Obituary of WILLIAM KENNETH HEMPHILL, LaSalle Parish, Louisiana

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From The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La.  

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Date:  December 22, 1999, Wednesday

Headline:  Area Deaths

William Kenneth Hemphill, 69, of Olla, died Saturday, December 18, 1999, at 
St. Luke's Hospital in Houston, Texas.

He was born in Georgetown on October 30, 1930, to the union of Thomas and 
Edith Guin Hemphill.

He was retired from Shell Oil Company and owned and operated H&H Compressors, 
Inc., in Olla.  He was also a member of the Charles F. Buck Masonic Lodge in 
Urania.

Services were held at 10 a.m., Tuesday, December 21, from the chapel of Riser 
Funeral Home in Olla with the Revs. Woody Rimes and Gray Wright officiating.

Interment followed in the Olla Cemetery under direction of Riser Funeral Home 
of Olla.

Survivors include his wife, Rose Hemphill of Olla; one son, Tommy Hemphill of 
Monroe; two daughters, Lynn Gates of Calhoun and Sue Wood of Conroe, Texas; 
three stepsons, Terry Ranton of Olla, Ricky Ranton of Lafayette, and Todd 
Ranton of Laurel, Ms.; one brother, Harold Hemphill of Milan, Ill.; 12 
grandchildren and one great-granddaughter.

Pallbearers were Terry Ranton, Ricky Ranton, Eddie Johns, Bernard Miller, 
Billy Bordelon, and Clifton Poole.

Honorary pallbearers were Bud Hinton, Alvin Berry, Bobby Nugent, Joe Paul 
Stevens, and Harold Stevens.