Abstract Articles From Washington Parish's Era Leader in Franklinton, Louisiana 1961-70 Washington Parish, Louisiana Submitted by Bonnie Dier Date: April 25, 2016 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ ABSTRACT ARTICLES FROM WASHINGTON PARISH'S ERA LEADER IN FRANKLINTON, LOUISIANA 1961-1970 BY: BONNIE DIER, FRANKLINTON, LA. 70438 John D. Williams, 58, died 1-2-1961, buried Hill Top cemetery, husband of Mary Alice Breland, son of Emily Crain Williams. Rev. L. W. Cain, 93, funeral held 1-11-1961, buried Denham Springs cemetery. Denman Dedon, 49, died 1-4-1961, buried in Mt. Hermon cemetery, husband of Marie Moak Ed Fussell, 77, funeral held 1-7-1961, buried in Mobile, AL, husband of Otera Magee Rodney Earl Barber, 10 months, died 1-8-1961, buried Simmons Cemetery, son of Wayne Barber, grandson of Howard Warner and Benton Barber Troy Stewart, 10, died 1-15-1961, son of Shelby Stewart Jessie P. Carroll, 47, died 1-16-1961, buried Carroll Cemetery, husband of Edith Knight Velma Knight Jones, 62, died 1-11-1961, buried in Enon, husband of H. Bert Jones Joe I. Cutrer, 70, died 1-20-1961, buried Cutrer cemetery, husband of Ettie Carter Ophelia Magee Passman, 58, died 1-21-1961, buried Acey's Creek cemetery, husband of Willie A. Passman Effie Ora (Sue) (?McElveen) Gordon, 66, died 1-19-1961 in Dallas, TX, buried Ellis cemetery Mrs. Ansil M. Simmons, 79, died 1-27-1961, buried Osyka MS cemetery James Bailey, 58, died 2-6-1961, buried Pine Crest Cemetery in Mobile AL Jewel O. Foil, 61 of Baton Rouge, died 2-13-1961, buried Greenoaks Memorial Park, husband of Mary L. Brumfield Cammie Magee, 62, died 2-10-1961, buried Ponemah Cemetery Theodore Wilson, 44, died 2-25-1961 Mary Holmes, died 2-24-1961, buried Jackson MS cemetery, wife of J. Hearse Holmes Lucy Mae Conerly Pigott, 70, died 2-25-1961, buried Bethel cemetery, wife of Emmett W. Pigott Murphy O. Creel, 69, died 2-17-1961, buried Mt. Pisgah cemetery Frank Nicholas Jackson, 72 of Baton Rouge, died 2-24-1961, buried Magnolia cemetery William R. McGehee 79, died 3-5-1961, buried Gloster MS cemetery Walter Jones, 65, died 3-8-1961, buried Ellis cemetery, husband of Alyne Jones J. Arthur Ott, 78, died 3-77-1961, buried Mt. Hermon cemetery, husband of Ethel Smith Robert E. Magee, 82, died 3-13-1961, buried Enon cemetery Maurice J. Foil, 52, died 3-15-1961, buried Ellis cemetery, husband of Juanita Lewis Oliver McGinty of McComb, died 3-10-1961, brother of Mrs. R. W. Breeden James Saulters, Jr., 39 of Los Angeles, formerly of Franklinton, WWII Veteran, died 3-15-1961 in St. Louis, MO, husband of Martha Saulters, son of Eula Mae Welch Saulters, buried Morris cemetery Lillian Lang Lowe, died 3-13-1961, buried Simmons cemetery Thomas C. Lindsey, 65, died 3-17-1961, buried Greensburg Cemetery, husband of Helena Venable Louisia Elizabeth Stephens, 59, died 3-27-1961, buried Nobles cemetery, wife of Henry M. Stephens Rev. Levy David McClung, 50, died 3-26-1961, buried New Hope cemetery at Mt. Pleasant, TX, husband of Noble Dee McClung Howard Warner, 59, died 3-25-1961, buried Warner Cemetery Rhoda Gerald, 79, died 3-31-1961, buried Gerald cemetery Ella Mae Moore Freeman, 72, funeral held 4-1-1961, husband of Ollie Freeman Joseph Oliver Poole, 51, died 4-8-1961, buried Ellis cemetery, husband of Mary Robinson, son of the late M. Collier Poole Roberta Gale Simmons, 63, died 4-17-1961, buried Ellis cemetery, wife of Levy J. Simmons James M. Bernard, 77, died 4-24-1961, buried Bogue Falaya Cemetery Willie E. Mizell, 60, died 4-24-1961, buried Mizell Cemetery, husband of Beatrice Mizell Mallie Welch Schilling, 90, died 5-2-1961, buried Mt. Hermon cemetery Alvah G. Simmons, 71, died 4-28-1961, buried