Obituary of Bill Rowland. of Richland Parish Louisiana
as published in the Richland Beacon News 
Submitted by for the USGenWeb Archives by Dot Golliher, 07/24/2004




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Bill Rowland

Funeral services for Bill Rowland, 70, of alto, LA, were held at
10 a.m. Sunday October 21, 2001 at the Alto Baptist Church, with
the Rev. David Shirley officiating. Burial followed at Gwin
Cemetery in
Mangham under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home in Rayville.

Mr. Rowland passed away Friday, October 19, 2001, at his
residence. He was a member of the Alto Baptist Church and
previously was a
member of The Telephone Pioneer Clown Unit. He was preceded in
death by
mother, Eva Ruth Williams and step father D.F. Williams.

Survivors include his wife, June Ross Rowland of Mangham; his two
sons, Ronald Ross Rowland of Baton Rouge, LA. and Mika Jacoby
Rowland of Alto, LA; two daughters, Jada Rowland Brown and her
husband Emmett Brown III of Rayville, LA., and Rhonda Baker of
Terrell, Texas; four grandchildren, Lanya and Lance Brown, Matthew
Taylor and Kasey Cade; and his two sisters, Eunice Duke and Vera
Perry both of Eldorado, AR.

Serving as pallbearers were Terry David Ross, Rowland Perry, Glen
Tiser, Shelton Sharbono, Jerry Thomason and Steve Ross.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to The American Heart
Association or The St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital.