Obituary: July 1975, Franklin Parish, LA
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The following obituaries are listed below:
 
Arnold Boyette
Fred Chambless
Rebber Shiers
Sgt. Bobby Wheelus

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The Franklin Sun     Winnsboro, LA    July 23, 1975
Submitted December 2008 by: Glenda Warner Boyd
 
Arnold Boyette
 
Funeral services for Arnold Nixon Boyett, of Baskin, were held 
at 3 p.m., July 20, at Baskin Baptist Church with Rev. V. L. Pruitt 
and Rev. James Shepherd officiating.
Interment was in Reagan Cemetery under the direction of Winnsboro 
First National Funeral Home.
He was a retired construction worker and a deacon of Baskin Baptist church.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Lucille Smith Boyette, Baskin; 2 daughters, 
Mrs. Hazel Cook, Long Beach, Calif., and Mrs. Darlene Richardson, West Monroe; 
10 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
Deacons served as pallbearers.


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The Franklin Sun     Winnsboro, LA     July 23, 1975
Submitted December 2008 by: Glenda Warner Boyd
 
Fred Chambless
 
Funeral services for Fred T. Chambless, 87, of Lake Charles, formerly of Sicily Island 
were held at 10 a.m., July 22, at Sicily Island Methodist Church, with Rev. A. G. Taylor officiating. 
Interment was in Pine Hill Cemetery under the direction of Winnsboro First National Funeral Home.
He was a retired depot agent with the Missouri-Pacific Railroad.
Survivors include 2 daughters, Mrs. Mark D. Wentz Jr., and Mrs. Marguerite Gordon, both of Lake 
Charles; 2 sons, Louis Chambless, Simsbury, Conn., and Fred Chambless, Houston, Tex.; 1 brother, 
Zack Chambless, Tallulah; 1 sister, Mrs. Effie Connors, Leachville, Ark.; 10 grandchildren and 
10 great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Marvin Nolan Jr., Richard Smith, Howard Smith, Michael Chambless, Mark D. Wentz, Ill, 
and Lt. Col. L. M. Jones III.
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 The Franklin Sun     Winnsboro, LA    July 23, 1975
Submitted December 2008 by: Glenda Warner Boyd
 
Rebber Shiers
 
Funeral services for Rebber Dayton Shiers, 68, of Baskin, were held at 2 p.m., July 22, at 
First Baptist Church of Archibald, with Rev. Frances Vriesen officiating.
Interment was in Lynn Cemetery under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home.
Survivors include his wife, Flossie Shiers of Baskin; 4 daughters, Beverly Shiers, and Betty 
Shiers, both of Baskin, Jane Denmon of Gilbert, and JoAnn Free of Start; 2 sons, Jimmie Wayne 
Shiers of Baskin and Russell Shiers of Vicksburg, Miss.; 2 brothers, Lance Shiers of Rayville 
and Robert Shiers of Vicksburg, Miss., and 1 sister, Mrs. Flossie Ferguston, of Vicksburg, Miss.; 
and 5 grandchildren.
He was a retired farmer.
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The Franklin Sun     Winnsboro, LA    July 23, 1975
Submitted December 2008 by: Glenda Warner Boyd
 
Sgt. Bobby Wheelus
 
Funeral arrangements were incomplete at press time Wednesday 
for Sgt. Bobby Ray Wheelus, 24, who died 
as the result of a one car accident, Sunday, July 20th, in Henderson, Nev.
Sgt. Wheelus was serving with the U.S. Air Force at Station Nellis AFB, 
Nev. He is a graduate of Winnsboro 
High School.
Survivors include his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Wheelus, of Winnsboro; 
one brother, Billy Wheelus, 
Arcadia, Fla., his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Ethel Sipert, and his 
paternal grandmother, Mrs. Mayola Wheelus.

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The Franklin Sun     Winnsboro, LA    July 30, 1975
Submitted August 2009 by: Glenda Warner Boyd
 
Sgt. Bobby Wheelus
 
Funeral services for Sgt. Bobby Ray Wheelus, 24, of Winnsboro
were held at 2 p.m., July 23, in the chapel of Winnsboro First 
National Funeral Home.
Interment was in Providence Memorial Park with Dr. Randall Sledge
and Chaplain Di'Lella officiating.
He was a native of Winnsboro and a graduate of Winnsboro High
School. He was stationed at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada.
Survivors include his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Wheelus,
Winnsboro; one brother, Billy Wheelus, Arcadia, Fla., maternal 
grandmother, Mrs. Ethel Sypert, Columbia, paternal grandmother,
Mrs. Henry Wheelus, Monroe, one niece and a number of aunts
and uncles.

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