Obituary of Albert Weems, Sr., Richland Parish, LA
Submitted by Betty Jean Weems Neathery
Newspaper clipping from THE DELHI DISPATCH, July 2, 1992




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Albert Weems Sr.

DELHI - Services for Albert C. Weems Sr., 78, of Delhi were held at
10 a.m. Tuesday, June 30, 1992, in the Westside Baptist Church of
Delhi with the Rev. Tony Smith and the Rev. W. W. Lovett, Jr.
officiating.

Burial was in the Lone Cherry Cemetery near Mangham under the 
direction of Cox Funeral Home of Delhi.

Mr. Weems died Sunday, June 28, 1992, in the Richland Nursing Home in
Delhi following a lengthy illness.

He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Pearlie Weems of Delhi; one son, 
Albert C. Weems, Jr., of Delhi; two daughters, Mrs. Annette Blake of
Homer and Mrs. Betty Jean Neathery of Arcadia; six brothers, J. O.
Shirley and Grady Shirley, both of Winnsboro, C. W. Weems of Sarepta,
Luther Weems of Dunn, and Clinton Weems and Lloyd Weems, both of Delhi;
four sisters, Mrs. Eunice Linder of Winnsboro, Mrs. Audie Mercer of
Mangham, Mrs. Vaudie Upton of Delhi, and Mrs. Myrtle McVay of Bastrop;
12 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers were Philip Manning, Bruce Weems, Gene Brown, Bill Skipper,
Bill Walker, and Ralph Blackwell.

Submitter's Notes:  Albert Clayton Weems, the son of Samuel James Weems 
and Martha Lenora Curry Weems, was born May 2, 1914, in Tullos, Winn 
Parish, LA.  He married Pearlie Brown in Mangham, Richland Parish, LA
July 17, 1937.