Obituaries Prior to 1997, Beauregard Parish, Louisiana Submitted various sources ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ ************Get Involved! We are looking for people to donate transcriptions of cemeteries, ************deeds, censuses, Bible records, etc. If you have a Beauregard Parish file you'd ************like to donate to help other genealogist and the Beauregard Parish USGenWeb ************Project. ALLEN, Mary Virginia LCAP: 3/12/1943 pg. 4, ref# 220: DeRidder- Funeral services for Mary Virginia Allen, age 2 years, were held Wednesday at 3:30 pm at Robert's chapel with Rev. Frank Stagg officiating. She died Tuesday evening at 9:30 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. M.H. Jackson, her grandparents. Surviving her are her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Allen, a sister, Patricia Clay Allen and paternal grandparents, Mr.and Mrs. P.H. Allen of Port Arthur. Burial was in Woodlawn cemetery under the direction of Roberts funeral home. BAILEY, SILAS E. LCAP 6/17/1975 DeRidder - Funeral services for Silas Edward Bailey, 76, will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday, June 18 in Hixon Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be in Beauregard Cemetery. Mr. Bailey died at 7:15 pm Sunday at a Lake Charles hospital. Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Ella Frances Bailey; two sons, James Bailey of Moss Bluff and Milton Bailey of Columbia, Mo.; one brother, James Bailey; two sisters, Mrs. Jack Parker and Mrs. Fred Johnson, all of Houston and six grandchildren. BAILEY, A B LCAP 10/28/1973 Page 2 # 653 Typed by Chrissy Breaux DeRidder - Funeral services for A. B. Bailey, 81, will be at 2 p.m.today, Oct 28 in the Hopewell Baptist Church. The Rev. T. C. Hogan will officiate. Burial will be in Hopewell Cementery under direction of Hixon Funeral Home. Mr. Bailey died at 3 p.m. Friday in a DeRidder hospital. Survivors are two daughters, Mrs. Erma Vander of Rosepine and Mrs. Earnest D. Burrow of Moss Bluff; two sons, Elbert Bailey of Lake Charles, and Verdman Bailey of Dry Creek; one brother, Albert Bailey ofDeRidder; three sisters, Mrs. Nora Austin, Mrs. Louella Miers, bothof DeRidder and Mrs. Amos Mahaffey of Mittie; 17 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren. BERRY, Nola B., Mrs. LCAP: 9/12/1983 pg. 2 ref# 805:: Deridder - Funeral services for Mrs. Nola B. Berry, 81, will be at 11 am today, Sept. 12, in Vincent Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev. Woodrow Batties will officiate. Burial will be in Community Cemetery. Mrs. Berry died at 10:30pm Thursday in a DeRidder hospital. Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Idell (Cherry) Sweet of DeRidder, one son Jimmy Lee Taylor of Leesville, one brother of Opp, Ala., 10 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren BRYANT, Thomas LCAP 1/12/1949 pg1 #345 MILITARY Rites Set for Spanish War Vet DeRidder, La., Jan. 12 (Spl) - Funeral services for Thomas Bryant, 79, a Spanish War veteran, will be at 2pm today in the Methodist church with the Rev. C. R. Hardy officiating. Military services will be held at the graveside in the Woodlawn cemetery. Burial will be in charge of the Hixson funeral home. Mr. Bryant died at 6:45 am Tuesday at 411 Shirley street where he made his home. There are no known survivors. GERNER, Jack D. LCAP: 10/7/1989 pg 2, #951:: Typed by Chrissy Breaux Leesville- Funeral services for Jack D. Gerner, 70, will be at 10 am Monday, Oct. 9, in Beauregard-Vernon Funeral Home. Chaplain Gerald Smith and the Rev. John Cook will officiate. Burial will be in Oak Forest Cemetery. Mr. Gerner died at 3:15pm, Thursday in an Alexandria hospital. He was retired after 25 years as an Army mess sergeant, serving in WW II, Korea, and three terms in Vietnam. He was formerly employed at the Garland Medical Center in Garland, Tx. Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Jean Gerner of Leesville, one son, Gale Gerner of Austin, Tx. and one daughter Jackie Allbritton of Leesville, four brothers Kenneth Gerner of Santa Paula, Ca. Junior Gerner of New Middletown, Ohio, Frank Gerner of Oxnard, Ca. and Ted Gerner of Lessville, one sister, Betty Jean Whiteley of Depwe, OKla. six grandchildre and one great grandchild. If friends wish, memorial donations may be made to the American Cancer Society, the family said. GILES, James Lenord LCAP: 9/12/1983 pg.2, ref#805: DeRidder, La. Dec.29, - Last rites for James Lenard Giles, weekold son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert E. Giles of Merryville, who died at the family home Dec. 25, were held Thursday, at 10am, Rev. M. Palmer, officiating. Burial was at the Merryville cemetery with the Hixson funeral home in charge. Survivors besides the parents ate four sisters, Mary, Jessie, Anna and Mildred, four brothers, George, Austin, Robert and Earl, all of Merryville. GILES, Anna Jane LCAP 12/13/1955:page 2,ref#437: Services Held For Merryville Polio Victim: Anna Jane Giles Shreveport, La. Funeral services were held today for a 15 year old polio stricken Merryville girl who lost her battle for life after living for 12 days following a delicate heart-massaging maneuver. The death of Anna Jane Giles yesterday was attributed to pneumonia and infection of the lungs. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A.E. Giles of Merryville. Anna Jane had four brothers and five sisters. A tenth grade student at Merryville high school, she was stricken with crippling bulbar polio in September. She developed appendicitis while resting in an iron lung. Her heart stopped beating as doctors prepared her for surgery November 30. Surgeons made an incision in her chest and massaged her heart back into pulsating life. They tried to combat the appendicitis with antibiotics after abandoning plans for surgery. Robert Glaze of Shreveport, 4, whose heart stopped beating after undergoing an appendectomy Nov. 30, was also given heart massage. He remains on the critical list. HARDY, Larry J. LCAP 9/13/1988 pg. 2, #951 Typed by Chrissy Breaux DeRidder- Funeral services for Larry Jennings Hardy, 50, will be at 9:30am today, Sept. 13, in Hixson-Guardian Chapel The Revs. Jerry Masters and TD Cardwell will officiate. Graveside services will be at 5pm in Harmony Cemetery. A resident of DeRidder since 1969, he was a paper machine foreman for Boise-Casade Paper Mill, and was actively involved in the training program at Boise Cascade. He was a member of First Baptist Church in DeRidder. Survivors are his wife, Mrs Goldie Hardy, one son Steve Hardy of Many, two daughters Mrs. JoAnn Frazier of DeQuincy and Mrs Janice Valencia of DeRidder, his mother Mrs. Ruth Barnard of Springhill, two sisters Mrs.Mildred Willis of Alvord, Tx. and Mrs Alice Coleman of Shreveport and three grandchildren. HARPER, W. D. LCAP 6/17/1975 DERIDDER, - Funeral arrangements for W. D. "Dutch" Harper, 66, will be announced by Hixson Funeral Home. Mr. Harper died at 4 p.m. Monday in Oakdale General Hospital. He was a deputy sheriff and a radio operator for the Sheriff's Department since 1952. HAVENS, Murphy Lynn LACP: 3/12/1943 pg. 4, ref# 220:: DeRidder - Funeral services for Murphy Lynn Havens, age 3 months, were held at the family resident at Singer at 2 pm, Friday with Rev. Erwin Brown officiating. The infant is survived by the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Coland Havens, two brothers Eddie and Steven and a sister Rachel Anne. Robert funeral home was in charge of arrangements and interment was made in Havens Cemetery. HAYES, B.S.,Mrs. LCAP 11/27/1948 (contributed on Jan 1998 by Kim Bailey - kbailey1@iamerica.net) Burial Set Today DeRidder, LA Nov. 27 Funeral services will be held for Mrs. Blanche Simmons Hayes, 78, at 2 p.m. today in the Pleasant Hill Baptist church. The Rev. G.Jones will officiate, assisted by the Rev. Cecil W. Williams and the Rev. Clarence Dees. Burial will be in the Pleasant Hill cemetery under direction of the local Hixson funeral home. Pallbearers will be L.V. Simmons, Paul Stille, S.E. Shirley, J.A. Shirley, R.S. Shirley, and Herman Smith. Mrs. Hayes died at her home in the Pleasant Hill community at 11:50p.m. Thursday. A native of Sugartown, she had resided in Beauregard parish all of her life. She was a member of the Baptist church in which she was an