Obituary: March 1979, Franklin Parish, LA
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William Harper
Mrs. Belle Wyles

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The Franklin Sun       Winnsboro, LA       March 21, 1979
Submitted by: Glenda Warner Boyd
 
William Harper
 
Funeral services for William Lyman Harper, 75, of Crowville were 
held at 2 p.m., March 20 in the Mulhearn Funeral Home of Winnsboro.
 
Interment was in Crowville Masonic Cemetery with Rev. Bill McCutcheon 
officiating.
 
He was a member of First United Methodist Church of Winnsboro and a 
50 year Master Mason of Navel Lodge No. 24 F&AM of Warrington, Fla.
 
He was a retired Lt. Col. in the U.S. Army.
 
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Ophelia Watson Harper, Crowville; three brothers, 
R. D. Harper, J. A. Harper, both of Crowville and E. C. Harper, West Monroe; 
three sisters, Mrs. W. A. Dunn, West Monroe, Mrs. E. J. Street, Crowville and 
Miss Alma Harper, Winnsboro.
 
Pallbearers were Roy Donnell, Miller Watson, Joel Street, William C. Street, 
James H. Street and Dr. George Sartor.
 
Honorary pallbearers were Charles Cordill, Freisen Smith, Lynn Parker, Landis Parker, 
Harvey Kelly, Chester Strahan and Eugene Benoit.

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The Franklin Sun       Winnsboro, LA        March 7, 1979
Submitted Feb. 2006 by: Glenda Warner Boyd
 
Mrs. Belle Wyles
 
Funeral services for Mrs. Belle Coody Wyles, 88, of Winnsboro were held at 2 p.m., 
Sunday, March 4, in the Chapel of Mulhearn Funeral Home of Winnsboro.
 
Interment was in Ogden Cemetery near Liddieville with the Rev. Kenneth Lukens officiating.
 
She was a member of Free Methodist Church of Winnsboro.
 
Survivors include her husband, Ben F. Wyles, Winnsboro; two sons, Ben W. Wyles, West Monroe 
and Eugene J. Wyles, Monroe; four daughters, Mrs. Elsie Robinson, Winnsboro, Mrs. Odell Phillips, 
Baskin, Mrs. Imogene Powell, Monroe and Mrs. Roberta Staples, Monroe; three sisters, Mrs. Nita Ray, 
and Mrs. Birtha (sic) Bitha Westmoreland, both of Monroe and Mrs. Dathana Royal, Shreveport; 
one brother, Carey Hopkins, Tallulah and 34 grandchildren, 50 great-grandchildren and 
16 great-great grandchildren, and a host of nieces and nephews.
 
Grandsons served as pallbearers.
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