Obituary of Zula Crawford Williams, Richland Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Betty Jean Weems Neathery
Newspaper clipping from the Richland Beacon-News, Rayville, LA 
undated, but probably from the January 18, 1990 edition.
06 July 2005




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Zula C. Williams

MANGHAM - Funeral services for Mrs. Zula Crawford Williams, 79, of
Mangham were held at 2 p.m. Friday, January 12, 1990, in the Lone 
Cherry Baptist Church with the Rev. Will Young and the Rev. Robert
Williamson officiating.

Burial followed in the Lone Cherry Cemetery under the direction of
Brown-Holley Funeral Home in Rayville.
   
Mrs. Williams died Wednesday, January 10, 1990, in the Richland 
Parish Hospital, Rayville, following a long illness.

A native of Carthage, Miss., Mrs. Williams was born June 29, 1910.
She was a homemaker, member of the Lone Cherry Baptist Church.  She
was preceded in death by her husband, Joe Williams.

She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Jo Ann Lee of Dallas, Tex.,
and Mrs. Cookie Wheeler, Onalaska, Tex.; three sons, Dr. Oliver
Williams of Houston, Tex., Bennie Williams and Onnie Williams, both
of Mangham; three sisters, Mrs. Ollie Sharbono of Rayville, Mrs. 
Maudie Whittington, Hurley, Miss., and Mrs. Ova Hannah of Canton, 
Miss., nine grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers were Joel Williams, Gary Williams, Ben Williams, Dean
Williams, Troy Williams, Jay Wheeler, Don Frymark and Joe Booth.

  

Submitter's notes:  Zula Crawford Williams was the daughter of Samuel
Alford Crawford and his first wife Ollie (Jordan) Crawford.  She 
married Joseph Lee Williams March 31, 1928 in Richland Parish, LA.