Obituaries:  Elijah Wilson, Sabine, Vernon Parish       W-425
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Jan 1, 1970
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Elijah Wilson

  Funeral services for Elijah Wilson, 74, of Hornbeck, were held
Monday, Dec. 29, at 2 p.m., in the Old Pleasant Hill Baptist
Church, and burial was at the Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Officiating
was the Rev. T. J. Crosby. Burial was under the direction of
Warren Meadows Funeral Home in Many.

  Mr. Wilson died in Many, on Saturday, Dec. 27, at 11:45 p.m.,
after an extended illness.

  Pallbearers included J. E. Farmer, Odell Behan, Dewey
Rutherford, Wilmer Prewitt, Willie Dewil, Edward Chance; and
honorary pallbearers were A. A. Lawrence, John McCollister, and
Leon Castleberry.

  Surviving relatives include his wife, Mrs. Sarenta Wilson of
Hornbeck; five sons, E. J., and Wilbur Wilson, both of
Shreveport, Troy, and Kenneth Wilson, both of Port Arthur, Tex.,
and A. J. Wilson of Hornbeck; six daughters, Evaleen Wilson, Mrs.
Sandra Owers, and Nell Cunningham, all of Hornbeck, Mrs. Ray
Arthur of Fort Hood, Tex., Mrs. Mattie Browning of Dodson, and
Mrs. Mary Royals of Ft. Worth, Tex.; also a half brother, Manuel
Savell of Anacoco; and sister, Mrs. Lizzie McInnis of Lake
Charles; and 31 grandchildren.