Obituary of Willie Noble, Richland Parish, LA Submitted by Betty Jean Weems Neathery Newspaper clipping from THE NEWS STAR, Monroe, LA, dated 9/29/1983 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** Willie Noble START - Services for Willie Noble, 78, will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Start Baptist Church with the Revs. Ray Walter and Willie Woodard officiating. Burial will be in the Start cemetery under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home of Rayville. Mr. Noble died Tuesday night at Our Lady of the Lord Hospital in Lafayette following a short illness. He was a farmer, a native of Mangham and resident of Start for the past 47 years. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Willie Mae "Red" Noble of Start; three Sons, Willie R. Noble, Billy Noble and Russell Noble, all of Start; one Daughter, Mrs. Nobie Red of Hudson, Kan.; one sister, Mrs. Mittie Valentine of Winnsboro; and 10 grandchildren. Submitter's Notes: James William "Willie" Noble, the son of James Runnells Nobles and Dorcas Elizabeth Crawford Nobles, was born November 19, 1904 near Brandon, Rankin County, MS, and died September 27, 1983, in Lafayette, LA.