Obituary for Ezekiel Charles Wesley, Jr., Tensas Parish, Louisiana
From the Tensas Gazette, January 26, 2000
Submitted by Edith Ziegler

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     Funeral services for Mr. Ezekiel Charles Wesley, Jr. were held on
January 14, 2000 at 1:00 p.m. at the Newellton Chapel Church with Reverend
Robert Lee, Jr. officiating and Sister Gwen Turner serving as the 
Mistress of Ceremonies.
     Interment was at the Union Cemetery in Newellton, Louisiana under
the direction of Richardson Funeral Home of Winnsboro.
     Brother Ezekiel Charles "Bobo" Wesley, Jr. was born in Tensas
Parish on Friday, June 13, 1924 to the union of Brother Ezekiel Charles
Wesley, Sr. and Hattie Poindexter Wesley.
     On Friday, January 7, 2000, Brother Wesley moved out of this cold,
friendless, dark world into eternal and heavenly delight.
     He was preceded in death by his parents and one sister, Evelyn Mack.
     He is survived by a loving companion, Ella Mae Brown of Newellton,
Louisiana; One sister Willie B. Brown of Las Vegas, Nevada; one son,
Ernest "Kevin" Robinson of Vicksburg, Mississippi; six daughters, Mary
Queen of Detroit, Michigan; Margaret Ann Wesley of Los Angeles, Calif-
ornia; Betsy Cashmere of Biloxi, Mississippi; Sandra Elaine Wesley, of
Las Vegas, Nevada; Mary Louise Wesley of Newellton; and Martha Ann Brown
of Dallas, Texas; two stepchildren, Eddie Lee Brown of Houston, Texas and
Diana Watson of Dallas. He is also survived by a cousin, Mary White of
Newellton, three grandsons, seven granddaughters, three great-grandchild-
ren, a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives, friends and acquain-
tances.
      Serving the family as pallbearers were Elaine Wattley, Ernest
"Kevin" Robinson, Jimmy Wesley, Danny Clark, Eddie Brown, and Frank
Bryant. Honorary pallbearers were the Brothers and Deacons of the
Newellton Chapel Baptist Church.