Obituary: April 1987, 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: R.H. Allen Marie Tucker Brocato Rosie L. Horne Demarcus Porter McDuff Jr. Alma Terry Newton Arthur Price Tommie Lee Rodgers Yvonne Jewell Ross Mary Lucille Waller Katie Rolen Warner Louise White ************************************* Submitted by: Glenda Warner Boyd R.H. Allen Funeral services for R.H. Allen, 60, of Winnsboro, were held at 2 p.m., Tuesday, April 21, in Temple Baptist Church with the Rev. Joe Aulds and the Rev. Theo Eldridge officiating. Interment was in Harris Cemetery under the direction of Winnsboro First National Funeral Home. A native of Franklin Parish, he was a construction worker. He died on April 20, 1987, following a lengthy illness. Survivors include his wife, Maxine Allen, Winnsboro; two daughters, Janette Bullock, Delhi and Mitzi Riser, Winnsboro; two brothers, Elon E. Allen, Crowville and Jack Allen, Winnsboro; two sisters, Francis Nielsen, Vicksburg, Miss., and Minnie Parker, Gilbert; and five grandchildren. *************** Submitted by: Glenda Warner Boyd Marie Tucker Brocato Funeral services for Marie Tucker Brocato, 82, of Gilbert, were held at 10 a.m., Tuesday, April 21, in the Chapel of Winnsboro First National Funeral Home. Interment was in Ward Cemetery with the Rev. Tom Crosby officiating. A native of Gilbert, she was born Feb. 26, 1905. She was a housewife. She died on April 20, 1987 following a lengthy illness. Survivors include two sons, Charles Brocato, Gilbert and Don Brocato, Alexandria; one daughter, Jean Newman, Ward III Community; one sister Audrey Duchesne, Monroe; nine grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Grandsons served as pallbearers. *************************************************** Submitted by: Glenda Warner Boyd Rosie L. Horne Funeral services for Rosie L. Horne, 36, of Winnsboro, will be held at 1 p.m., today, Wednesday, April 22 at St John Baptist Church, with the Rev. E.J. McFarland officiating. Interment will be in Berry Hill Cemetery under the direction of Richardson Funeral Home of Winnsboro. Mrs. Horne died on April 17, 1987, at LSU Medical Center in Shreveport, from injuries sustained in a house fire. Survivors include her husband, Don Horne, Monroe; her parents, Bertil Thomas Slack, Winnsboro; two brothers, Ernest Thomas Jr. and Albert Thomas, both of Winnsboro; five sisters, Ethel Mitchell, Monroe, Pearl Hawkins, Miami, Fla., Ileane Jones and Mary Alexander, both of Winnsboro and Lula Thomas, Shreveport. Pallbearers were Billy Alexander, Johnny Thomas, Ernest Thomas, Jr., Albert Thomas, Calvin Levi, Roosevelt Levi, Robert Thomas Jr., and Willie Thomas. *************************** Submitted by: Glenda Warner Boyd Demarcus Porter McDuff Jr. Funeral services for Demarcus Porter McDuff Jr., 79, of Winnsboro, were held at 3 p.m., Sunday, April 19, in the Chapel of Mulhearn Funeral Home of Winnsboro. Interment was in Myrtle Memorial Cemetery, with the Rev. Tom Crosby Officiating. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Winnsboro and a retired Winnsboro businessman. He died on Friday, April 17, 1987, following a lengthy illness. Survivors include his wife, Doris Cunningham McDuff, Winnsboro; one step-son, James H. Woodward Jr., Winnsboro; six sisters, Mrs. I.Q. Robinson, Mrs. W.A. Butler Sr., Mrs. Charles Graves, all of Winnsboro, Mrs. J.P. Oglesby and Mrs. Crawford Harris, both of Waldo, Fla., and Mrs. Jack Price, Monroe; one brother, T.B. McDuff, Winnsboro; four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Pallbearers were Fred Donaldson, Allen Butler, William Allen Butler, Mark Butler, Shelby Graves, Burk McDuff, Quitman Robinson, Bud Robinson and Willie D. Lofton *************************************************** Submitted by: Glenda Warner Boyd Alma Terry Newton Funeral services for Alma Terry Newton, 87, of Winnsboro, were held at 11 a.m., Thursday, April 16, in the Lone Cedar Baptist Church, with the Rev. Bobby Brown officiating. Interment was in Lone Cedar Cemetery, under the direction of Winnsboro Funeral Home. A native of Brookhaven, Miss., she was born Oct. 30, 1899. She was a housewife. She died on April 14, 1987. Survivors include three sons, Jake Newton, Monroe, Charles Newton, Winnsboro, Jack Newton, New Orleans; two daughters, Masel Graham, Winnsboro, Barbara Warner, Monroe; three sisters, Pearl Rodgers, Brookhaven, Miss.Mary Schriver and Irene McNease, both of Port Arthur, Texas; 10 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. Pallbearers were Bobby Reems, Billy Reems, Jack Newton Jr., David Newton, Randy Robinson and Lester Newton. ***************************************** Submitted by: Glenda Warner Boyd Arthur Price Funeral services for Arthur Price, 77, of Winnsboro, were held at 2 p.m., Sunday, April 