active member of the Pleasant Hill church as long as her health permitted. Survivors are six daughters, Mrs. W.E. Green, Dry Creek; Mrs. Hattie Reed, Basile; Mrs. Lilly Linscomb, Oklahoma; Mrs. Ellen Fisk, Temple, TX; Mrs. Pearl Weatherford, Oklahoma City, OK; Mrs. Beulah Hayes, California; eight sons, LeRoy Simmons, W.A. Simmons, James J. Simmons, all of DeRidder; Jerry T. Simmons, Jennings; Felix Hayes, Roanoke; Bert Hayes, Liberty, TX; Bill Hayes, Tulsa, OK; and R.D. Hayes, Baton Rouge. ILES, Howell W., DEAD Clipping inside a Family Bible - 1909 Submitted by Paula Iles Restrepo Special to the Enterprise Sugartown, La, Oct. 2 -- One of the largest and most impressive funerals that has ever been held in Sugartown was conducted by the Masonic fraternity at 3 o'clock on Sunday afternoon over the body of Howell W. Iles, aged 70 years, 3 months, 13 days. Mr. Iles had been in poor health for the last year or more; then several months ago he had a stroke of apoplexy, and from that time he has been gradually growing worse, and the end was not unexpected. Mrs. Iles and their children--Henry, John, Murphy and Clara-- were at his bedside for the past several days, doing all that they could to comfort him in his last hours. Mr. Iles was born and raised near the place of his death, and he has been a constant resident of Calcasieu from infancy. He was the son of Dempsey and Clara Cherry Iles, who moved from Texas to Louisiana in the early part of the century and settled near Sugartown, where they reared a family of twelve children. Several of the sons of this family were in the Confederate army, some of whom never returned, but four of the brothers--John, Jeff, Dempsey and Howell--entered the stock business at the close of the civil war and became prominent in this part of the state as stockmen and farmers. The three sons just named have died within the last few years. Three of the daughters married and moved to Texas. One being Mrs. Singleton of Sugartown, another Mrs. Simmons of DeRidder, and the last being Mrs. Perkins of De Quincey and the only living child of this old pioneer family. Mr. Iles and Miss Julia Gill, sister of H.C. Gill of Lake Charles, were quietly married shortly after the civil war, and to this union were born three sons and one daughter, all of whom survive him. END Note:A footnote to mistakes in the above obit: Howell's parents listed as Dempsey and Clara Cherry. Should be Sarah Cherry. Also said in last paragraph they were quietly married after the Civil War,they were married on 10 Dec.1857. JOFFRION, Lola, Mrs. LCAP 11/30/1974 DeRidder - Funeral services fro Mrs. Lola Joffrion, 72, of Mesquite, Tex. Will be at 10 a.m. today, Nov. 30, in the Hixson Funeral Home Chapel. The Re. James O. Jordan will officiate. Burial will be in Beauregard Cemetery. Mrs. Joffrion died at 11:05 p.m. Wednesday in a Mesquite hospital. Survivors include four sons, H.D. Joffrion of Mesquite, James B. And Horace H. Joffrion both of Dallas, and Levey Joffrion of Fort Worth; and three brothers, John Wooley of DeRidder, J.D. Wooley of Bridge City, Tex., and Cecil Wooley of Miami, Fla. Also nine sisters, Mrs. Jewell Brumley, Miss Mary Wooley, and Mrs. Ruby Sadler, all of Houston, Mrs. Lucille West, Mrs. Icey Hall and Mrs. Maggie Hall, all of DeRidder, Mrs. Marie Land of Anahuac, Tex., Mrs. Beatrice Hatch of Silsbee, Tex., and Mrs. Effie Hillard of Port Arthur, and three grandchildren. JOFFRION, Lola, Mrs. LCAP 11/29/1974 DeRidder - Funeral services for Mrs. Lola Joffrion of Dallas Tex., Formerly of DeRidder, will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 30, in Hixson Funeral Home. The Rev. Jimmy Jordan of Dallas will officiate. Burial will be in Beauregard Cemetery. Mrs. Joffrion died Wednesday in Dallas. Survivors are three sons, H.D. Joffrion Jr. of Mesquite, Tex., Levy Joffrion of Fort Worth, Tex. and James B. Joffrion of Dallas, three brothers, John Wooley of DeRidder, J.B. Wooley of Bridge City, Tex. and Cecil Wooley of Miami, Fla. Also nine sisters, Mrs. Effie Hillard of Port Arthur, Mrs. Ruby Sadler. Mrs. Jewel Brumley and Mary Wooley, all of Houston, Mrs. Marie Land of Anahuac, Tex., Mrs. Beatrice