Submitted by Gina Sherrard



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Please note I do not know what newspaper this ran in. This is from the 
collection of the late Ora Ward Manning, mother of Peggy Rockett.

         Mrs. Bob Day

Marion - Mrs. Bob Day, 79, of Marion, died Thursday at St. Francis Hospital 
in Monroe after a long illness. She had lived here for the past 20 years.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Marion Baptist Church, where 
she was a member, with the Rev. Floyd Lisenby officiating. Burial will be in 
Good Hope Cemetery near Oakland under the direction of First National 
Funeral Home of Famerville.
Survivors include her husband, Bob Day; a son Donald Day, both of Marion; 
three daughters Mrs. Ruth Ward of Marion, Mrs. Audrey Bennett of West Monroe, 
and Mrs. Najarta Williams of Bastrop, four brothers Fulton Craven of Fresno, 
Ca., Hardy Craven of Winnsboro, James Craven of Hot Springs, Ark., and Joe 
Craven of Bossier City; four sisters, Mrs. Jackson Carrington, Miss 
Cedonieth Craven, both of Hot Springs, Mrs. Sally Day of Selma, Ca., and 
Mrs. Paralee Gilmore of strong, Ark.; 23 grandchildren and 26 
great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Lonnie Craven, Melvin Craven, Pete Day, Gordon Day, 
Henry Johnson, and Connie Baker.
The body will be taken to the church one hour before services.

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