Fisher cemetery, husband of Lettie Sylvest Lucy Ella Welch Crowe, 85, died 5-6-1961, buried Morris cemetery Roy Arthur Smith, 30, body recovered 5-11-1961, Veteran of Foreign Wars, buried Mt. Pisgah cemetery, husband of Alice Taylor, son of John Smith Melissa Miller Dixon, 85, died 5-13-1961, buried Mt. Hermon cemetery, wife of Columbus C. Dixon Arthur J. Green, 58, died 5-23-1961, buried Enon Church cemetery, WWI Veteran, husband of Vivian Bateman Daniel Eugene Corkern, 75, died 6-5-1961, buried Smith cemetery near Sheridan, husband of Lamenda Smith James D. Duncan, 79, died 6-5-1961, buried Nobles cemetery, husband of Sally Rogers Alto M. Breland, 64, died 6-5-1961, buried Beulah church cemetery in Tangipahoa Parish Flora Jenkins, 96, died 6-26-1961, buried Enon church cemetery Bessie Nolee Beard, 45, died 6-27-1961, buried Enon cemetery, husband of Margie Fussell Melvin Walker, 34, funeral held 6-28-1961, buried Stoney Point cemetery, husband of Ruby Jenkins Henry J. Kennedy, 71, died 6-22-1961, buried Kennedy cemetery, husband of Essie Fortenberry Frank Bahm, 64, died 7-1-1961, buried Fisher cemetery, husband of Inez Bateman Nola Crowe Booty, 78, 7-2-1961, buried 7-2-1961, buried Pleasant Hill cemetery George F. Newman, 41, died 7-5-1961, buried Ellis Cemetery, WWII Veteran, son of Mary K. Newman Claiborn Earl Ard, 2, died 7-10-1961, buried at family cemetery in Tylertown, son of Janice Smith Ard and Edward Ard of Gretna, grandson of Harold Buras and W. C. Smith Oscar Joseph Hebert, 56 of New Roads, native of Abbeville, died 7-17-1961, brother of Oris Hebert Mrs. Arnie E. Rushing Knight, 46, native of Tylertown, died 7-14-1961, buried Jerusalem cemetery near Springfield, husband survives Edward Ard, 25, died 7-22-1961, buried Ard cemetery near Tylertown, husband of Janet Smith Ard, grandson of Mrs. W. C. Smith Ruby Bankston Stafford, 71 of Baton Rouge, died 7-19-1961, buried Fisher cemetery Malcolm Dewitt Magee, 62, died 7-28-1961, buried Wallace cemetery, husband of Myrtis Spring, son of late D. N. Magee Louisa Thigpen, 78, died 8-8-1961, buried Seal cemetery at Varnado, wife of Thomas T. Thigpen Doyle Bahm, 60, died 8-5-1961, WWI Veteran, buried Shreveport cemetery, wife survives. James M. Ott, 74, died 7-1-1961, buried Silver Springs cemetery, husband of Dora Corkern Tillie Husser Travelbee, 76, died 8-5-1961, buried Odd Fellows cemetery in Galconda, IL Eugene Esquinance, 95 of St. Tammany, born in Auxaussat, France, died last week (paper 8-10-1961) Estelle Toney Blackwell, 73, died 8-14-1961, buried Ford cemetery in Independence, wife of Morris B. Blackwell, daughter of James A. Toney J. A. Sandifer, Sr., 64, funeral held 8-14-1961, buried Denham Springs cemetery, husband of Bessie Dykes James Ben Passman, 53, died 8-14-1961, buried Nobles cemetery, husband of Leona Magee Mrs. H. B. Halbert of Trilby, FL, 67, died 8-2-1961, mother of Lewis A. Halbert, wife of H. B. Halbert Dollie M. Thomas Jenkins, 81, died 8-9/16-1961, buried in a local cemetery, wife of Clabe Jenkins Rev. James Claude Peck, native of Lafayette, funeral held 8-14-1961, buried Greenlawn Memorial Park cemetery, husband of Helen Dykes, son of Wilson J. Peck, Sr. Daisy Holland Price, 68 of Covington, died 8-21-1961, buried Greensburg cemetery, wife of Oscar G. Price, Sr. Othar Rowell, 28, died 10-17-1961, buried State Line cemetery, husband of Devine Dykes, son of Sam Rowell Milton Heard Stringfield, 58, died 8-20-1961, buried Spring Creek cemetery, husband of Dixie Pelham Mrs. Gordon M. Husted of Memphis, TN, died 8-14-1961, husband survives, mother of Mrs. H. D. Ellzey B. Earlie Knight, 66, died 8-22-1961, buried Reeves Cemetery, husband of Evie Lang Charles