Ouachita County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....BURKES, DEWITT JR. December 30, 1976 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Gina Brown rootsgirl36@gmail.com February 13, 2015, 9:11 am News Star World - Jan 03, 1977 DEWITT BURKES JR. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m Tuesday for Dewitt Burkes Jr, 70 of 2104 Flynn St. Monroe, at the First Baptist Church with Rev. A.J Mansfield officiating. Burial will be in the city cemetery under the direction of Hunt's Golden State Funeral Parlor of Monroe. Ouachita Parish coroner Ebert Van Buren said Mr. Burkes died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound Thursday at his residence. Survivors include one son, David Burkes of Monroe; two brothers and one sister. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/ouachita/obits/b/burkes3666nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/lafiles/ File size: 1.1 Kb