Obits: The Watchman, Clinton, East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana 1961 Transcribed and submitted by Claude Slaton. ************************************************* Submitted to the LAGenWeb Archives ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** . TIPS FOR SEARCHING RECORDS ON THE INTERNET Netscape & Ms Explorer users: If searching for a particular surname, locality or date while going through the records in the archives or anywhere....try these few steps: 1. Go to the top of the report you are searching. 2. Click on EDIT at the top of your screen. 3. Next click on FIND in the edit menu. 4. When the square pops up, enter what you are looking for in the FIND WHAT ___________blank. 5. Click on DIRECTION __DOWN. 6. And last click on FIND NEXT and continue to click on FIND NEXT until you reach the end of the report. This should highlight the item that you indicated in "find what" every place it appears in the report. You must continue to click on FIND NEXT till you reach the end of the report to see all of the locations of the item indicated. From The Watchman, Clinton, La., 13 Jan 1961: JUDGE OVERTON MEMORIALIZED "It is a sad and solemn occasion for the family, friends and fellow members of the bar who knew and loved this lovable man--this mand who was big in every way--physically and mentally--and with a heart as big as life itself--" Thus William T. Bennett, attorney, spoke of the late Judge Woodrow W. Overton in an eulogy presented at memorial services Thursday morning. The services were held in open court before Judge Horace R. Reid of Amite, 21st Judicial District Judge. Judge Overton died Dec. 14, six days after suffering a stroke in the parish clerk of court's office. Referring to the courtroom in which Judge Overton often presided, Bennett said, "No more will we hear his genial voice saying, Open court, Mr. Sheriff.' Yet in this courtroom where he so justly presided we still feel and will always feel the impact of his warm and dominat personality--the friendliness, the compassion, the humor, the bigness' of this great personality--this natural man with a genius for friendship." Bennett then gave a brief biography of the judge's life. He was born in Slaughter in March, 1914, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. Overton. After graduating from Slaughter High School, he attended LSU, receiving bachelor of science and law degrees and graduating in 1947. On June 3, 1939, he married helen Koch of Chicago, Ill., and the couple had three children--Woodrow Lee, Christine and Paula. He began his law career in Clinton in 1947. In 1954 he was elected district judge and in 1960 he was re-elected to this position. "How that life was...overflowing with the boundless vitality of his personality," Bennett continued. "He loved the good things of life...the warm clasp of friendship, the joys of nature, of hunting and fishing. He was nature's nobleman...a man who walked with the great of our land, yet kept the common touch." To his widow and children, Bennett said, "Be comforted in the thought that your husband and father was admired by all who knew him." Judge Reid joined Bennett in all his remarks about Judge Overton. Following the services, court was adjourned for five minutes before the regular court session. At the regular session grand jury made its report and Judge Reid heard several cases. From The Watchman, Clinton, La., 13 Jan 1961: ARCHIE PALMER HALL Archie Palmer Hall of Jackson, life-long resident of East Feliciana Parish, died Jan. 4 at the age of 51. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Sarah Greely, of Jackson. Pallbearers were Aubrey Watson, Leonard Dugas, Fulton Odom, Alvin Carrier, Emile Brupbacher and Jerry Herzter. MISS ADA WOODWARD WOOD Miss Ada Woodward Wood died at Clinton Infirmary Jan. 7 at the age of 71. She is survived by one sister, Mrs. Henry Hogeman of Baton Rouge; one brother, Dr. Fred Wood of Philadelphia, Pa.; a nephew, T. B. Bennett of Baton Rouge, and one niece, Mrs. G. P. Dupuy of Lake Charles. Funeral services were held Jan. 7 at Charlet Funeral home with Rev. John Alley conducting the services. Interment was in the Masonic Cemetery. Pallbearers were McVea Hubbs, George Jones, J. R. Peters, Clay McKnight, Richard Kilbourne and Joe Felps. ALBERT LIGON Albert Ligon, 75, died Monday, Jan. 9, at his home on Highland Park Drive in Baton Rouge. He was a native of Slaughter. Funeral services were held at a Baton Rouge funeral home Monday afternoon and interment was in Roselawn Memorial Park. He was a member of the Elks Club and Rotary Club. Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Harold Cotten, Baton Rouge, and one sister, Mrs. W. L. Douglas, Slaughter. ROBIN D. KENT Robin D. Kent, life-long resident of East Feliciana Parish, died at Clinton Infirmary Sunday, Jan. 8, at the age of 79. He was a member of Clinton Baptist Church and a director of Clinton Bank & Trust Co. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Gerald Kent, two daughters, Mrs. B. A. Hobgood, Jr., and Mrs. John P. Hobgood, and two grandchildren, all of Clinton. Funeral services were conducted Jan. 9 at Clinton Baptist Church by Rev. John Alley. Interment was in the Masonic Cemetery. Pallbearers were C. A. Kent, Thomas Kent, Edward Hobgood, Malcolm Cain, Louis McKnight, Jr., and Ikie McKnight. > From The Watchman, Clinton, La., 27 Jan 1961: HENRY C. HEATH Henry Chase Heath, East Feliciana cattleman and farmer, died unexpectedly Saturday night, Jan. 21, at his home near Ethel. Heath, who was 74 years old, was a life-long resident of East Feliciana and a member of a pioneer family of the parish. His parents were the late Henry Perkins Heath and Mrs. Berta Chase Heath. He was the uncle of Dist. Atty. Richard Kilbourne. Rev. John Shearer conducted funeral services Sunday, Jan. 22. Burial followed in Buetoville Cemetery. He is survived by two brothers, Tom and John of Ethel; two nieces, Mrs. Paulsen Spence of Baton Rouge and Mrs. Dan Patch of Connecticut, and two nephews, Dist. Atty. Richard Kilbourne and Hal H. Kilbourne, Jr., of Clinton. Paulbearers were Richard Kilbourne, H. H. Kilbourne, Ed Hobgood, John Hobgood, O. B. Chase and Sam Chase. > From The Watchman, Clinton, La., 3 Feb 1961: CHARLES FRANKLIN RECORD, SR. Charles Franklin Record, Sr., well-known East Felicianian, died Thursday, Jan. 26, at Clinton Infirmary following an illness of several weeks. A life-long resident of Clinton, Record was the son of the late Charles F. Record and Mrs. Florence Watson Ross of Clinton. On June 12, 1921, he married Anna Day of Baton Rouge. The couple had four children, Charles F., Jr., Florence Elizabeth, Anne Day and June. He and his wife lived on their plantation, "Breezy Hill" near Clinton to which he retired in June, 1958, after being employed by Esso Standard Oil in Baton Rouge for 38 years. Record was a member of Olive Lodge No. 52, Free and Accepted Masons and American Legion Post 158. In addition to his widow, he is survived by one son, Charles F., Jr., of Clinton; three daughters, Mrs. Gene M. Stout and Mrs. Robert N. Stout, Baton Rouge, and Mrs. John D. Boutte, Clinton; four grandsons and four granddaughters. Funeral services were held Friday, Jan. 27, by Rev. W. Neil Record, a cousin of Record's, of Tulia, Tex. Rev. Lonnie Sibley of Clinton Methodist Church and Rev. Alvin Hall of Laurel Lea Baptist Church in Baton Rouge. Masonic graveside rites were conducted by Carl Dawson of Jackson. Pallbearers were Thomas S. Reily and H. A. Blouin, Gurley; Floyd Ashford, Baton Rouge; Eugene Watson, Fluker; Joe Dunn, Greenburg, and Joe Felps, Clinton. MRS. W. E. VICK Mrs. W. E. Vick died Friday, Jan. 27, at Clinton Infirmary after a brief illness. A native and life-long resident of East Feliciana, she was 88 years old. She is survived by one son, Prentice R. Vick of Clinton; three daughters, Mrs. T. W. Andrews, Clinton, Mrs. Mae Melson, Colfax, Mrs. George McKnight, Columbia; one brother, Percy Rogers, Clinton; five grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews. Religious services were held Saturday, Jan. 28, at Clinton Baptist Church with Rev. Alvin Hall officiating. Burial follwoed in the Masonic Cemetery. Pallbearers were Patrick Tucker, Lionel Smith, Jerry Krizan, Riger Vick, Reeves Morgan and Wade