Ouachita County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....REVELS, RICHARD WADE January 4, 2016
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News Star World - January 07, 2016
RICHARD WADE REVELS

Richard ("Dick") Wade Revels, Sr. passed away on January 4, 2016, at the age of 
91. A celebration of his life will be held on Friday, January 8, 2016, at 2 
p.m. at First Baptist Church, 620 East Madison, Bastrop, Louisiana. A graveside 
service, with military honors, will be held at Culbertson Baptist Church 
cemetery at 3286 Highway 151, D'Arbonne, Louisiana at 10 a.m. on Friday 
preceding the memorial service. The visitation will be held on Thursday January 
7, 2016, at Cox Funeral Home, 611 North Washington Street, Bastrop, Louisiana 
from 5:00-7:00 p.m.

Revels is survived by his wife Virginia and their four children: Dixie Revels 
Kingston, Richard Wade Revels,Jr. (Cecille), Jana Revels Young, and Claire 
Revels Shapiro. Revels had eight grandchildren: Philip Kingston, Amy Claire 
Wieser (Joby), Will Revels (Christy), John Revels (Fiona), Zachary Young, Anna 
Young, Ellen Shapiro, Lucy Wade Shapiro and one great grandchild , Catherine 
Revels. He is also survived by his sister, Hilda Anne Carpenter (Chiles). 
Revels' parents, Fred Price and Norma Wade Revels, predeceased him as did his 
brother, Duke Selig Revels, and son-in-law, Russell Young.

Revels was born in D'Arbonne, Louisiana, July 25, 1924. He grew up on a farm 
and developed a love for horses and ranching. After graduating from Farmerville 
High School, he attended Louisiana State University. His studies were 
interrupted by World War II. He enlisted in the U. S. Army and served during 
both World War II and the Korean conflict. Toward the end of World War II, 
Revels met the love of his life, Virginia Wooley, while at Camp Crowder in 
southwestern Missouri. They recently celebrated seventy years of marriage. Soon 
after getting married, they moved to Bastrop, Louisiana where Revels began a 50 
year career at Bastrop National Bank. He graduated from the Banking School of 
the South at LSU and served as a board member of the Morehouse Parish School 
Board and many other civic organizations. He proudly served as President of 
Bastrop National Bank his last 35 years, retiring in 1995 soon after the bank 
was sold to Hibernia National Bank (now Capital One). Revels dearly loved the 
bank, its devoted employees, the members of First Baptist Church of which he 
was a longtime, loyal member, and the people of Bastrop whom he had the 
privilege of serving. His family wants to thank his loving caregivers, Lovell 
Blakely, Carolyn Alford, and John Davis.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials be directed to either First 
Baptist Church, 620 East Madison Avenue, Bastrop, Louisiana 71220 or the 
Louisiana Baptist Children's Home, 7200 Desiard Street, Monroe, Louisiana 
71203. 

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