Obituary: Oct. 1979, 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 obituaries are listed below: Nellie Bozeman Mrs. Marie Buie B. J. Chevallier Mrs. Arizona E. Erskine H. H. Pylant Dorothy Miller Westerburg Archie Whitney **************************************************** The Franklin Sun Winnsboro, LA October 17, 1979 Submitted Jan. 2006 by: Glenda Warner Boyd Nellie Bozeman Funeral services for Mrs. Nellie Bozeman, 63, of Winnsboro were held at 2 p.m., October 12, in the Temple Baptist Church with the Rev. Joe Mongle and the Rev. Roger Young officiating. Interment was in New Ogden Cemetery under the direction of Winnsboro First National Funeral Home. Survivors include her husband, Cecil Bozeman, Winnsboro; one daughter, Mrs. June Strickland, Winnsboro; one son, Eddie Bozeman, Winnsboro; two brothers, Allen Armstrong, Silshee, Tex., and G. T. Armstrong, Monroe; one sister, Mrs. Estelle Polk, Pensacola, Fla.; her step mother, Mrs. Claudie Armstrong, Wells Point, Tex.; 6 grandchildren and 1 great-grandchild. ---------------------------------------------------- The Franklin Sun Winnsboro, LA October 24, 1979 Submitted December 2008 by: Glenda Warner Boyd Mrs. Marie Buie Mrs. Buie Funeral services for Mrs. Marie Buie, 81, of Ft. Necessity were held at 10 a.m., Oct. 17, in the Boeuf Prairie Methodist Church. Interment was in Buie Cemetery under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home with the Rev. Oakley Edwards officiating. She was a retired teacher, a post mistress, a member of Boeuf Prairie Methodist Church and Eastern Star. Survivors include one son, Charles W. Buie, Ft. Necessity; one daughter, Mrs. Harriet Johnston of Los Angeles, Calif., one step-daughter, Dr. Jimmie Y. Buie, Lafayette, two sisters, Mrs. Blanche McMahon of Baton Rouge and Mrs. Lucille Tarver of Tallulah; one brother, Robert Brower of Elton, and 4 grandchildren. Pallbearers were Buddy Bonner, Desha Turner, Buie Scriber, Jim Bo Colvin, Aubrey Kincaid, and Fox Johnston. -------------------------------------------------- The Franklin Sun Winnsboro, LA October 3, 1979 Submitted Feb. 2006 by: Glenda Warner Boyd B. J. Chevallier Funeral services for Bobby Joe Chevallier, 25, of Winnsboro were held at 10 a.m., Thursday, Sept, 27, in the Chapel of Winnsboro First National Funeral Home. Interment was in Ogden Cemetery with the Rev. C. T. Smith and the Rev. Woodson McGuffee officiating. He was a construction worker for a pipe line. Survivors include two daughters, Kresta LeAnn Chevalier and Kimberly Beth Lala, both of Winnsboro; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Lee Chevallier, Winnsboro; one sister, Patricia Ann Wiggins, Winnsboro; maternal grandfather, W. C. Fitch, Winnsboro; paternal grandparents, Ernest Chevallier and Orlean Chevallier, both of Winnsboro and 2 nephews. Pallbearers were Yeager Wooldridge, Terry Hatton, Joe Hatton, Floyd Hogan, Buddy Smith, Johnny Mullican. ******************************************************* The Franklin Sun Winnsboro, LA October 24, 1979 Submitted Jan. 2006 by: Glenda Warner Boyd Mrs. Erskine Funeral services for Mrs. Arizona E. Erskine, 77, of Winnsboro were held at 2 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 23 in the Chapel of Winnsboro First National Funeral Home. Interment was in Providence Memorial Cemetery with the Rev. John Starkweather and the Rev. Dave Layman officiating. Survivors include her husband, Alvin Erskine, Winnsboro; two daughters, Mrs. Lois