Morgan. MISS MARY LANIER Miss Mary Glenn Lanier died Thursday, Jan. 26, at Pine Acres Nursing Home at the age of 88. She was a native of Lake Providence and a resident of Baton Rouge. Religious services were held at a Baton Rouge funeral home Friday, Jan. 27, by Rev. Philip Werlein. Interment was in Magnolia Cemetery. She is survived by three nieces, Mrs. Calvin Schwing of Plaquemine, Mrs. James H. McGuirt of Houston, and Miss Marshall Reymond of Baton Rouge; three nephews, Burfoot Aldrich and Charles Reymond, both of Baton Rouge, and Dr. W. L. Barrow of New York. MRS. MARY E. DOUGLASS Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Douglass died Wednesday, Jan. 25, at Lane Memorial Hospital, at the age of 86. She would have been 87 Jan. 27. She was a native of East Baton Rouge Parish and resident of Slaughter. Funeral services were held Friday, Jan. 27, at a Baton Rouge funeral home by Rev. G. H. Corry and Rev. T. D. Lipscomb. Burial followed at Roselawn Memorial Park. Survivors include her husband, Willie H. Douglass of Slaughter; one son, Percy E. Douglass; two daughters, Miss Lillian Douglass and Miss Wilda Douglass, all of Slaughter, and numerous nieces and nephews. She was a member of Slaughter Methodist Church. Pallbearers included Tom, Henry and Albert Troth, and Tommie, Ben, Lemuel, John and David Ligon. MRS. ZULA COOK Mrs. Zula Cook, a native and life-long resident of East Feliciana, died Tuesday, Jan. 31, at Field Memorial Hospital in Centreville, Miss. The 82-year-old Mrs. Cook was supervisor of the sewing room at East Louisiana State Hospital in Jackson. She was a member of the Second Baptist Church in Jackson and Order of the Eastern Star. She is survived by three sons, Melvin and Ellis Cook, both of Jackson, And Wickliffe Cook, of Wilson; two daughters, Mrs. Christine Linnaberry of Seattle, Wash., and Mrs. Olga Preveau of New Orleans; eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted in Clinton Wednesday by Rev. S. W. Bradham and C. A. Martin. Burial followed in the Jackson Cemetery in Jackson. From The Watchman, Clinton, La., 24 Feb 1961: WARREN WILLIE WATSON Warren Willie Watson, a supervisor at East Louisiana State Hospital, died at his residence in Zachary, Tuesday, Feb. 21. A World War I veteran, Watson was 66 years old. Religious services were conducted Wednesday, Feb. 22, at Zachary Methodist Church by Rev. Robert Ed Taylor. Burial followed in Azalea Rest Cemetery in Zachary. Watson was a member of Disable American Veterans and Days Methodist Church of Liverpool. SEPTEMBER OBITS: "Preservation By Publication" The Watchman, Clinton, La., 1 Sept. 1961: A. C. BEHRNES of Slaughter died Sunday, Aug. 27, at a Baton Rouge hospital. He was 78. Funeral services were held Tuesday morning at Redwood Baptist church, of which he was a member. Rev. Ray Beauchamp officiated and burial was in Redwood Cemetery. Pallbearers were deacons of the church. Behrnes is survived by his widow, Mrs. Louise Sobers Behrnes; three sons, A. C., Jr., Louis and James, all of Slaughter; two daughters, Mrs. Earl Guy of Zachary and Mrs. Glen Farrar of Slaughter; six sisters, two brothers, 14 grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren. WILLIE PARISH GORE of Jackson, Route 1, died Aug. 26 at the Baton Rouge General. A native of West Feliciana, he was 78 and a retired employee of Humble Oil. Funeral services were held Sunday at a Baton Rouge funeral home with interment in Concord Methodist church cemetery near Jackson. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Mattie E. Gore; five sons, Joseph B. And Willie E. of Baton Rouge, Frank and Jack of Jackson, and Edward D. of Baker; three daughters, Mrs. Thelma Perkins, Mrs. Patrick O'Donovan and Mrs. Myles Manno, all of Baton Rouge; 11 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. BERNARD WILLIAMS of Greensburg died Aug. 24 at a hospital in Amite. He was 64. Funeral services were held at Grangeville Baptist Church Aug. 26, with Rev. Jody Hartner officiating. Burial was in Grangeville cemetery. Williams is survived by his widow, Mrs. Florence Hughes Williams of Greensburg; three sons, Durwood T. of Greensburg, H. B. of