E. Bateman, 64, died 8-19-1961, buried Seal cemetery at Varnado, husband of Dossie Seal Ettie Louise Pittman Thomas, 78, died 8-20-1961, buried Bullock Cemetery Thomas F. Booty, 63, died 8-28-1961, buried Spring Creek Cemetery, husband of Wilma R. Booty Hardy C. Crain, 79, died 8-26-1961, buried Crain cemetery, husband of Mattie Foil Willie W. Freeman, 60, died 8-30-1961, buried Noble cemetery, husband of Mary McBeth Robert D. Jones, 61, died 8-27-1961, buried Ponemah cemetery, husband of Josephine Dorsey Annie Moak Albritton, 61, died 8-23-1961, buried Bayou Rouge cemetery, wife of Jacob C. Albritton, sister of Percy Moak Annie Knight Simmons, 71, died 9-1-1961, buried Simmons cemetery, wife of Lucious T. Simmons Tolar J. Schilling, 61, died 8-31-1961, buried Nobles cemetery, husband of Vera Lambert Teila Sylvest Brumfield, 75, died 8-30-1961, buried Bethel cemetery Mrs. H. E. Williams of Clinton, LA, 80, died 9-2-1961, buried Masonic cemetery, sister of Mrs. N. L. Smith Maude Magee Watson, died 9-2-1961, buried Magee cemetery, wife of George C. Watson Nathan McKenzie, 73, died 9-1-1961, buried Kennedy Cemetery, husband of Nettie Pitts Robert William Riley, 44, died 9-15-1961, buried Mt. Hermon cemetery, husband of Helen Gill, son of Jewel J. Riley Frank Payne, 59, died 9-19-1961, buried Tylertown cemetery, husband of Clara Mae Simmons Levi James Corkern, 68, died 9-17-1961, buried Enon cemetery Louis P. Bickham, 86, died 9-21-1961, buried Mt. Pisgah Cemetery, son of A. C. Bickham, grandson of Thomas Bickham Fannie Mildred McElveen, 43, died 9-23-1961, buried McDaniel cemetery, husband of Lucious McElveen Mary Fisher Ezell, 69, died 9-28-1961, wife of late Lee Ezell Gerald Spencer Walters, 31, died 10-6-1961, buried Bethel cemetery, son of Clyde E. Walters John M. Ott, 78, died 10-6-1961, buried Ott cemetery, husband of Grace McNeese Della Crowe Wallace, 82, died 10-9-1961, buried Sunlight cemetery Gladys G. Rousseau, 41, died 10-10-1961, buried Magee cemetery, wife of Melvin J. Roussea of New Orleans Susie Yates Richardson, died 10-15-1961, buried Fisher cemetery, wife of J. A. Richardson Clara Gibbs of Jacksonville, FL, died last week (paper 10-19-1961), sister of Mrs. C. C. Simmons J. W. Smith, funeral held 10-13-1961, buried in Lakewood Ohio Park cemetery, brother of Mrs. H. Don Bickham Rufus A. Breland, 69, funeral held 10-23-1961, buried Nobles cemetery, WWI Veteran, never married Elverna Miller Lang, 39, died 10-31-1961, buried Simmons-Lang cemetery, wife of Kenneth Lang, daughter of Cretia Dillon Myra Wood Goodbee, 79, died 10-25-1961, buried Hope Mausoleum in New Orleans James (Buddy) Magee, 44, died 10-31-1961, Ellis Cemetery, husband of Mable Winborn W. L. Miller, 37, died 10-29-1961, buried Stateline Pentecostal cemetery, husband of Janie Miller Frank John Tullos, 48, died 11-1-1961, and buried Hillview Memorial Gardens, husband of Mildred Bratton Otis Elvin Mizell, Sr., 62, died 10-29-1961, buried Mt. Pleasant cemetery, husband of Elizabeth Earles Angie Bickham Pierce, 89 of Nashville, TN, died 11-2-1961, wife of late Alonzo Pierce John I. Morgan, 93, died 11-14-1961, buried Nobles cemetery Ollie M. Sylvest, 76, died 11-13-1961, buried Fisher cemetery, husband of Etna Fussell Mrs. Charlie (Clara) Williamson of Columbia, died 11-15-1961, mother of C. K. Williamson Mrs. Clem E. Pierce, 67, funeral held 11-12-1961, buried Smith cemetery, husband survives Mary Ellen Dykes, died 11-19-1961, buried Ellis cemetery, infant of Lavon Dykes Johnnie E. Crowe, 85, died 11-18-1961, buried Stoney Point cemetery Jep D. Crain, 65, died 11-19-1961, buried Tullos cemetery, husband of Ludie Seal Robert C. Riley of Lafayette, AL, died 