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Please note I do not what newspaper this ran in. This is from the collection 
of Peggy Rockett.

		Dr. M. Wick Laurence, Jr.

Bernice, LA - Services for Dr. M. Wick Laurence, Jr., age 87, of Bernice, La, 
will be at 10 AM Monday, September 13, 1999 at First Baptist Church of Bernice 
with the Rev. David Weeks assisted by Rev. W. C. Smith officiating. Interment 
will be in Bernice Cemetery under the direction of Kilpatrick Funeral Home of 
Bernice.
Dr. Laurence died Saturday, September 11, 1999 at Lincoln General Hospital in 
Ruston.
He was a 1932 graduate of LA Tech and was the captain of the Tech Baseball 
Team and a 1937 graduate of Atlanta Southern Dental College (Emory University).
Dr. Laurence practiced dentistry in his hometown of Bernice, La for 40 years. 
He served in the U.S. Army Dental Corp. and was discharged with the rank of 
Major during World War II.
Dr. Laurence was a member of the 5th District Dental Society, American Dental 
Association, Fellowship in the Academy of General Dentistry, a 50 year member 
of the Louisiana Dental Association, Psi Omega Fraternity and Kappa Sigma 
Fraternity. He served on the Bernice Town Council for 24 years, President of 
Bernice Industrial Development Corporation in the 1950's and the Past 
President of the LA Quarter Horse Association. Dr. Laurence was also a member 
of the Louisiana Farm Bureau and Union Parish Farm Bureau, LA Forestry 
Association, LA Cattleman's Association, LA Hereford Association. He was one 
of the first members of the Bernice Volunteer Department, co-founder and 
major supporter of Big 6 and Big 8 Semi Pro Baseball League. He sponsored the 
Dixie Youth Baseball League in Bernice for a number of years. Dr. Wick 
supported the Ouachita Valley Boy Scouts of America, the Thunderbird District 
and Troop 59. He served on the Board of Directors of the bank of Bernice, and 
Advisory Board of Community Trust Bank for a number of years.
Survivors include his wife; Cortez Hicks Laurence; daughter Margeann L. Warden;
son-in-law, Henry F. Warden; grandson Robert Wickliffe Warden; and 
granddaughter Amelia Marie Warden.
Pallbearers will be Dr. Warren Grafton, Dr. Hoye Grafton, Lue Charles Napper, 
Stan Elkins, John Camp, Gary Patterson, Jeff Carroll, and Sid Moreland.
Honorary pallbearers will be Dr. Calvin Reeves, Johnette Davis, Jo Tatum, Ima 
Jean Bennett, Donald Lindsay, Ezra Fields, Crawford Fields, James Fields, and 
the members of the 5th District Dental Society.
Family will receive friends at his residence from 2:00 PM on Sunday until 
9 PM on Sunday, September 12, 1999.

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