Obituary: Jan. 1962, Franklin Parish, LA
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The following obituaries are listed below:

Mrs. Nancy Anders
Mrs. Emma Eubanks
Crockette J. Killen
Mrs. Lula Mercer


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The Franklin Sun     Winnsboro, LA    January 4, 1962
Submitted September 2006 by: Glenda Warner Boyd
 
Mrs. Nancy Anders
 
Funeral services for Mrs. Nancy Anders of Winnsboro were conducted at 10 a.m. 
Monday at Boeuf River Baptist church. The Revs. T. J. Ratcliff, Meredith Hair and 
Joe Mongle officiated.
Interment was in Ogden cemetery.
Mrs. Anders, 69, died at 10:30 Saturday.
She is survived by: her husband, W. F. Anders, Winnsboro; three sisters, 
Mrs. Frank Elkins and Mrs. Vina Ellerbe, both of Winnsboro, Mrs. A. G. Madden, 
Houston, Tex.; and a number of nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers were Ira Parks, Charlie Ray Jennings, W. A. Jones, Garvis Bennett, 
Marshall Turnage and Milton Albritton.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------The Franklin Sun     Winnsboro, LA    January 11, 1962
Submitted January 2010 by: Glenda Warner Boyd
 
Mrs. Emma Eubanks
 
Mrs. Emma Eubanks of Mangham, mother of Mrs. J. L. Dorman
and Walter Eubanks of Winnsboro, died January 9 at Riley Nursing
home.
Eighty-five years old, Mrs. Eubanks was a native of Richland
Parish.
Funeral services took place at Lone Cherry Baptist church at
2 p.m. Wednesday, with the Rev. Claude Jenkins officiating.
Interment was in Lone Cherry cemetery.
In addition to Mrs. Dorman and Mr. Eubanks, Mrs. Eubanks is
survived by two more daughters, Mrs. W. A. Southall, Warden,
and Mrs. Preston Yelverton, Rayville, and six grandchildren.
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The Franklin Sun     Winnsboro, LA     January 25, 1962
Submitted September 2006 by: Glenda Warner Boyd
 
Crockette J. Killen
 
Final rites for Crockette Jones Killen of Winnsboro were held at 2 p.m. 
Tuesday at First National  Funeral home here. The Rev. Tom Ratcliff officiated.
Mr. Killen, 72, died about midnight.
He is survived by: a daughter, Mrs. Edna K. Porter, Winnsboro; a grandson, 
Nolan G. Porter; a great granddaughter, Theresa Rena Porter; a great grandson, 
Nolan G. Porter, Jr., all of Winnsboro; five sisters, Mrs. Lucy Cox and Mrs. Sally Peters, 
both of Winnfield, Mrs. Lula Moore and Mrs. Dempsie Mercer, both of Tullos, and Mrs. Bessie Wysinger, 
Minden; three brothers, Jim Killen of Winnfield, Henry Killen of Jonesville and Bill Killen of Urania.
Burial was in Ogden cemetery.

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The Franklin Sun      Winnsboro, LA      January 25, 1962
Submitted September 2006 by: Glenda Warner Boyd
 
Mrs. Lula Mercer
 
A lifetime resident of Gilbert, Mrs. Lula Mercer, died Sunday at Columbia after a 
short illness.
Born December 16, 1888, Mrs. Mercer was a member of Turkey Creek Baptist church.
Funeral services were held at Central Baptist church, Wisner, Tuesday morning. 
The Rev. Otis Dumas, pastor of Central Baptist church, officiated.
Burial was in Central cemetery, Wisner.
Surviving Mrs. Mercer are: four daughters, Mrs. Lucille Gwin and Mrs. Betty Norwood, 
both of Gilbert, Mrs. Sara Purvis, Sondheimer, and Mrs. Clemmie Thacker, Houston, Tex.; 
two sep-daughters, Mrs. Hester Fisher and Mrs. Cammie Tucker, both of Tallulah; three sons, 
Edward and Sonny Mercer, both of West Monroe, and Harvey Mercer, Columbia; a brother, 
Robert Roberts, West Monroe; 20 grandchildren and a number of great grandchildren.

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