Obit: Dr. P. C. Worley, 1932, Caddo Par., Louisiana
Submitted by: G. T. Kellogg, Jr.
Date: Dec. 1999
Source:  The Shreveport Times, Friday, July 22, 1932



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Interment of Dr. Worley In Forest Park
Retired Physician Died Early Thursday, Masons Will Attend Funeral

Funeral services for Dr. P. C. Worley, local physician who died suddenly early
Thursday morning, will be held at 10 a.m. today at the First Baptist church
conducted by the Rev. M. E. Dodd.  The Rev. J. M. Frazier, pastor of the
Connell Memorial Baptist church of Fort Worth, Texas, will assist.  Interment
will be in the Forest Park cemetery under direction of McCook Brothers Funeral
home.
Doctor Worley was born in Blackburn, La., November 17, 1873.  He moved to
Shreveport about 10 years ago following a 25 year residence in Gilliam, where
he practiced medicine.  He retired soon after moving here.
Widely known in Shreveport and north Louisiana, Doctor Worley was a Mason and
a member of the El Karubsh Shrine.
Active pallbearers for the funeral today will be:  W. E. Adgar (sp?), O. W.
Lewis, Dr. J. D. Woolworth, W. R. Cavett, Ben Coleman and W. H. Bankston.
Honorary pallbearers will be Dr. I. Henry Smith, D. F. Hamilton, Dr. J. R.
Heard (sp?), Dr. Barron Johns, Dr. Ruffin (Unreadable), Dr. E. L. Sanderson,
Dr. H. G. F. Edwards, Dr. George B Dickson, Dr. W. B. Heidorn (sp?), Dr. H. T.
Best, Dr. H. L. Crow, Dr. O. C. Bigby, Dr. Paul D. Abramson, Jon Hunsicker, M.
D. Barber, Paul M. Brown, Ruvian Hendrick, Ed Percy, J. N. Shaver, R. T.
Douglas, J. W. Lynn, W. B. Bridges, G. W. McNeas, Sheriff T. R. Hughes, Fire
Chief F. J. Flores and J. D. McCrary, all members of the Shreveport Medical
and Dental societies and Masonic bodies.
Surviving the deceased are the widow, Mrs. Connie L. Worley, four sons, Ross
H. Worley, P. C. Worley, Dale Worley, and Dr. W. B. Worley, superintendent of
the child welfare department of the Louisiana Fair, all of Shreveport; three
brothers, Dr. A. G. Worley of Haynesville, La., T. B. Worley of Snyder, Texas,
and W. W. Worley of Hosston, La., and three sisters, Mrs. George Adams of
Hosston, La., Mrs. M. B. Crow of Dalton, Texas, and Mrs. Annie Crow of
Haynesville, La.