Joseph Jesse Grappe, owner of Value Pak Grocer at 1200 Washington St.,
wed Exie Borland of Dodson, La. Their children are Bennie Evon, wed to
Robert Wayne Womack; Robbie Jean, and Shirley Ann, who wed James
Buckley. Mr. Grappe, a descendant of Pierre Batiste Grappe, who was a
French soldier at Natchitoches in 1741. Jesse represents the eighth
generation of Grappes in the Natchitoches area. Fishing is his favorite
sport.