Ouachita-Richland County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....YANCEY , WILLIAM L.  JR.  January 30, 2010
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News Star World - February 01, 2010
WILLIAM L. YANCEY, JR. 

Mulhearn Funeral Home Rayville, LA. 

Funeral Services for William L. Yancey, Jr., 87 of Rayville, LA, will be 2:00 
PM Monday, February 1, 2010 at the Rayville United Methodist Church, Rayville, 
LA, with Rev. John Robert Black officiating, burial to follow in Mulhearn 
Memorial Park Cemetery, Monroe, LA under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral 
Rayville, LA. Visitation will be from 1:00 PM until service time at the 
church. L. Yancey as he was known by the entire community, died Saturday 
January 30, 2010 at Richardson Medical Center. He was born on May 29, 1922 and 
lived in Jonesville, LA. He was preceded in death by his parents William L. 
Yancey, Sr. and Grace Denham Yancey. He attended college at USL in Lafayette 
for 1 year and finished pharmacy school at Loyola University in New Orleans. 
After graduating he attended Officers Candidate School at Northwestern 
University in Chicago, IL. He then served in the U.S. Navy aboard The USS 
Dauphin APA 97 attack transport in the Pacific Theatre during World War II. 
Following this he moving to Rayville, LA in 1946. He owned Yanceys' Pharmacy 
until his retirement. L. was a member of Rayville United Methodist Church 
where he sang in the choir for 42 years, Singing in the choir was one of the 
joys of his life. He served the church on the Administrative Board and the 
Finance Committee. He served for many years on the Board of Directors at 
Richland State Bank. He was a member of the fifth District Pharmaceutical 
Association and the Louisiana Pharmacists Association. He was a member of the 
VFW, a 59 year member of R.F. McGuire Lodge # 209, a 32 degree Scottish Rite 
Mason and a noble of Barak Shrine Monroe, LA. He is survived by his wife 
Beverly Hatchell Yancey, sons, Langston Yancey and his wife Maggie Yancey and 
Read Yancey, daughter, Martha Ellen Cox and her husband Steven Cox, brother, 
Edwin Yancey and wife Betsy Yancey, five granddaughters, Katie Yancey, Erin 
Yancey, Taylor Yancey, Yancey Cox and Macy Cox. He's also survived by Crease 
Harry, family friend of many years. The family wishes to express their 
gratitude to caretakers Delbara White, Deanna Hubbard and Donna Parker for 
their care and concern over the past year. Pallbearers will be Owen Rigby, 
Hollis Venable, Bobby Calvert, Vic Jordan, Fred Scott Franklin and Walter 
Pierron. Honorary Pallbearers are Walter Cochran and Dr. Gordon Massengale. 
The family would like to extend thanks to the staff of Richardson Medical 
Center for their attentive care during his brief stay. In lieu of flowers 
Memorials may be made to Rayville United Methodist Church, Rayville, LA. 

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