Obituary: Nov. 1966, Franklin Parish, LA
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Miss Ellen Herlong
James Devon Peavy
W. H. Wheelus
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The Franklin Sun     Winnsboro, LA    November 17, 1966
Submitted August 2009 by: Glenda Warner Boyd
 
Miss Ellen Herlong
 
Funeral services for Miss Ellen Herlong, 55, of Pineville, were held 
at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in the chapel of First National Funeral Home
here, with the Rev. James Burns officiating.
Burial was in Lone Cedar Cemetery, near Winnsboro.
Miss Herlong died at 8 p.m. Saturday at Pineville after a lengthy 
illness.
Survivors include three sisters, Mrs. Melvine Ashley, and Mrs.
Florence Thornton, both of Winnsboro, and Mrs. Louise Medcalf
of Price, Tex.; and one brother, Richard Herlong of Monroe.
Pallbearers were Bobby Joe Williams, Charles Fortenberry, George
Holloway, Gene Ensminger, J. W. Dean and J. L. Eldridge.
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The Franklin Sun     Winnsboro, LA    November 17, 1966
Submitted August 2009 by: Glenda Warner Boyd
 
James Devon Peavy
 
Funeral services for Spec. 4 James Devon Peavy, 20, who was killed
November 8 in a motorcycle accident on Hawaii Island, 200 
miles south of Honolulu, were held Wednesday at 2 p.m. in Chase 
Pentecostal Church with the Revs. Rey McMurry and Claude Terrell
officiating.
Burial was in the Oak Grove Cemetery near here.
Peavy, who was stationed at the Pohakuloa Military Training Area Base
camp, apparently missed a narrow bridge and plunged 30 feet in a 
rocky stream below the bridge approach, police said.
His body was found the following day by two fishermen.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Joanne Peavy, of Natchez, Miss.; his 
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Peavy of Winnsboro; four sisters, Mrs. 
Audrey Roberson of Port Allen, Miss Judy Lynn Peavy of Port Allen, 
and Miss Sheila Peavy and Miss Reba Peavy, both of Winnsboro; 
three brothers, John, Jacky, and Randy Peavy, all of Winnsboro; 
and his grandfather, Quiller Peavy of Winnsboro.
Pallbearers were James Gillipic, Bob McMurry, Gene Brown, 
Howard Robinson, Johnnie Robinson and Dewitt Robinson.
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The Franklin Sun     Winnsboro, LA    November 17, 1966
Submitted August 2009 by: Glenda Warner Boyd
 
W. H. Wheelus
 
William Henry Wheelus, Sr., 66, of Rt. 5, Winnsboro, died at his
home Thursday afternoon after a long illness.
Funeral services were Saturday at 10 a.m. at the Oak Grove Baptist
Church near Winnsboro with the Rev. Charlie Moore officiating,
assisted by the Rev. Lea Joyner. 
Burial was in the church cemetery.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. May Ola Wheelus, Winnsboro; five
sons, W. H. Wheelus, Jr., and James Wheelus, both of Winnsboro;
Willard, Mobile, Ala., Ralph, Lawrenceville, Ga., and Rogers Wheelus, 
Monroe; a daughter, Mrs. Helen Wells, Monroe; a foster brother, 
Shelby Wheelus, San Antonio, Tex.; 12 grandchildren and one great-
grandchild.
Pallbearers were Pete Guimbellot, Louis Crain, Tommy Herrington,
Steve Gilmore, Harold Robinson and Clyde Herring.
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