Obituary of William P Humphries, Izard Co, AR

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Batesville Guard, Batesville, AR, December ?, 1954

Obituary for William Prator Humphries

  William P. Humphries, 79-year-old resident of Neely Street, died
Tuesday in a Little Rock hospital.  Born in Helena, he was a member of
the Missionary Baptist Church and a merchant, and had spent most of his
life in Batesville.
  He is survived by a son, Kenneth; two daughters, Mrs. Irene Cook of
Melbourne and Mrs. Velma Pearson; two half-brothers, Tenny Ellis Winkle
of Mount Pleasant and George Winkle of Texas; and eight grandchildren.
  Funeral services were held this afternoon at 2:00 at Calvery Baptist
Church, with the Rev. Vernon Bellue officiating.  Burial was in Barren
Fork cemetery (Mount Pleasant) by Crouch Funeral Home.
  Active pallbearers were Stanley Guthrie, Olen Winkle, Hassell
Marshall, Billy Goodin, Eldon Hager, Floyd Massey, Johnny Thompson, and
George Williams.
  Honorary pallbearers were Dr. L.T. Evans, Dr. Walter O'Neal, Dr.
Nixon, Dr. Sheffield, the staff of the Baptist Hospital in Little Rock
and business associates of the deceased.