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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. 
Carlos Rockett died 14 September 1976.
 
			Rev. Carlos Rockett

Spearsville - Funeral services for the Rev. Carlos Rockett, 77, of 
Spearsville, will be at 3:30 p.m. today in camp Creek Baptist Church near 
here with the Revs. Jack Borden and B.L. Pruitt officiating.
Burial will be in Camp Creek Cemetery under the direction of Spears Funeral 
Home of Ruston.

The Rev. Mr. Rockett died Tuesday at his residence after a short illness.
He was the pastor at Hopewell Baptist Church near Spearsville.

Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Lois Rockett of Spearsville; one son, Dr. 
Arthur D. Rockett of Lake Charles; two daughters, Mrs. Anita R. Hollis of 
Homer, and Mrs. Evonne R. Simpson of Ruston; one brother, Hamric Rockett of 
Shreveport; eight sisters, Mrs. Bertha Johnson of Shreveport, Mrs. Myrtle 
Hill of Alden, Pa., Mrs. Roena Jeter of El Dorado, Ark., Mrs. Aletha Everett 
of Farmerville, Mrs. Demaris Burns of Bernice, Mrs. Odessa Post, Mrs. Otha 
Nutt, and Mrs. Hazel Bryant all of Spearsville; seven grandchildren and 
three great-grandchildren.

The body will be carried to the church this morning. 

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