Obit: Henry Brothers, Franklin Parish, LA
Submitted by Shirley Ashley
 

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The Franklin Sun, Winnsboro, Louisiana
December 15, 1999 -- Volume 143-- No. 21
Page 5A


Henry Brothers

Funeral services for Henry Brothers, 78, of Monroe, formerly of Winnsboro,
were held Saturday, December 4, at New St. John Baptist Church in Monroe
with the Rev. Willie T. Goree officiating. 
Interment followed in Richwood Memorial Cemetery in Monroe under the
direction of Richardson and Sims Funeral Home of Winnsboro.
Mr. Brothers died Saturday, November 27, 1999 at North Monroe Hospital
following a lengthy illness.
Survivors include eight daughters, Willie Mae Mitchell, Monroe; Nancy
Bennett, Sandra Washington, both of Winnsboro, Barbara Pleasant,
Bloomington, Illinois; Donna Pleasant, Denham Springs, La.; Barbara
Washington, West Monroe; Ruthie Lee Matlock and Lula Mae Matlock, both of
Pine Bluff, Arkansas; five sons, Donald Ray Brothers and Albert Smith, both
of Dallas, Texas; Henry Clay Washington, Monroe; Charles Washington,
Columbia, La.; Henry Brothers, Jr, Pine Bluff, Arkansas; five sisters,
Flossie Davis, Beanna Davis, Ophelia Smith all of Monroe; Elnora Williams,
Winnsboro; Dorothy Mae Davis, Los Angeles, Calif.; four brothers: Isaac Lee
Brothers, Detroit, Michigan; Sam Brothers, Caleb Brothers, and L.C.
Brothers all of St. Louis, Missouri; 46 grandchildren and a host of
great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Michael Jenkins, Danny Goree, Marcus Guillory, J.B.
Bennett III, Wilber Laners and Peter Perkins.