Obituary of Willie "Cooter" Mercer, Richland Parish, LA
Submitted by Betty Jean Weems Neathery,August 2005
The News Star, September 14, 1995, page 12A 





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MR. WILLIE "COOTER" MERCER

Funeral services for Mr. Willie "Cooter" Mercer, 81, 
of Mangham will be at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, September 14, 1995 at Lone
Cherry Baptist Church near Mangham, LA with Rev.'s Thomas Rich, Gary
Garris and J. W. Allen officiating.  Burial will be in Lone Cherry
Baptist Church Cemetery under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home
of Winnsboro, LA.
    
Mr. Mercer died September 12, 1995 in Rayville, LA.
    
Mr. Mercer was a retired farmer, a Member of Lone Cherry Baptist
Church, and lifelong resident of Mangham, LA.
    
Mr. Mercer was preceded in death by 2 sons, Harvey Mercer and 
Sidney Mercer; his mother, Mrs. Alma Mercer; his father, Mr. John
Mercer, Sr.; 3 brothers, Jesse Mercer, Sr., W. A. "Buddy" Mercer and
Lonnie Mercer; and 1 sister, Mrs. Geraldine Mercer.
   
Survivors include his wife of 59 years: Mrs. Audie Weems Mercer 
of Mangham; 1 brother and 1 sister: John Mercer, Jr. and Lannie
Mercer Brunson, both of Mangham; 4 sons and 3 daughters-in-law: 
Stanley and Bobbie Mercer, Pete and Laverne Mercer, Kenny and Vicki
Mercer, and Tommy Mercer, all of Mangham, LA; 8 daughters and sons-
in-law: Ruth and Alton Jeansonne of Mandeville, LA, Rose and Billy
Ray Jones of Hebert, LA, Dott and Dee Faircloth of Vidalia, LA; Jewel
and Jerry Barton, Judy and David Barton, Trudy and Roy Wiggins, Sr.,
Wanda and George Thames, Deborah and Wayne Poindexter, all of Mangham,
LA; 28 grandchildren, 16 great grandchildren, and 1 great great
grandchild and a host of nieces and nephews.
   
Pallbearers will be Claude Mercer, Billy Joe Mercer, Charles
Mercer, Jay Mercer, Ronnie Mercer and Doc Mercer.
    
Honorary Pallbearers will be Doug White, Doug Tannehill, and
Jerry Simmons.
    
Visitation will be from 8:00 a.m. until time of service at Lone
Cherry Baptist Church.


Submitter's notes: Willie Marshall "Cooter" Mercer was born 14 
February 1914 in Mangham, LA.