11-25-1961, husband of Maude Burris James Monroe Bullock, 82 of Georgetown, LA, born in Colfax, died 11-19-1961, buried Forest Lawn cemetery, married Bena Bass, son of Ochavis and Elizabeth Haley Bullock Mary (Mollie) Breland Rawls, died 11-25-1961, buried Nobles cemetery George Gary Griffith, 60, funeral held 12-3-1961, buried Carey cemetery in MS, son of Lillie Mae Griffith Willie Goings, 68, died 12-4-1961, buried Pleasant Hill cemetery, husband of Lizzie Schilling Mamie Bush Simmons Hadley, 74, died 11-29-1961, buried in New Orleans cemetery Andrew J. Taylor, 37, died 12-8-1961, buried Ellis cemetery, husband of Geneva James, son of John Taylor Otis Eli Varnado, 60, died 12-15-1961, buried Canaan cemetery, husband of Bertha Knight Acy D. Strahan, 74, died 12-13-1961, buried Wallace cemetery Andrew Dewitt Fisher, 78, died 12-18-1961, buried Bethel cemetery, husband of Emma Walters Lula Emily Varnado, 72, died 12-23-1961, buried Ellis cemetery, wife of Wilkes W. Varnado Gurley H. Mixon of Kentwood, 62, died 12-21-1961, buried Woodland cemetery, husband of Gertrude Brown Eliza Jane Brumfield Walter, 70, died 12-21-1961, buried Mt. Pisgah cemetery Ann Breland Traigle, 24 of Edgard, LA, native of Mt. Hermon, died 12-29-1961, buried Bogue Chitto cemetery, wife of Joseph Traigle, daughter of Mrs. J. C. Breland W. Lastee Polk, 54, died, 12-29-1961, buried Enon Church cemetery, husband of Johanna Scnitzer Datwyler Polk Edward Jones, 64, died 12-29-1961, buried Grayson cemetery, husband of Sally Hudson, father of Marion Jones Jewell Causey Foil, 27, native of Franklinton, died 12-30-1961, buried Green Oaks Memorial Park, son of Louise B. Foil Lela Fisher Fussell, 80, died 1-5-1962, buried Ellis cemetery, wife of late Murray J. Fussell Mary Bedwell, 82, died 1-9-1962, buried Crain cemetery Vera Poole Chester, 71, died 1-5-1962, buried Morris cemetery Cornelius D. Alford, 81, died 1-4-1962, buried Roselawn Memorial Park, husband of Daisy Brumfield Letha Freeman McCain, 81, died 1-7-1962, buried Nobles cemetery Enoch Marvin Welch, 67, died 1-10-1962, buried Morris cemetery, husband of Ruby Burch Effie Walker Crowe, 74, died 1-12-1962, buried Stoney Point cemetery Zack Carnegie, 98, funeral held 1-12-1962 Edgar Talley, 70, died 1-12-1962, buried Evans Creek cemetery, husband of Mary Smith Emile Torregrossa, 43, died 1-16-1962, buried Ponemah cemetery, husband of Ethel Zulkie, son of Mary (Sweetie) Torregrossa McCarty George M. Connell, 50, native of West Feliciana Parish, funeral held 1-16-1962, buried in the family cemetery, married Claudia Bankston Aaron McBeth, 60, died 1-16-1962, buried Thomas cemetery, husband of Mattie Lee Corley George B. McCibboney of Baton Rouge, died 1-18-1962 Lizzie Sharp Hodges, 79, died 1-15-1962, buried Enon cemetery Willie E. Pope, 71, died 1-14-1962, buried Angie Church cemetery Ida Alma Edwards, 67, died 1-21-1962, buried Magee-Bahm cemetery Leah Sharp Reeves, 86, died 1-18-1962, buried Sharp cemetery Delia Ratcliff, 81, died 1-17-1962, buried Morris cemetery Howard Stephen Foster, 21, died 1-20-1962, buried Bethel cemetery, son of Howard and Maxine Smith Foster Willie H. Davis, 61 of St. Tammany (paper 1-25-1962) Rafe Miller, 81, died 1-22-1961, buried Mt. Hermon cemetery, husband of Lucy Riley George Nobles, 76, died 1-25-1961, buried Miley cemetery John R. Hinson of Baton Rouge, funeral held 2-1-1962, buried Morris cemetery Steve A. Alford, Sr., 69, funeral held 1-25-1962 in Arizona, buried Amite cemetery, wife survives Mary Martena Pittman, 35 days, died 2-2-1962, buried Central Church cemetery, son of Odis T. Pittman Lerue Thomas, 38, died 2-12-1962, buried Thomas cemetery, husband of Melba Rae Toney, son of Ruby Thomas Lola Shoemaker Newman, 76, died 2-13-1962, buried Enon cemetery Rev. Thomas W. McDaniel, 66, died 2-8-1962, buried Stoney Point cemetery, husband of Allie Creel Ada Stevens Givens, 84, died 2-9-1962, buried San Pedro cemetery Charles Lafayette Varnado, died 2-18-1962, buried Seal cemetery, husband of Audna Miller Ferd M. Magee, 87, died 2-21-1962, buried Ellis cemetery Ida Breland Orr, 80, died 3-2-1962, buried Nobles cemetery Rev. E. B. Toney, 83, died 2-28-1962, buried Star Hill cemetery, husband of Meda Mae Bennett Toney Tom Frederick Lee, 64, funeral 3-2-1962, buried near Holden, husband of Fannie Parker Lee Mrs. Henry (Aline Breland) Fricke, 40, died 3-7-1962, buried Ellis cemetery, husband survives, daughter of Mrs. Marziel Breland Mildred Jenkins Crain, 40, died 3-10-1962, buried Crain's Creek cemetery, wife of Claiborne Crain, daughter of Clabe Jenkins H. Don Bickham, 57, died 3-13-1962, buried Ellis cemetery, husband of Geneva Smith Walter A. Mixon, Sr., 81, died 3-18-1962, buried Sylvest cemetery, husband of Louisa Spinks Edith Ott, 82, died 3-18-1962, buried Ott cemetery Bosa Miller, 71, died 3-22-1962, buried Pine Grove Church cemetery in Livingston Parish, husband of Grace Smith Joseph C. Wagler/Wagley, 69, died 4-3-1962, buried Wallace cemetery, husband of Viola They Mildred Bateman Foil, 56, died 3-30-1962, buried Ellis cemetery, wife of Mike B. Foil Ophelia Walker Lea, 72 of San Antonio, TX, died 3-31-1962, buried Green Oaks Memorial Park Theodore D. Singleton, 71, died 4-9-1962, buried Arcola Cemetery, husband of Effie May Singleton Roy (Spot) Holliday, 64, funeral held 4-8-1962, buried Midway Pentecostal Church cemetery, never married Preston Goings, 70, funeral held 4-7-1962, buried Mt. Hermon cemetery, husband of Ruby Schilling Iddo Thomas, 77, died 4-16-1962, buried Noble cemetery, husband of Jane Cooper Thomas Henry William Passman, 46, died 4-15-1962, buried New Hope cemetery, son of Joe H. Passman Frances Branch Payne, 77, died 4-15-1962, buried Thomas Mausoleum Mrs. Arie Melissa Strahan, 66, died 4-14-1962, Canaan cemetery, wife of J. Newey Strahan Dezzie Foy, 91, died 4-17-1962, buried Ellis cemetery John A. Taylor, 73,died 4-18-1962, buried Ellis cemetery, husband of Lillie Taylor T./Sgt. Frank Varnado, relatives notified 4-21-1962, wife survives, son of F. Averice Varnado Clyde W. Carter, 69, died 4-24-1962, Greenoaks Memorial Park, husband of Lillian Brumfield Warren F. Lambert, 74, died 4-23-1962,buried New Jerusalem Pentecostal Church cemetery, husband of Alma Erwin Mary Edna Burch, 68, died 4-27-1962, buried Ellis cemetery, wife of Robert R. Burch Dudley W. Gaines, 78 of Jackson, LA, died 5-1-1962, buried Sharon cemetery Iona Crowe Stafford, 71, died 4-28-1962, buried Fisher cemetery, wife of Sidney Stafford Chris C. Fortenberry, 85, died 5-7-1962, buried Ellis cemetery, husband of Grace Hopgood Virgil Thompson, 49, died 5-8-1962, buried Bogue Falaya cemetery, husband of Hulda Blackwell, son of Neva Willie Thompson John Edward Hartman, 23, died 5-16-1962, buried Mixon cemetery in Magnolia, son of William H. Hartman, Sr. Rev. W. F. Hutson, Sr., 86, died 5-19-1962, buried Mt. Hermon cemetery, husband of Vera Schilling Bateman Mrs. June (Verne) {Inez Morgan} Magee, 55, died 5-31-1962, buried Ellis Cemetery, daughter of Elmon Morgan Rodolph Jones, 73, died 5-25-1962, buried Spencer Cemetery, husband of Eva Hickman Hubert C. Green, Sr., 62, died 5-28-1962, buried Mobile, AL, wife survives Joe Greenlaw Bateman, 52, died 5-28-1962, buried Altha, FL, wife survives, son of J. L. Bateman Jeanne deLavign Lesesne Scott, 81, native of Paris France, married 6-28-1921 in Chicago, IL to James Rutherford Scott, died 