Obituaries:  Luther Wallace Willis, Sabine Parish       W-420
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Mar 8, 1957
Submitted by: Tammy Larche-Smith
              tammy@cp-tel.net




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The Sabine Index - Luther Wallace Willis

  8 Mar 1957 - Luther Wallace Willis, 83, pioneer citizen and
retired businessman of Zwolle, passed away Friday, March 1 at the
Sabine clinic in Zwolle following a brief illness.

  Funeral services were held Saturday, March 2, at 3 p.m. at the
First Baptist church, Zwolle, with the Rev. J. C. Whitaker of
DeRidder officiating assisted by the Rev. B. T. Scrivner, pastor,
and the Rev. James Lawton, pastor of the First Methodist church
of Zwolle.

  Prior to his retirement, Mr. Willis had served as justice of
the peace and was a former member of the town council. He was a
member of the First Baptist church and a former member of the
board of deacons.

  Surviving are his son, J. Carl Willis of Zwolle; a brother,
Robert Willis of Mansfield; two sisters, Mrs. L. M. Miller of
Baton Rouge and Mrs. Annie Moore of Alexandria.

  Pallbearers were Randell Parrott, Robert Pearson, Roy Sibley,
Ed Jones, Carl Byers, F. P. McCormick, Willie Wright and Jimmy
Graves.

  Interment was in the Zwolle cemetery under the direction of the
Drewitt funeral home in Mansfield.