Obituary: March 1967, Franklin Parish, LA
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J. W. Knight
Clarence Edward Rollen
Mrs. Mirty Sanders

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Submitted by: Glenda Warner Boyd
The Franklin Sun    Winnsboro, LA    March 23, 1967
Vol. 110   No 34      Page 4


J. W. Knight

Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at First National Chapel, Winnsboro, for 
Jeff W. Knight, 69, of Crowville. Burial was in the Pine Hill Cemetery near Sicily Island. 
The Rev. Charles Chapman officiated at the rites.
Mr. Knight died Friday night at the Veterans Hospital in Alexandria.
A retired mechanic, he was a member of the Crowville Masonic Lodge and of the 
Hanna-Richardson Post of Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Mr. Knight is survived by a son, Dr. William R. Knight, Dallas, Tex.; a daughter, 
Mrs. Modean Cornett, Monroe; two sisters, Mrs. J. W. East, Fairfield, Okla., and 
Mrs. J. L. Kinney, Levelland, Tex., and three grandchildren.

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Submitted by: Glenda Warner Boyd
The Franklin Sun       Winnsboro, LA   March 23, 1967
Vol 110    No 34   Page 1

Local Soldier Killed in Action

Clarence Edward Rollen

Pfc. Clarence E. Rollen, 20, of Winnsboro was killed March 14 while 
on combat duty in Viet Nam.
His mother, Mrs. Olene L. Cureington, Route 5, was notified last Thursday 
by telegram that her son had been killed, after she had first received the 
news from an Army officer.
The body was returned to the United States by airlift, and was brought to 
Winnsboro Monday night from Jackson, Miss. The body was accompanied by a 
military  escort.
Funeral services were held here Wednesday afternoon at First National Chapel 
and burial was in Ogden Cemetery. 
Officiating at the rites were the Rev. Jimmie Shepherd, the Rev. Lee Smith 
and the Rev. Larry Walker.   
Military services were conducted at the graveside.
The young soldier had been in Viet Nam for only a month. He had been in Winnsboro 
on leave before returning to duty, to go to Viet Nam.
He enlisted in the Army last September 1. 
He had been employed at the Shop-Rite store here until it was closed last year. 
He was employed at The Franklin Sun, in the printing department for several 
months in 1965.
Survivors, in addition to his mother, are a brother, Ronnie Rollen, Rt. 5, Winnsboro: 
his step-father, Willie Cureington, Rt. 5, Winnsboro; two stepbrothers, 
Billy Ray Cureington, Monroe, and Roy Earl Cureington, Winnsboro; a stepsister, 
Helen Cureington, Rt. 5, Winnsboro; maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Leonard, 
Rt. 3, Winnsboro, and paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Rollen, Sr., Winnsboro.

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The Franklin Sun       Winnsboro, LA      March 9, 1967
Submitted by: Glenda Warner Boyd

Mrs. Mirty Sanders

Last rites for Mrs. Mirty Sanders of Winnsboro were conducted Monday afternoon, 
with funeral services at the Shady Grove Baptist Church and interment in the 
church cemetery. The Rev. Lee Smith and the Rev. Mack Waller officiated.
Mrs. Sanders, 87, succumbed Monday in a hospital here. She is survived by two sons, 
Clarence and Nolan Sanders, Winnsboro; five daughters, Mrs. Maudie Mercer, 
Mrs. Emma Wood and Mrs. Lottie Wiggins of Winnsboro, Mrs. Edna Freeman, Ferriday, 
and Mrs. Clara Sowell, Crowville; three brothers, Ervin Taylor of Goodwill 
community in West Carroll Parish, Lee Taylor, Mound, and Napoleaon Taylor, 
Astoria, Ill.; 18 grandchildren, 47 great-grandchildren, and three 
great-great-grandchildren.

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