Hatch of Silsbee, Tex. and Mrs. Maggie Paul, Mrs. Lucille West and Mrs. Icey Hall, all of DeRidder, and three grandchildren. JOHNSON, JOSEPHINE , MRS. LCAP 1/7/1991 DeRIDDER - Funeral arrangements for Mrs. Josephine Johnson,81, will be announced by Beauregaud-Vernon Funeral Home. She died Saturday in Livingston, Texas. KING, Gordon SR. LCAP 11/28/1978 P.2 #714 Typed by Chrissy Breaux Merryville - Funeral services for Gordon A. King Sr. , 83, were at 10 a.m. today, Nov. 28, in Hixson Funeral Home chapel in Merryville. The Rev. P. Miles officiated. Burial was in Meadows Cemetery. Mr. King died at 9:45 a.m. Sunday in a DeRidder nursing home center. Survivors are one son, Gordon lA. King Jr. of DeRidder; one brother, J.H. King of Merryville; one sister, Mrs. Annie Lowery of Houston, Texas; two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. MIDKIFF, DAVID J. LCAP 6/17/1975 Leesville - Funeral services for David Jefferson Midkiff, 72, will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, June 18, in Mt. Carmel Baptist Church. Burial will be in Hinson Cemetery under the direction of Hixson Funeral Home of DeRidder. Mr. Midkiff died at 3:20 p.m. Monday in Beauregard Memorial Hospital in DeRidder. Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Inez Midkiff; three sons, Kenneth D. Midkiff of Knight, David L. Midkiff of Leesville and Howard D. Midkiff of Sour Lake Tex.; two daughters, Mrs. Joyce E. Dean of DeRidder and Mrs. Doris Angelly of Metairie; three sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Brooks of Rosepine, Mrs. Ophelia Robertson of Bogalusa, and Eva Monk of Thibodaux; and seven grandchildren. SIMMONS, Clyde Grover: LCAP: 3/12/1943 pg. 4, ref# 220: DeRidder - Funeral services were held for Clyde G. Simmons, seven month old at Hopewell church with Rev. Farley Green officiating. The infant died at 8pm Thursday. The parents Mr. and Mrs. C.H. Simmons and one sister Ruth, survive. Burial was in Hopewell Cemetery. SIMMONS, James Joseph LCAP dated 3/31/1990 (contributed on Jan 1998 by Kim Bailey - kbailey1@iamerica.net) DeRidder - Funeral services for James Joseph Simmons, 91, will be at 10:30 a.m. today, March 31, in Beauregard-Vernon Funeral Home. The Rev. Logan Skiles will officiate. Burial will be in Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Mr. Simmons died at 3:50 a.m. Friday in the Merryville hospital. He was a lifelong resident of DeRidder where he had been a school teacher and principal for the Sugartown and Singer high schools. Survivors are three daughters, Bettie Jo Decker of DeRidder, and Marie Ann Cryer and Carolyn Sue Blackmon, both of Merryville; one brother, Jerry Simmons of Longville; one sister, Eugenia Green of DeRidder, and four grandchildren. TALBERT,Lyman, Mrs. LCAP 10/28/1973 Page 2 # 653 Typed by Chrissy Breaux DeRidder- Funeral services for Mrs. Lyman (janie) Talbert, 78, will be at 3 pm today, Oct. 28, in the Hixon Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev. C. S. Miers and the Rev. Max Stracener will officate. Burial will be in the Sugartown Cemetery. Mrs. Talbert died at 9:15 am Saturday in a DeRidder Hospital. Survivors are her husband; two daughers, Mrs. W. H. Foote of DeRidder and Mrs. Jack Earl of Texas City, Tex; one son, Joe Talbert of LaMarque, Tex; one brother Dewey Iles of DeRidder; one sister, Mrs. Theo Hennington of Shrevport; eight grand children, and five great-grandchildren. TERPENING, DONALD , MRS. LCAP 11/28/1978 P.2 #714 Typed by Chrissy Breaux Longville - Funeral services for Mrs. Donald (Margaret Ann) Terpening, 39, will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 29, in First Baptist Church. The Rev. James Carson will officiate. Burial will be in Magnolia Cemetery under direction of Hixson Funeral Home of DeRidder. Mrs. Terpening died at 2:50 a.m. Monday in a Houston, Texas, hospital. Survivors, in addition to her husband, are two sons, Patrick and Brian Terpening, her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lucien Jones, and two brothers, Thomas and Lulcien Jones Jr., all of Longville. If friends wish, they may make donations to Leanon Research, P.O. Box 10243, Corpus Christi, Texas.