Obituary of Johnny W. Eason, Sr., Caldwell Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Kim Wise
Source: Riser Funeral Home
Date: August 26, 2004



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Obituary:   Johnny W. Eason, Sr.
October 30, 2003

Services for Johnny W. Eason, Sr., age 75, of Clarks will be held at
2 p.m., Thursday, October 30, 2003 at the Old Bethel Baptist Church
west of Clarks with Rev. Ed Smith and Rev. Benton Moore officiating.
Interment with masonic graveside rites under the direction of Clarks
Masonic Lodge #382 will follow in the Old Bethel Cemetery.
    
Mr. Eason was born in Clarks on February 27, 1928 to the union of
Almon and Catherine Haynes Eason and died Monday, October 27,
2003 at the Willis-Knighten Medical Center in Bossier City.
    
He was a graduate of Clarks High School class of 1945, he played
college football at Southwestern College in Lafayette and was a 1949
graduate of Northwestern State College in Natchitoches. In 1959 he
received his law degree from Centenary College in Shreveport.
    
Mr. Eason was a retired director of purchasing with the City of
Shreveport. 
    
After his retirement, he moved back to Clarks where he is currently
in his third term as mayor of Clarks.  He is a member of the Clarks
Baptist Church and the Clarks Masonic Lodge #382 where he served
as a Past Master.  He was also a veteran of the Korean Conflict having
served in the Army.
    
Survivors include his wife of 52 years: Earline Allen Eason of Clarks,
his sons: Johnny Wyatt Eason, Jr. and his wife Sheryl of Baton Rouge
and Mark Allen Eason and his wife: Linda of Flower Mound, Texas,
his granchildren; Justin Mark Eason, Jennifer Marie Eason, Jessica 
Ferris Eason and Jacob Anthony Eason, his mother-in-law: Odell 
Cheek Allen of Clarks, his brothers: Arnold Eason and his wife; Ruby
of Tallulah, and Vernon Eason and his wife: Mary Ann of Logansport,
his sister: Billie Catherine Mizell and her husband: Shelton of Springhill, 
his brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law: Murphy and Betty Ballard of
Clarks and R.H. Allen and Wanda of Memphis, Tn. and a host of
neices and nephews.
    
He was preceded in death by his parents and his sisters: Opie Eason
Waldrop and Margaret Eason Price.
    
Pallbearers will be Jerry Mobley, Paul Douglas, Bill Thompson, Billy
Head, Fred Grant and Steve May.
    
Honorary pallbearers will be his brothers-in-law: R.H. Allen, Murphy
Ballard and Shelton Mizell. Others are Glenn Ainsworth, James Albert
McDaniel, Curtis Richardson, A.J. Douglas, Bill Taylor and B-Line Exline.
    
Visitation will be Wednesday from 4 p.m. until 8 p.m. at Riser
Funeral Home, 7131 Hwy 165, Columbia and Thursday from noon until 
time of services at the Old Bethel Baptist Church.