New Iberia and Charles E. of Amite; two daughters, Mrs. Gene R. Watson of Baton Rouge and Mrs. B. D. Windham of Baker; four sisters, Mrs. Rosa King of Jackson, Mrs. Lizzie Wascom and Mrs. Lillian Walker of Baton Rouge, and mrs. Mae King of Pine Grove; six brothers, Eddie of Greensburg, Percy and Wilson of Jackson, Leon of Baton Rouge, Jesse of Montpeilier and Bennett of Pine Grove, and six grandchildren. The Watchman, Clinton, La., 15 Sept. 1961: CHARLES CYRUS CHAUDOIR died Thursday, Sept. 7, at Napoleonville hospital. A resident of 2426 Washington avenue, he was 66 and a native of Mansura. He taught at Baton Rouge High and Istrouma High and served as principal of Pride and Baker High schools. A requiem high mass was celebrated on Sept. 8 at St. Anthony Catholic church. Burial was in Roselawn Memorial park. Pallbearers included E. Patrick Chaudoir, Sam L. Chaudoir, Elry J. Chaudoir, Dr. Cherie Major, Dr. Nelson A. Cox, and Arnold Grass. Suvivors include his widow, Mrs. Ida Lee Chaney Chaudoir; two daughters, Dr. Celeste Chaudoir of Napoleonville and Dr. Connie Major of White Castle; two sisters, Miss Ida L. Chaudoir and Mrs. Harvey Atha, both of Alexandria; three brothers, E. Patrick Chaudoir of Port Allen, Sam L. and Elry J. Chaudoir, both of Alexandria. ERNEST GREGORIE died in a New Orleans hospital Wednesday, Sept. 6. He was 45 years old, a native of Livingston Parish and a resident of New Orleans. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. L. W. Aydell of French Settlement, one son and one daughter of Baton Rouge; two sisters, Mrs. Frank Wolf of Great Falls, Mont., and Mrs. Roy Hughes of Walker; two brothers, Eugene and Constance, both of New Orleans. Religious services and burial were held Sept. 7 at French Settlement. He was a former resident of Baywood. MRS. VOINE BROWNING LEWIS died Sept. 6 at Lane Memorial hospital in Zachary. She was 48, a native of Baywood and a resident of 2042 Convention street, Baton Rouge. Services were held at Sacred Heart Catholic church Friday. Burial was at Bethel Cemetery at Greenwell Springs. Suvivors include her mother, Mrs. M. E. Browning, Baywood; four sisters, Mrs. E. J. Westbrook, Baton Rouge, Mrs. J. C. Pollard, Baton Rouge, Mrs. M. N. Fleniken, Zachary, and Mrs. Gayle B. Gurney, Baywood; and two brothers, Staff Sgt. Edward H. Browning, U. S. Air Force and Alton L. Browning, Newellton. 22 Sept. 1961, The Watchman, Clinton, La.: WILLIAM HENRY ALLEN, 87, died on Wednesday, Sept. 13, at Clinton infirmary. A resident of Greensburg, he was a retired school bus driver of St. Helena Parish, where he had resided his entire life. Funeral services were held Sept. 14 at Center Methodist Church with interment in the church cemetery. Survivors include two sons, Lawrence of Hammond and Clifton of Buchanan, Ga.; one daughter, Mrs. Eula Carruth of Greensburg; four brothers, Jesse and Charlie, both of Jackson; David of Greensburg and Marvin of Jena. JOSH B. CARTWRIGHT died Sept. 14 at Lane Memorial Hospital at the age of 77. He was a native of Pocahontas, Tenn., and a resident of Clinton and a retired farmer. Funeral services were held Sept. 16 at the Plank Road Baptist Church. Services were conducted by Rev. S. W. Bradham and burial was in the Plank Road Cemetery. 29 Sept. 1961, The Watchman, Clinton, La.: CHARLES E. WILSON Funeral services are scheduled in Detroit, Mich., at 11 this morning for East Feliciana's most famous part-time resident, Charles E. Wilson, former secretary of defense under President Eisenhower and former President of General Motors. Wilson, 71, died in his sleep early Tuesday morning at his 4,000-acre plantation, Richland, near Norwood. He had arrived there for a fall stay on Sept. 18 with one of his three sons, Edward, who returned to Detroit several days before his father's death. Wilson's body was discovered Tuesday morning by his butler, Glasper Nero, and Dr. C. S. Toler, parish coroner, attributed the death to a heart attack. The remains were flown on Wednsday to Detroit, where the Wilson family had long made its home. Wilson bought Richland in 1954 from the C. B. Dudleys after having been their guest on a crow hunt with Robert F. Kennon, who was Louisiana's governor at the time. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson spent a part of each year at Richland and during hunting season, shared its lands with many Louisiana friends. Wilson took an active interest in modern farming and cattle-raising and had developed an outstanding Ayrshire herd. On the last day of his life, he had toured the farm with Tom McKenzie, plantation manager for the past few years. EMMETTE WILLIAMS BEAUCHAMP died Thursday, Nov. 2, at his home near Clinton at the age of 76. He was a native and life-long resident of East Felciciana parish. A retired farmer, he was a member of the Clinton Methodist church and of Olive Lodge No. 52, F.&A.M. Funeral services were held Saturday, Nov. 4, at 11 a.m. at Charlet Funeral home. Services were conducted by Rev. Lonnie Sibley and burial was in the Masonic cemetery. He is survived by his wife, the former Berenice Worsham; four sons, retired Lt. Col. Emmette, Jr., of Falls Church, Va.; Edwin M. Of Baton Rouge; James Henry of Reserve, Toler E. Of Jackson; three daughters, Mrs. Holice B. Powers of Baton Rouge; Mrs. Cecil M. Boring of Finley, Ind., Mrs. F. LeGearn Johnson of Dickens, Tex.; and three sisters, Mrs. W. J. Colle, Mrs. J. I. Holister of Pascagoula, Miss., and Mrs. I. T. Dixon of Port Arthur, Tex. EARL TILLMAN, 46, died on Oct. 21 at Clinton Infirmary. He was a native of St. Helena and resided in Baton Rouge, where he had been employed for more than 18 years at Ethyl Corp. Funeral services were held in Clinton on Oct. 22, with Rev. Thomas E. Schultz officiating. Burial was in Buetobville cemetery. Tillman is survived by his widow, Mrs. Juanita Gross Tillman; his mother, Mrs. Elzy Tillman of Clinton; four sisters, Mrs. A. L. Castello of Slaughter, Mrs. T. J. Gross of Norco, Mrs. Robert H. Davis of Central, and Mrs. W. S. Marrow of Los Angeles, Calif.; five brothers, Walter and Clarence of Clinton, Monroe and Elzy, Jr., of Baton Rouge and Arthur of Grangeville, and numerous nephews and nieces. He was a member of St. Mark's Lutheran Church. ROBERT GAYDEN WHITE of Clinton died on Friday, Nov. 3, at the Baton Rouge General hospital. A native of East Feliciana and a retired state employee, he was 80. Funeral services were held Saturday at 3 p.m. in Clinton, with the Rev. Charles Romaine and Rev. John Alley officiating. Pallbearers were Harry Carroll, D. R. Hall, Wright Jackson, Delos Morgan, John T. Phares and Wesley Woodward. Interment was in the Masonic cemetery. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Nettie McLain White of Clinton; one son, R. G. White, Jr., of Shreveport; two daughters, Mrs. Alyne George of Montpelier and Mrs. Hilda Chevalier of Houston, Tex.; one brother, Charles Sidney White of Madisonville, Tex., and six grandchildren. Friends and relatives from out-of-town attending the Gayden White funeral were: Mr. and Mrs. J. H. McLain, McComb, Miss.; Mr. and Mrs. Jim Banker, Centreville, Miss.; Mr. and Mrs. Edward Banker and family, Denham Springs; Mrs. John Burtis, Mrs. Charles Balsamo, Mrs. Lee Couvillion, Mrs. William Videlange and Ulysses Rogan, New Orleans.Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hawes, Covington; Mrs. Mary Hemphill, Mrs. Dorothy Farmer, Mrs. Malcolm Dufour, Mrs. W. W. Evans, Mrs. Frances Oliver, Miss Aris Ann Oliver, Lawrence George, Mrs. Lois O'Neal and daughter, J. C. Chevalier, E. C. Howard, Mrs. Thomas H. Taylor, Mrs. Thomas H. Taylor, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Hollis Powers and family, Baton Rouge. Mrs. H. E. Watson, Mrs. Shirley Watson, Mrs. Nannie Bond, Carl Brown, Rev. Richard Hill, Mrs. Charlie Bond, Mrs. Mary EstherTate, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hogan, Montpelier; Mrs. Lloyd Mulina and Rex Mulina, Franklinton, and George Willie, Pine Grove. Mrs. Hilda Chevalier of Houston, Tex., and R. G. White, Jr., of Shreveport, were called home during the serious illness of their father. Visitors in the White home during the weekend were Lillian, Kenneth and Clyde White of Covington; Mrs. Frances Oliver, Miss Aris Ann Oliver and Mrs. W. W. Evans of Baton Rouge.