6-10-1962, buried St. Vincent DePaul cemetery in New Orleans Irma Schilling Brock, 57, funeral held 6-13-1962, buried Sunny Hill cemetery, wife of Lloyd Brock, daughter of Mrs. Charlie Schilling James Albert Moore, 63, died 6-12-1962, buried Ellis cemetery, husband of Ina McDaniel Kate Stafford, 76, died 6-11-1962 William Henry Fairburn, 76, died 6-10-1962, buried Corkern cemetery, husband of Ella Corkern Richard Arant, 47 of North Little Rock, Arkansas, died 6-16-1962, buried Mt. Hermon cemetery, husband of Evelyn Spurlock Fleming S. Morgan, 83, died 6-26-1962, buried Wallace cemetery, husband of Allie T. Morgan Joel Harvey, Jr., 19, died 6-26-1962 Allie McCain Knight, 74, died 6-26-1962, buried Morris cemetery Flemon Felmore Morgan, 85, funeral held 6-28-1962, buried Wallace cemetery, husband of Allie Mizell Morgan Leah Fisher Corkern, 81, died 7-7-1962, buried Bonner Creek cemetery Mary Marguerite Sharp, 34, died 7-9-1962, buried Ellis cemetery, daughter of Otto H. and Edna Sharp Homer R. Carter, 67 of Beaumont, TX, died 7-10-1962, buried Magnolia Cemetery, WWI Veteran, husband of Lila Nichols, son of late Mary Tince Carter Howard B. Fussell, 67, died 7-12-1962, buried Ellis cemetery, husband of Pearlie Morris Dewey G. Brock, 62, died 7-15-1962, buried Sunny Hill cemetery, husband of Lee Richardson Ettie Thomas, 68, died 7-11-1962, buried Thomas cemetery Neal Blackwell, 82, died 7-13-1962, buried Sun cemetery, husband of Bevie Talley Blackwell Luther L. Waller, 40, died 7-18-1962, buried Woodlawn cemetery near Kentwood, husband of Geraldine Passman Sim Jenkins, 66, died 6-23-1962, WWI Veteran, buried Fisher cemetery, husband of Mattie Jenkins Claude Lanese Mizell, 69, died 7-29-1962, buried Ellis cemetery, husband of Louise Seal James A. (Jimmy) Toney, 95, died 7-29-1962, buried Corkern Cemetery, husband of Louisa Blackwell Moses Penn Varnado, 85, died 7-30-1962, wife survives, father of Mrs. Neil Bullock, Sr. Thomas Christopher (Chris) Sylvest, 80, died 7-26-1962, buried Bethel cemetery, husband of Edna Davis Louise Holmes Jenkins, 38, died 8-2-1962, buried Ellis cemetery, wife of Ernest Jenkins, daughter of Rodney Holmes Kate Magee Varnado, 88, died 8-4-1962, buried Ellis cemetery Alverice A. Breland, 62, died 8-7-1962, buried Mt. Hermon cemetery, husband of Fannie Crowe James Floyd Fisher, Sr., 62, died 8-13-1962, buried Bethel cemetery, husband of Vera McClinton Woodrow Wilson Stafford, 48, died 8-9-19662, buried New Hope Church cemetery, WWII Veteran, husband of Helen Schultz Aletha Hines Hodges, 69, died 8-12-1962, buried in the family cemetery Edward Jones, 50, died 8-20-1962, buried Wallace cemetery, husband of Arettha Jones Marshall Dedon, 60, died 8-17-1962, buried Mt. Hermon cemetery, husband of Ruby Dedon Aurelia Cooney, 63, died 8-25-1962, buried in Fayette, MS, sister of Lyle Killingsworth Warren O. Knight, funeral held 9-1-1962, buried Noble cemetery, husband of Lula Fortenberry Sedgie Ford Magee, 59, died 9-3-1962, buried Crystal Springs, husband of Euna Daniels Mrs. Larcey Simmons Sturdivant, 86, died 9-1-1962, buried Ellis cemetery Norman D. Ott, Sr., 78, died 9-7-1962, buried Ott cemetery, husband of Laura Ott Samantha Miller Creel, 86, died 9-10-1962, buried Fisher cemetery Henry Givens, 74, died 9-18-1962, buried Stoney Point cemetery, husband of Katherine Rester Otto Edwards, 80 of Lumberton, MS, funeral held 9-21-1962, husband of Frances Phillips Hubert Lott, 46, died 9-28-1962, WWII Veteran, buried Tyson cemetery, son of Lucy Lott, husband of Barbara Lott Mary S. Pierce, 79, died 10-2-1962, buried Enon cemetery J. J. Warner, Sr., 82, died 9-29-1962 Hasting M. Fendlason of Amite, died 10-4-1962, buried