Obituary: October 1985, Franklin Parish, LA
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Lottie Willis Buchan
Cecil Thomas Keen
Jasper C. Miller
Viola Baum Pippin
Robert Lee Ward
 
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The Franklin Sun      Winnsboro, LA     October 2, 1985
Submitted by: Glenda Warner Boyd
 
Lottie Willis Buchan
 
Funeral services for Lottie Willis Buchan, 80, of Winnsboro, were held at 2 p.m. Sept. 28, 
in the Chapel of Winnsboro First National Funeral Home.
 
Interment was in Harris Cemetery with the Rev. Dub White and the Rev. Rudy Payne officiating.
 
A native of Sikes, she was born March 4, 1905. She was a housewife. She died on Sept. 26, 1985, 
following a lengthy illness.
 
Survivors include her husband, Joe Buchan, Winnsboro; one son, Kendal D. Buchan, Vicksburg; 
one daughter, Ruth Ezell, Crowville; three sisters, Bertha Erskin, El Dorado, Ark., Lorine Parker, 
Sikes and Donnis Stroud, Winnfield; seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
 
Pallbearers were C. J. Buchan, Ezra Buchan, J. V. Parks, Douglas Hammons, Ernie Ezell and Danny Ezell.

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The Franklin Sun    Winnsboro, LA     October 2, 1985
Submitted by: Glenda Warner Boyd
 
Cecil Thomas Keen
 
Funeral services for Cecil Thomas Keen, 63, of St. Joseph, were held at 2 p.m., Sept. 26, 
in the St. Joseph Pentecostal Church, with the Rev. James Hammet officiating.
 
Interment was in Providence Memorial Cemetery, under the direction of Winnsboro First 
National Funeral Home.
 
A native of Mangham, he was born May 5, 1922. He was a mechanic. He died on Sept. 25, 1985, 
following a brief illness.
 
Survivors include his wife, Myrtis H. Keen, St. Joseph; two sons, Daniel Keen and Larry Keen, 
both of St. Joseph; four sisters, Mrs. Lucy Mae Williams, St. Joseph, Mrs. Clara Bell Smith, 
Rayville, Mrs. Dessie White, Monroe and Mrs. Guthrie Richardson, Polkville, Miss.; seven 
grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
 
Pallbearers were James Arceneaux, Billy Joe Arceneaux, Robert Jones, Darrell Lance, 
Joe Clark and Robert Harris.

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The Franklin Sun       Winnsboro, LA     October 2, 1985
Submitted by: Glenda Warner Boyd
 
Jasper C. Miller
 
Graveside services for Jasper C. Miller, 64, of Seattle, Wash., were held at 4 p. m. on Friday, 
Sept. 27, at Holly Grove Cemetery, Wisner, with the Rev. Roy Moore officiating.
 
Local services were under the direction of Winnsboro First National Funeral Home. 
 
A native of Sicily Island, he was born Dec. 17, 1920. He was a retired construction worker and 
a veteran of World War II. He died on Sept. 23, 1985.
 
Survivors include five sisters, Mrs. Lavelle Milby, Mrs. Willie Esther Ellerman and Mrs. Faye Carr, 
all of Wisner and Mrs. Lonell Crawford, Enterprise and Mrs. Jeanette Dunham, Monroe; one son, 
Jerry Miller, West Monroe; one daughter, Mrs. Peggy Mosely, West Monroe; four grandchildren 
and a number of nieces and nephews.



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The Franklin Sun       Winnsboro, LA       October 2, 1985
Submitted by: Glenda Warner Boyd
 
Viola Baum Pippin
 
Funeral services for Viola Baum Pippin, 77, of Winnsboro, were held at 10 a.m., Sept. 30, 
in the Baskin Baptist Church with the Rev. S. B. Boyett officiating.
 
Interment was in Coax Cemetery, near Winnsboro, under the direction of Winnsboro 
First National Funeral Home.
 
A native of Baskin, she was born Sept. 15, 1908. She was a housewife. She died on 
Sept. 28, 1985, following a brief illness.
 
Survivors include one daughter, Doris Wilson, Monroe; one son, Willard Pippin Jr. 
Bastrop; one brother, Louis Baum, Baskin; three sisters, Eunice Smith, Winnsboro 
and Ruby Smith and Myrtle Shirley, both of Baskin; five grandchildren 
and five great-grandchildren.
 
Pallbearers were Albert Wiggington, Dudley Odom, Ted Smith, Clark Smith, Sidney Smith, 
Jerris Baker, Buddy Jones and David Burnham.

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The Franklin Sun      Winnsboro, LA     October 2, 1985
Submitted by: Glenda Warner Boyd
 
Robert Lee Ward
 
Funeral services for Robert Lee Ward, 78, of Winnsboro, 
were held at 2 p.m., Sept. 27, in the Chapel of Winnsboro 
First National Funeral Home.
 
Interment was in Oak Grove Cemetery, with the Rev. Milton 
Williams and the Rev. Joe Joyner officiating.
 
A native of Winnsboro, he was born Nov. 12, 1906. He was a 
retired farmer. He died on Sept. 25, 1985, following a brief illness.
 
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Lela B. Ward, Winnsboro; one son, 
Robert L. Ward, Jr., Swartz; two grandsons, Michael Ward and 
John Robert Ward and one great-grandchild. 
 
Pallbearers were O. L. Garner, Lloyd Torrey, Sonny Wilson, 
John C. Cunery, Buddy Potter, Johnny Duncan.

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