Monroe, LA. Rev. Jon M. Lord, Dr. Gevan Spinney, and Dr. Clovis Sturdivant will officiate. Interment will follow at the New Chapel Hill Baptist Church Cemetery under the direction of Kilpatrick Funeral Home of Monroe.Jeb Stuart “Jake” Lord, Jr., was born on the family farm near Pelican, Louisiana on September 27, 1926 and passed from this life on June 10, 2016. He and his six siblings learned farm work while attending nearby Pelican School. He graduated from Pleasant Hill High School in 1943 and joined the Marines that fall when he was 17. After boot camp, he was assigned to the 7^th Marine Regiment for the landings at Peleliu on September 15, 1944. He was wounded on Peleliu and spent his 18^th birthday onboard a hospital ship. Healed up in time for Okinawa, he was promoted to Corporal and led his own squad in that campaign. Lacking sufficient points to return home at war's end, he was sent with the 1^st Marine Division for occupation duties in China. Jake was awarded the Purple Heart, Pacific Campaign with 2 Battle Stars, China Occupation, and World War II Victory Medals, along with the Marine Combat Ribbon.Returning home, Jake married his high school sweetheart, Betty McCullough, on Easter Sunday, 1946. Taking advantage of the GI Bill, Jake enrolled at Louisiana Tech that fall in the Forestry Department. After graduation, he worked in Arkansas for the Dierks Company until 1966. At that time, he was hired by Manville to work in the forestry office in West Monroe until retirement in 1993. Jake once said that he enjoyed every day of his work as a forester.A deacon in the Southern Baptist Church for over 60 years, he also served in church music in several churches as a song leader, choir director, and as a member of a gospel quartet, The Watchmen. Jake was a faithful member of the New Chapel Hill Baptist Church for the past 50 years. His gentle spirit and heart of Christian love impacted the lives of many people.He is preceded in death by his parents, J.S. and Clara Lord, his six brothers and sisters, and a grandson, Matthew Lord. He is survived by his wife of 70 years, Betty McCullough Lord, his children Lyn Lord, Jeb S. Lord, III and wife Becky, Jon Lord and wife Lisa, Gaylord Lord and wife Dianne, and Clayton Lord and wife Lisa. He also leaves grandchildren: Jeanette Johnson, Jesse Lord Johnson, Jacque Dunford, Juli Smith, Amanda Hanegan, Andrea Spinney, Jon S. Lord, Derek Lord, Ryan Lord, Adam Lord, Ashley Hamm, and Sarah Hyatt, and 23 great grandchildren.In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the New Chapel Hill Baptist Church, the Gideons International, or the Methodist Children's Home, Ruston.Visitation will be from 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM, Saturday, June 11, 2016 at New Chapel Hill Baptist Church.Online condolences may be made to the family at www.kilpatrickfuneralhomes.com.