Amite Cemetery, husband of Lela Prescott Myrtie Lee Wilkins Mora, 42, funeral held 9-28-1962, daughter of Sarah Wilkens, wife of Thomas Mora of New York Jack Dyson, 22, paper 10-11-1962 Frank Lane Stringer, 45, died 10-6-1962, buried Ellis cemetery, husband of Maudine Magee, son of Lura Stringer Minnie Pearl Schilling, 17, funeral held 10-18-1962, buried in the family cemetery, son of Theodore G. Schilling William R. McCurley, 87, died 10-11-1962, buried Morris cemetery, husband of Bertha Reeves Ira Willie Reeves, 55, died 10-16-1962, buried Morris cemetery, husband of Matilda Stafford Mrs. John R. Runte, funeral held 10-17-1962, buried Lake Charles cemetery Anthony (Tony) Husser, 83, died 10-25-1962, buried Canaan cemetery Bertha J. (?Bickham) Knight, 80, died 10-23-1962, buried Enon cemetery, wife of George Wesley Knight Wayne Penton, 16, died 10-20-1962, buried Springhill cemetery, son of Martin Penton Dr. Ruffin D. Fornea, 45, died 10-21-1962, WWII Veteran, husband of Sarah Pye James (Luther) Breland, 66, died 10-27-1962, buried Breland cemetery, husband of Edna Hughes Ann McMillan, born 10-24-1962, died 10-26-1962, buried Ellis cemetery, daughter of Dr. A. L. McMillan, granddaughter of Elysses McMillan and Britt Hughey, great granddaughter of Ralph Huey and R. E. Williams Leon McNeese, 44, died 10-28-1962, buried McNeese cemetery, husband of Ruby Malone McNeese, son of Jessie and Jenny Sumrall McNeese Mollie Blackwell Magee, 83, died 11-2-1962, buried New Zion cemetery Tena Westmoreland Stokes, 82, died 10-31-1962, buried Pleasant Hill cemetery Edgie Lee Pope Smith, 61, died 11-13-1962, buried Smith cemetery, wife of J. E. Smith Jesse Edgar Corkern, 70, died 11-10-1962, buried Isabel Church cemetery, husband of Ellon Reneau Corkern Major Pinkney Edward Crowe, 55, died 11-17-1962, buried Ellis cemetery, WWII Veteran, husband of Inez Fussell, son of H. B. Crowe William F. Clark, 36, died 11-17-1962, buried Thomas cemetery, husband of Lillie Mae McBeth, son of Allie Smith Thaddeus Tate, 8 months, died 11-23-1962, son of Geraldine Tate S. E. Morris, died 11-25-1962, buried Greenoaks Memorial Park in Baton Rouge Elmer Simmons,5 7, died 11-30-1962, buried Simmons cemetery, husband of Undean Brock Lou Varnado, 90, died 12-3-1962, buried in the family cemetery near Osyka, wife of T. E. Varnado Jeannie Magee Bateman, 84, died 12-3-1962, buried Ellis cemetery Cora E. Pigott Sheridan Williams, 80, died 12-9-1962, buried Sheridan cemetery Lawrence Davis, 77, died 12-9-1962, buried Ponemah cemetery, WWI and WWII Veteran, wife survives Grace Smith Miller, 69, died 12-5-1962, buried Bayou Barbary cemetery William Oscar Crain, Sr., 80, died 12-8-1962, buried Ellis cemetery, husband of Mary Fortenberry Ella Varnado Magee, 88, died 12-16-1962, buried Ellis cemetery Hance D. Nielson, 65, died 12-12-1962, buried Duncan cemetery, husband of Rosetta Thomas Latimore Brock Knight, 56, died 12-16-1962, buried Jones cemetery, husband of Myra Lee Frank B. Jones, 73, died 12-13-1962, buried Rester cemetery, husband of Mary Smith Sarah Williamson Becker, paper 12-20-1962, died wife of James Becker Charles Robert Smith, 31 of Baton Rouge, died 12-26-1962, buried Mt. Hermon cemetery, husband of Audrey Morris T. A. (Gus) Warner, Jr., 33 of Baton Rouge, died 12-20-1962, buried Greenlawn cemetery in Hammond, husband of Rebecca Ann Hendon Nearley Earl Painter, 51, died 12-25-1962, buried Spring Creek cemetery, husband of Glynn McIntyre, son of Maggie Painter Willie Lewis Welch, 71, died 12-19-1962, buried Ellis cemetery, husband of Birdie Varnado Arnold Simmons, Sr. of Baton Rouge, 64, died 12-26-1962, buried Roseland Memorial cemetery, husband of Minnie Dee Simmons