19, in the Chapel of Richardson Funeral Home of Winnsboro. Interment was in Oakley Cemetery, Gilbert, with the Rev. Herman Harris officiating. He died on April 12, 1987, following a lengthy illness. Survivors include four sisters, Viola Price, Goldmine, La., Charity Claiborne, Gilbert, Rosa Whatley, Mangham and Katie Walker, Cleveland, Ohio ************************** Submitted by: Glenda Warner Boyd Tommie Lee Rodgers Funeral services for Tommy Lee Rodgers, 69, of Sicily Island, were held at 10 a.m., Thursday, April 16, in the First Baptist Church of Sicily Island with the Dr. Paul Kolb and the Rev. Wayne Sibley officiating. Interment was in New Pine Hill Cemetery under the direction of Winnsboro First National Funeral Home. A native of Woodville, Miss., he was born July 2, 1917. He was employed as a mechanic with E.R. Kiper. He was a veteran of World War II. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Sicily Island. He died on April 14, 1987, following a brief illness. Survivors include his wife, Lucille M. Rodgers, Sicily Island; two daughters, Jan Dennis, Sicily Island and Lois Jordan, Lockhart, Texas; two grandchildren, Tommie Cooper and Amanda Dennis, Sicily Island; two sisters, Alice Leake, Jackson, La., and Lana Bass Thompson, Evansville, Ind.; and five grandchildren. ********************************************** The Franklin Sun Winnsboro, LA April 29, 1987 Submitted February 2008 by: Glenda Warner Boyd Yvonne Jewell Ross Funeral services for Yvonne Jewell Ross, 65, of Fort Necessity, were held at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 26, in the Chapel of Mulhearn Funeral Home of Winnsboro. Interment was in Boeuf Prairie Cemetery, Fort Necessity, with the Rev. John Guyre officiating. A native of Jckson Parish, she had lived in Franklin Parish for the past 59 years. She was retired from the Frankin Parish School Board, and was a member of Boeuf Prairie Methodist Church of Fort Necessity. She died on Friday, April 24, 1987, following a lengthy illness. Survivors include one daughter, Sue Ross Grivet, Fort Necessity; one grandson, Tony Grivet, Fort Necessity; one granddaughter, Rhonda Sharp, Fort Necessity; three great-grandchildren, Trey, Jessica and Kasey Sharp, Fort Necessity; two sisters, Mrs. Durelle Gray, Columbia and Mrs. Willie Mae Brown, Jonesboro; two brothers, Olin Jewell, Winnsboro and Gordon James, Bloomburg, Texas. Pallbearers were Tommy Ross, Martin Walter, Henry Volentine, Edwin Ray Bryan, Jeffrey Brooks Moore, Jerry Seffens, Kenneth Barid and Bobby Walker. ------------------------------------------------------------ Submitted by: Glenda Warner Boyd Mary Lucille Waller Funeral services for Mary Lucille Waller, 73, of Orangeburg, S.C., were held at 3 p.m., Friday, April 17, in the Chapel of Mulhearn Funeral Home of Winnsboro. Interment was in Chase Cemetery, with the Rev. Kim Pilkinton officiating. She died on April 15, 1987, in Orangeburg. Survivors include one daughter, Mary Grace McCarter, Orangeburg, S.C.; two sisters, Helen Morgan, Wisner and Ola Archibald, Eureka, Calif.; and one grandson, First Lt. Kirmet McCarter III, U.S. Army **************************** The Franklin Sun Winnsboro, LA April 22, 1987 Submitted by: Glenda Warner Boyd Katie Rolen Warner Funeral services for Katie Rolen Warner, 82, of Winnsboro, were held at 11 a.m., Saturday, April 18, in the Boeuf River Baptist Church, with the Rev. C.T. Smith officiating. Interment was in Ogden Cemetery under the direction of Winnsboro First National Funeral Home. A native of Winnfield, she was born July 16, 1904. She was a housewife. She died on April 16, 1987, following a lengthy illness. Survivors include her husband, George W. Warner, Winnsboro; one son, Lloyd Warner, Monroe, two sisters, Mrs. J.C. Bratton, West Monroe and Bell Buchan, Jonesboro, one brother, George Rolen, Morrow, La., three grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Pallbearers were Charlie Ray Jennings, Ray Jennings, Glynn Porter, Dolphus Tarver, Harold Russell and Jerry Hawsey. Submitter's note: Katie Areatha (Reath) Rolen was born to the union of Henry Lewis Rolen and Francis Jane Emmons. She married George Washington Warner on September 11, 1926 in Winn Parish, La. She is preceded in death by a son, Floyd Talmadge Warner. *************************************** Submitted by: Glenda Warner Boyd Louise White Funeral services for Louise White, 77, of Wisner, were held at 1 p.m., Saturday, April 18 in the New Light Baptist Church with the Rev. L.M. Mator officiating. Interment was in Hope Estate Cemetery under the direction of Richardson Funeral Home of Winnsboro. Mrs. White died on Tuesday, April 14, 1987, following a lengthy illness. Survivors include one brother, Booker T. Lemle, Wisner. *****************************