Obituary of Aaron Winstead resident of Richland Parish Louisiana
as published in the Richland Beacon News, November 1978
Submitted by for the USGenWeb Archives by Dot Golliher, 08/03/2004




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 Aaron Winstead

The funeral of Aaron Erslay Winstead,54,Rayville,
was at 3 P.M.,last Friday in Mount Calvary Baptist
Church, Rayville. The Revs. Harold Spillers and
Jimmy Dale Gibson officiated.

Burial was in the McKnight Cemetery in Rayville, 
under the direction of Mulhearn’s Funeral Home
of Rayville.

Mr. Winstead died in his residence last Thursday,
November 23, 1978, after a brief illness. He was a
native of Pike county, AR., a member of Mount Calvary
Baptist church and a World War II veteran.

He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lucille Winstead
of Rayville; two daughters, Mrs. Betty Jones of
Longview, Texas and Miss Alice Winstead of Rayville;
four sons, Tommy, Alex, and James Winstead of Rayville,
and Wayne Winstead of Start; four sisers, Mrs. Emma 
Vandever of Hattiesburg MS., Mrs. Margaret Carter of
Dunn, Mrs. Onna Jones of Rayville and Mrs. Mary
Gushock of Phoenix, Arizona; and four grandchildren.

Pallbearers were Vernon Thomas, Jerry Goynes, Luther
Horn, Earl Patrick, and Billy Joe chunn.