Obit: Oscar Elwa Willis, Grant Parish La
Submitted by: Gaytha Thompson


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Colfax Chronicle Thursday Oct 1, 1998
Page 3 column 3

Oscar Elwa Willis

Services for Oscar Elwa Willis were at 1 p.m. Thursday in the chapel of Rush,
Pineville, with the Revs. Wallace white and Robert Hearne officiating.  Burial
was in Forest Lawn Cemetery.

Willis, 75, of Pineville died Tuesday, Sept 22, 1998, in his residence.

He was a native of Latanier and a member of Church of God, Alexandria.  He was
a retired psychiatric aide from Central Louisiana State Hospital with 20 years
service.

Survivors include his wife, Hazel Poston Willis of Pineville; three sons, Roy
D. Willis and Donald Ray Willis, both of Pineville, and Richard Dwayne Willis
of Benton; one daughter Peggy D. Kelly of Shreveport; four brothers, Champ
Willis of Woodworth, Earl Willis and Charles Willis, both of Pollock, and
Dalvin Willis of Boyce; one sister, Beatrice Ashworth of texas; six
grandchildren and four great grandchildren