Obituary: March 1985, Franklin Parish, LA
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The following obituaries are listed below:

Thomas Prichard Easterling
Jeff Thomas Hawsey
Dorothy Bruce McKenzie

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The Franklin Sun      Winnsboro, LA      March 20, 1985
Submitted September 2006 by: Glenda Warner Boyd
 
Thomas Prichard Easterling
 
Funeral services for Thomas Prichard Easterling, 60, of Winnsboro, were 
held at 10 a.m., Saturday, March 16, in the Chapel of Winnsboro First National 
Funeral Home.
 
Interment was in Providence Memorial Cemetery with the Rev. David Terry officiating.
 
A native of Harrisonburg, he was born Dec. 30, 1924. He was an iron worker for Summitt 
Construction, West Monroe, a member of Winnsboro Lodge No. 246 and Barrak Shrine Club. 
He died on March 14, 1985, following a brief illness.
 
Survivors include his wife, Lona Pauline Easterling, Winnsboro; five daughters, Tommie Cox, 
Baton Rouge, Francine Smith, Sue Nivans, Gayle Easterling and Beth Easterling, all of 
Winnsboro; two step-sons, Jessie Mac Collins and Carey Lynn Collins, both of Springhill; 
four step-daughters, Judi Seratti Baker, Marion Ford, Ridgecrest, Lois Brown, Natchez and 
Joyce Smith, Winnsboro; nine grandchildren; one great-grandchild; three sisters, 
Mrs. Velma Terry, Mrs. Vera Maga and Rachel Burgess, all of Monroe.
 
Masons served as pallbearers.


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The Franklin Sun       Winnsboro, LA     March 15, 1985
Submitted by: Glenda Warner Boyd
 
Jeff Thomas Hawsey
 
Funeral services for Jeff Thomas Hawsey, 77 of Winnsboro were held at 2 p.m., May 9, 
in the Chapel of Winnsboro First National Funeral Home.
 
Interment was in Ogden Cemetery with the Rev. Bruce Cardin and the Rev. Paul Amstutz 
officiating.
 
A native of Mississippi, he was a farmer. He was a member of Boeuf River Baptist Church. 
He was born May 16, 1907. He died on May 9, 1985.
 
Survivors include his wife; Bessie Faulk Hawsey; two daughters, Erma Mae Ferguson and 
Nellie Lee Garcin, both of Winnsboro; three sisters, Bonita Thompson and Doris Hendry, 
both of Winnsboro and Mildred Nugent, El Dorado, Ark.; three grandchildren and seven 
great-grandchildren.
 
Pallbearers were Sam Delacerda, Billy Reeves, Bo Erskin, James Marion Erskin, Lloyd 
Warner and Roy Russell.
 
Submitter's note: Jeff Thomas Hawsey was born in Winn Parish, LA to the union of Andrew 
Jackson Hawsey, Jr. and Pearl Adire Smith. He married Bessie Bell Faulk on March 20, 1927. 
He died May 8, 1985. He was preceded in death by infant son, Jeff Herman Hawsey, his parents;
brothers, Talmage Vernon Hawsey, Charles R. Hawsey, and L. J. "Broad" Hawsey; 
and sister, Cora Smith.


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The Franklin Sun      Winnsboro, LA       March 27, 1985
Submitted Feb. 2006 by: Glenda Warner Boyd
 
Dorothy Bruce McKenzie
 
Funeral services for Dorothy Bruce McKenzie, 54, of Monroe, 
were held at 11 a.m., Tuesday, March 26, in 
the Chapel of Winnsboro First National Funeral Home.
 
Interment was in Ogden Cemetery with the Rev. Virgil Harris officiating.
 
A native of Winnsboro, she was self-employed as a store owner 
and operator. She died on March 25, 1985, following 
a lengthy illness. 
 
Survivors include her mother, Mrs. Anna H. Bruce, Winnsboro; one 
brother, William Fred Bruce, Valley Jose, Calif.; one son, Donnie 
Johnson, Winnsboro; one sister, Mrs. Elsie Barr, Leesville; and 
one grandchild, Donnie Johnson Jr.

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