Obituary: April 1959, Franklin Parish, LA Submitters name listed with obit ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** The following obituaties are listed below: Mrs. Pernesie Wheelus ********************************** The Franklin Sun Winnsboro, LA April 9, 1959 Submitted August 2009 by: Glenda Warner Boyd Mrs. Pernesie Wheelus Final rites for Mrs. Pernesie Wheelus of Oak Grove community were conducted at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Oak Grove Baptist church, with the Rev. T. J. Ratcliff officiating. The Rev. Joe Mongle assisted. Interment in Oak Grove cemetery followed. A housewife, Mrs. Wheelus was born April 5, 1873 in Winn parish. She was a member of Oak Grove Baptist church. Death came after a long illness at 8 a.m. Saturday at her home. Survivors of Mrs. Wheelus are a son, Henry Wheelus, Winnsboro; 10 grandchildren; two brothers, Norvel McCarty, Winnsboro, and Willis McCarty, Center, Tex.; eight great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews. Pallbearers were Wesley Herrington, John Guimbellot, Julius Mercer, Jack Carpenter, Harold Robinson and Fred Hitt. ------------------------------------------------------