Wise, Ashville, N. C., and Mrs. Ona Mae Cox, Shreveport; three sisters, Lillie Mae Daughdrill, Monticello, Miss., Aline Lambert, Vida, Tex., and Ethel Lambert, Oklahoma; 6 grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren. Pallbearers were W.A. "Bo" Erskine, James Marion Erskine, Gene Bennett, Jewell Cruse, J. E. Bennett, Willie "Buddy" Erskin. --------------------------------------- The Franklin Sun Winnsboro, LA October 24, 1979 Submitted December 2008 by: Glenda Warner Boyd H. H. Pylant Funeral services for Harvey Houston Pylant, 54, of Winnsboro will be held today, Wednesday, Oct. 24, in the Hill Ridge Baptist Church at 10 a.m., with the Rev. Roy McCoy and the Rev. Jerry Polk officiating. Interment will be at Crowville Masonic Cemetery under the direction of Winnsboro First National Funeral Home. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Evelyn Polk Pylant, Crowville; three sons, Jerry Pylant, Bill Pylant and Dennis Pylant, all of Shreveport; one daughter, Mrs. Kathy Henderson, Shreveport; six brothers, Chester Pylant, Tuscon, Ariz., Orzo Pylant, Crowville, Floyd Pylant, Birmingham, Ala., George Pylant, Crowville, Cecil Pylant, Winnsboro and Raymond Pylant, Natchez, Miss.; and 3 grandchildren. He was a veteran of World War II, a member of the VFW Post No. 3155, the D.A.V. No. 27, and a member of the Hill Ridge Baptist Church. Pallbearers were Roy McDuffie, Stanley Day, J. Lynn Cassiday, Larry Cassiday, Donnie Harper and Marion Spence. ----------------------------------------------------- The Franklin Sun Winnsboro, LA October 24, 1979 Submitted December 2008 by: Glenda Warner Boyd Mrs. Dorothy Miller Westerburg Mrs. Westerburg Funeral services for Dorothy Miller Westerburg, 50, of Biloxi, Miss., formerly of Winnsboro were held at 2:30 p.m., Monday, Oct. 22 in the Chapel of Winnsboro First National Funeral Home. Interment was in New Winnsboro Cemetery with the Rev. B.K. Miller officiating. Mrs. Westerburg was a native of Winnsboro and had resided in Biloxi for the past 20 years. She was an Air Force wife and was active in the Base Chapel activities including the P.W.O.C. Board and Sunday School. Survivors include her husband, Joe Westerburg, Biloxi, Miss.; two daughters, Mrs. Beth Miley, Victorville, Calif., and Mrs. Donna Slice, Charleston, S.C; five brothers, Newton Miller, Start, Byron Miller, Sicily Island, Garvin Miller, Winnsboro, E.S. Miller, Atlanta, Ga., Cordell Miller, Winnsboro; four sisters, Lennie Pearcy, Albany, Ore., Cora Ronne, Sacramento, Calif., Ninnie Tullos, Winnsboro, Velma Lupo, Winnsboro and 2 grandchildren. Pallbearers were Archie Miller, Joey Westerburg, Charles Miller, Neil Womble, J. A. Wilson and Billy Carter. ---------------------------------------------------- The Franklin Sun Winnsboro, LA October 24, 1979 Submitted November 2008 by: Glenda Warner Boyd Archie Whitney Funeral services for Archie Whitney, 71, of Baskin were held at 2 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 21, in the Chapel of Winnsboro First National Funeral Home. Interment was in Reagan Cemetery, Baskin with the Rev. James Brown and the Rev. Roger Young officiating. Survivors include his wife, Gordie Bryan Whitney, Baskin; one brother, Edward Whitney, Winnsboro; one sister, Mrs. Alice McClelland, Winnsboro; and a number of nieces and nephews. Pallbearers were Don Burns, Clyde Mullican, Clem Rawls, Terry Turbeville, Martin Valentine and Bubba Wallace. ------------------------------------------------------