Obituary: August 1986, Franklin Parish, LA
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The following obituaries are listed below:

Evvielean Emfinger
Earl Lannie Gilmore
Drewey 'Bitsy' Hendry Sr.
Lavelle Hilton Hopson
Woodrow (sic) Woodroe L. Rolen
 
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The Franklin Sun         Winnsboro, LA        August 6, 1986
Submitted by: Glenda Warner Boyd
 
Evvielean Emfinger
 
Funeral services for Evvielean Emfinger, 62, of Winnsboro, were held at 4 p.m., Aug. 2 in the First 
United Pentecostal Church with the Rev. Floyd Hawthorne officiating.
 
Interment was in Harris Cemetery, under the direction of Winnsboro First National Funeral Home.
 
A native of Winnsboro, she was born Oct. 28, 1923. She was a housewife and a member of Winnsboro 
First United Pentecostal Church. She died on July 31, 1986, following a lengthy illness.
 
Survivors include her husband, Dewey Emfinger, Winnsboro; one son, J. E. Emfinger, Winnsboro; 
two daughters, Margaret Swillie and Lessie Sutterfield, both of Winnsboro; one sister, Georgia Guravedy, 
West Monroe; six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
 
Pallbearers were Randy Rollins, Betley Rollins, Bruce Rollins, Jerry Rollins, John Browning 
and Nathan Hawthorne.

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The Franklin Sun       Winnsboro, LA          August 6, 1986
Submitted by: Glenda Warner Boyd
 
Earl Lannie Gilmore
 
Funeral services for Earl Lannie Gilmore, 55, of Winnsboro, were held at 2 p.m., Aug. 4 in the 
Chapel of Winnsboro First National Funeral Home.
 
Interment was in Fort Necessity Cemetery, with the Rev. Roy Moore and the Rev. John Williams 
officiating.
 
A native of Ft. Necessity, he was born Feb. 27, 1931. He was a farmer and a veteran of the Korean Conflict. 
He died on Aug. 3, 1986, following a brief illness.
 
Survivors include his wife, Nell B. Gilmore, Winnsboro; one daughter, Linda Ann McGraw, West Monroe; 
two brothers, Allen Gilmore, Extension and Tom Gilmore, Fort Necessity; two grandsons and a number 
of nieces and nephews.
 
Pallbearers were Allen Ray Gilmore, Gerald Gilmore, Tommy Gilmore, Kenneth Gilmore, Lynn Bushan, 
Gary Dunham and David Dunham.

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The Franklin Sun        Winnsboro, LA         August 6, 1986
Submitted by: Glenda Warner Boyd
 
Drewey 'Bitsy' Hendry Sr.
 
Funeral services for Drewey "Bitsy" Hendry, Sr., 68, of Winnsboro, were held at 2 p.m., 
August 2, in the Chapel of Winnsboro First National Funeral Home.
 
Interment was in Ogden Cemetery with the Rev. Floyd Hawthorne and the Rev. Kelly Wayne Clark officiating.
 
A native of Winnsboro, he was born Oct. 16, 1917. He was a 30 year retiree from the State Department 
of Transportation and a member of First United Pentecostal Church of Winnsboro. He died on July 31, 1986, 
following a brief illness.
 
Survivors include his wife, Lillian Tarver Hendry, Winnsboro; two sons, D. W. Hendry Jr., Atlanta, Ga. 
and Ralph Hendry, Wisner; three daughters, Maxine Oster, Eufca, Okla., Diana Scriber and Mercill Womack, 
both of Winnsboro; one brother, Louis Wayne Hendry, Winnsboro; 13 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
 
Pallbearers were Ronnie Busby, Wiggins Hatton, Milton Linder, Floyd Richardson, Marvin Couse and 
Thomas Biggs.

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The Franklin Sun        Winnsboro, LA         August 6, 1986
Submitted by: Glenda Warner Boyd
 
Lavelle Hilton Hopson
 
Funeral services for Lavelle Hilton Hopson, 74, of Huffman, Texas, formerly of Crowville, were held 
at 3 p.m., July 31, at Crowville Methodist Church, with the Rev. Marion Collier officiating.
 
Interment was in Crowville Masonic Cemetery, under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home of Winnsboro.
 
He was a retired heavy equipment operator and was a member of the Huffman Methodist Church. He died on 
July 29, 1986, following a lengthy illness.
 
Survivors include his wife, Modelle Hopson of Huffman, Texas; one step-daughter and son-in-law, Marjorie 
and Gene Neighbors of Humble, Texas; one sister, Vera Boyett of Crowville; two granddaughters, Tammie Cryer 
of Porter, Texas, and Debbie Swanson of San Jose, Calif.; one great-grandson, Anthony Cryer of Porter, Texas.

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The Franklin Sun        Winnsboro, LA          August 6, 1986
Submitted by: Glenda Warner Boyd
 
Woodrow (sic) Woodroe L. Rolen
 
Funeral services for Woodrow (sic) Woodroe L. Rolen, 65, of Cotton Valley, 
formerly of Winnsboro, were held Aug. 1 at Unity Baptist Church at 2 p.m.
 
Interment was in Cotton Valley Cemetery under the direction of Bailey Funeral Home. 
The Rev. J. E. Tipton and the Rev. Mike Holloway officiated.
 
He was a veteran of World War II and a heavy equipment operator for 30 years. 
He died July 30, 1986, following a brief illness.
 
Survivors include his wife, Louise Warlick Rolen, Cotton Valley; one son, Wade Rolen, 
Minden; and one daughter, Judy Rolen Brown, Shreveport; four grandchildren; three brothers, 
Marshel Rolen, Denver, Colo., Henry and Douglas Rolen, Winnsboro; three sisters, Dorothy Antley, 
Pineville, Esther Halley, Monroe, and Ruth Ingram; and a host of nieces and nephews.
 
Deacons of the Unity Baptist Church served as pallbearers.

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