1969 Obituary of Zella Stone, Spearsville, Union Parish Louisiana Submitted for the Union Parish Louisiana USGenWeb Archives by Gina Sherrard ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ ================================================================================= 1969 Obituary of Zella Stone, Spearsville, Union Parish Louisiana ================================================================================= Please note I do not know which newspaper this ran in. This is from the collection of the late Ora Ward Manning, the mother of Peggy Rockett. Mrs. Zella Stone died in June 1969. ================================================================================= Mrs. Zella Stone Spearsville - Mrs. Zella Stone, 74, of Spearsville, died at 4 a.m. Sunday after an accidental gunshot wound she received on June 11. Funeral services will be at 4 p.m. today in the Mt. Union Baptist Church with the Revs. Forrest Post and B.C. Smith officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery under the direction of First National Funeral Home of Farmerville. Mrs. Stone was a native of Union Parish and a member of the Mt. Union Baptist Church. Survivors include one son, Ty J. Stone of Spearsville; five sisters, Mrs. Artie Boatright, Mrs. Ella Ogden and Mrs. Olivia Rocket all of Spearsville, Mrs. Leona Elkins of Oklahoma City, Okla., and Mrs. Latsy Odom of Bernice; one brother, Thomas Harper of DeKalb, Tex.; and one granddaughter. Pallbearers will be Murphy Dean Boatright, Delwin Odom, John Clinton, Roland Kay, Bobby Cook, and Clarence Harty. The body will remain at the funeral home until one hour before services. # # #