Obituary of William Eugene "Shorty" Francis, LaSalle Parish, Louisiana


Copied and Submitted by :Kathy LeMay Kelly, P.O. Box 219, Trout, La. 71371

From The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La.
Micro Film at the LaSalle Parish Library, Located in Jena, LaSalle Parish, La.
July 17, 1969


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Final Rites Held Friday For Wm. Shorty Francis

Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. last Friday for William Eugene (Shorty)
Francis, 60, of Trout, at Belah Methodist Church with Revs. Willie Broadway
and Byrl Moreland, officiating.

Burial was in the church cemetery with Masonic rites at graveside under
direction of Hixson Brothers Funeral Home of Jena.

Mr. Francis died early Wednesday morning at his residence from an apparent
heart attack.

Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Alice Janie Francis of Trout; a son, Tommy
E. Francis of Sulphur; a daughter, Mrs. Ellyene Coile of Lake Arthur; two
brothers, Herbert Francis of Tullos and Claude Francis of North Dakota; five
sisters, Mrs. Irma McCartney, Mrs. Bernice Jones, and Mrs. Yvonne Cockerham,
all of Trout, Mrs. Jewel love of Bossier City and Mrs. Lillie Ganey of Castor;
and four grandchildren.

Pallbearers were Masons, Paul strozier, Benny McCrory, Cecil Guldie, Roy
Hailey, Elton Cockerham, Vincent Whatley, Whitney LaCroix, Edwin Scott;
Worshipful Master Floyd Perritt; Senior Warden A. O. Hester.