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

Otis Ferguson
Johnny Royce Fussell
Joseph F. Hayles
Mrs. Edna Mae Porter
 
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The Franklin Sun       Winnsboro, LA        July 31, 1985
Submitted Feb. 2006 by Glenda Warner Boyd
 
Otis Ferguson
 
Funeral services for Otis Ferguson, 81, of Winnsboro, were held at 2 p.m., Sunday, July 28 in the Chapel of 
Winnsboro First National Funeral Home.
 
Interment was in Ogden Cemetery, with the Rev. Bruce Cardin and the Rev. Roy Moore officiating.
 
A native of Newton, Miss., he was born Dec. 30, 1898. He was a retired farmer and a member of New Hope Lodge No. 328. 
He died on July 26, 1985.
 
Survivors include six daughters, Mrs. Marie Wilson, Mrs. Carrie Chevallier, Mrs. Otis Cecil Taylor, Mrs. Espie Lee Powell, 
all of Winnsboro, Mrs. Lula Ann Bryant, Tyler, Texas and Mrs. Violet Franco, Vicksburg, Miss.; one brother, S. C. 
Ferguson Sr., Clayton; two sisters, Mrs. Estelle Turner, Fort Necessity and Mrs. Zelle Lively, Bastrop; 17 grandchildren, 
24 great-grandchildren, one great-great-grandchild and a number of nieces and nephews.


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The Franklin Sun      Winnsboro, LA      July 3, 1985
Submitted January 2007 by: Glenda Warner Boyd
 
Johnny Royce Fussell
 
Funeral services for Johnny Royce Fussell, 43, were held at 4 p.m. June 28, in the Chapel of Winnsboro First National 
Funeral Home.
 
Interment was in Lone Cedar Cemetery with the Rev. Charles Parker officiating.
 
A native of Jena, he was born Feb. 25, 1942. He was an oil field worker. He died in Oklahoma City on June 25, 1985, 
following a brief illness.
 
Survivors include two sons, Johnnie Royce Fussell, Jr., and Kenneth Lee Fussell, both of Hobbs, N. M.; one daughter, 
Mrs. Barbara Ann Polk, Winnsboro; five brothers, Virgil Fussell, Newellton, Joe Fussell, Eunice, Edgar Fussell, 
Angola, Ray Young, Tulsa, Okla., Frank Enterkin, Jr., Winnfield; and five grandchildren.
 
Nephews served as pallbearers.

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The Franklin Sun       Winnsboro, LA      July 10, 1985
Submitted Feb. 2006 by: Glenda Warner Boyd
 
Joseph F. Hayles
 
Funeral services for Joseph F. Hayles, 77, of Lake Charles were held at 2 p.m., Sunday, July 7 at the 
graveside at Ogden Cemetery in Liddieville.
 
He died on July 5, 1985.
 
Survivors include three sons, Jessie Hayles, Lake Charles, Erving Hayles, Midland, Texas and Huey Dewayne Hayles, 
San Antonio, Texas; one brother, E. B. Hayles, Springdale, Ark.; three sisters, Alma Jones and Alice Fowler, 
both of Winnsboro and Jessie Craven, Eudora, Ark.; nine grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

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The Franklin Sun      Winnsboro, LA        July 31, 1985
Submitted Feb. 2006 by: Glenda Warner Boyd
 
Mrs. Edna Mae Porter
 
Funeral services for Mrs. Edna Mae Porter, 73, of Winnsboro, were held at 2 p.m., Wednesday, July 24, in the 
Boeuf River Baptist Church with the Rev. Bruce Cardin officiating.
 
Interment was in Ogden Cemetery under the direction of Winnsboro First National Funeral Home.
 
A native of Paxton, she was born May 14, 1912. She was a housewife. She died on July 23, 1985, following a brief illness.
 
Survivors include one son, Glynn Porter, Winnsboro; and two grandchildren, Rena Porter and Nolan Porter, both of Hammond.
 
Pallbearers were Bud Johnston, Billy Ray Johnston, Don Daray, Dolphus Tarver, G. B. Thompson, Bobby Wood, Charlie 
Ray Jennings and Larry Don Brown.

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