Ouachita-Morehouse County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....CHUNN, BILLY RAY July 1971
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THE MONROE NEWS-STAR - July 21, 1971
BASTROP- Eleven-year-old Billy Ray Chunn of Bastrop drowned in the Ouachita River
near here Tuesday while he was wading, according to Morehouse Parish Sheriff's
officials.
Chunn, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie G. Chunn of Bastrop, apparently stepped off
into deep water while wading at a boat ramp some 11 miles west of here,
Sheriff's officials received a call at 5:47 p.m. that the boy had drowned while he
was at the boat ramp with his family. The body was recovered a short time later by
members of the Bastrop Fire Department. Morehouse Parish Coroner Dr. Joe Reynolds
ruled the death due to accidental drowning, Sheriff's officials said.
 Funeral  services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at United Pentecostal Church with the
Rev. O.O. Self officiating. Burial will be in Oak Ridge Cemetery under the direction
of Mulhearn's Funeral Home of Monroe.
  Other survivors include, a brother, Harmon Chunn; three sisters, Misses Betty Ann
Chunn, Mandy Chunn and Theresa Chunn, all of Bastrop; and a number of cousins.
  The body will be at the residence from 3 p.m. today until one hour before
services.
  
  
  

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