Dallas Carpenter, died 12-24-1962, buried Ellis cemetery, husband of Ruth Boone Carpenter Burns Miley, Sr., funeral held 12-24-1962, buried Gerald cemetery, husband of Hester Rogers J. D. Bannister of Gulfport, MS, 61, died 12-24-1962, WWII Veteran, buried in Veterans Cemetery in Biloxi Lula Fortenberry Norris Knight Cook, 69, native of Progress, MS, died 12-30-1962, buried Mt. Hermon cemetery, married first Quincy Norris, widow of Claiborn B. Cook, daughter of late Wyatt E. Fortenberry Lelia Mae Brumfield, died 1-1-1963 Rosa Jane Ott Hyatt of Baton Rouge, died 12-31-1962, buried Mt. Hermon, wife of Edgar Hyatt Ben M. Sullivan, 84, died 1-5-1963, buried Hayes Creek cemetery, husband of Rosella Rogers Wilson Leroy Bennett, 40, died 1-8-1963, buried Passman cemetery Della Irene Stringfield, 87, died 1-7-1963, buried Bethel cemetery R. Willis Crain, 66, died 1-11-1963, buried Lewis Crain cemetery, husband of Lutie Knight Elizabeth Willis Blake, 87, died 1-21-1963, buried Seal cemetery James A. Pharis, 66 of Pineville, LA, died 1-22-1963, buried Forest Lawn Memorial Park, wife survives, father of George O. Pharis Lenora Mitchell Knight, 89, died 1-22-1963, buried Seal cemetery Bennett Lowery, 57, died 1-20-1963, buried Angie cemetery, husband of Mamie Reynolds Alice Miller, 91, died 1-25-1963 James Dewitt (Whit) Jones, Sr., 76, died 1-29-1963, buried Oak Grove cemetery, husband of Corrine McNeese Dr. T. W. Gayer, 82, funeral held 2-6-1963, buried Ellis cemetery, husband of Ollie Beall Gayer Wilfred Howard Stringer, died 2-2-1963, buried Nobles cemetery, infant son of Wilfred Stringer, grandson of Woodrow Stringer and Mollie Bridges James M. Daniel, 84, died 1-30-1963, buried Daniel cemetery Albert C. Kimbrell, 68, died 2-8-1963, buried Spring Hill cemetery, husband of Vinnie Saucier Mattie Warren Knight, 79, died 2-10-1963, buried Ponemah cemetery Joseph J. Daniel, Sr., 75, died 1-8-1963, buried Star Hill cemetery near St. Francisville, husband of Winnie Foil Cornelius Jones, 73, died 2-10-1963, buried Talley cemetery, husband of Mary Talley Milton Bailey, 90 of Camden, Ark, funeral 2-12-1963, buried Pine Grove cemetery Thomas E. (Boss) Davis, 81 of Hattiesburg, funeral held last week (Paper 2-21-1963), buried Chapel cemetery, husband of Ella Davis William Edgar Magee, 65, died 2-20-1963, buried Ellis cemetery, husband of Maida Perrett Georgia (?Wells) Gerald, of McComb, died 2-18-1963, buried East Fork Church cemetery Will Briscoe of Vaiden, MS, died 2-16-1963, father of Robert Briscoe Ralph B. Adams, 51, died 2-23-1963, buried McGehee cemetery, husband of Nellie Mae Thomas, son of Mrs. W. H. Adams Bertha McDaniel Conerly, 79, funeral held 2-25-1963, buried Spring Creek cemetery, wife of T. Byron Conerly Charles Leroy Simmons, 26, died 2-23-1963, buried Ellis cemetery, husband of Doris Page, son of Leroy Simmons and the late Lucille Spring Simmons Henry Delos Husser, 65, died 2-28-1963, buried Canaan cemetery, husband of Dean Seal Henry F. Coyle, 80, died 2-28-1963, buried Coax cemetery, husband of Mattie Coyle Jewel M. Simmons of Napoleon, died 3-5-1963, husband of Cora Brock, and son of Ansil Simmons James B. Parker, Sr., 78, died 3-2-1963, buried Springhill cemetery, husband of Bessie Magee Ara Loraine Miller, 82, died 3-4-1963, buried Mt. Pisgah cemetery Marie A. Morris, 64, died 3-1-1963, buried Mt. Hermon cemetery Irma Morris Miller, 48, died 3-1-1963, buried Mt. Hermon cemetery Mrs. A. O. (Dutch) (?Bickham) Merritt, 96 of Kentwood, died 3-11-1963, buried Roberts cemetery Jewell S. Simmons, 59 of Napoleon, died 3-12-1963, buried St. Ann Catholic Church cemetery, son of Ansil Simmons, husband of Esther Boudreaux Roscoe Delos Green, 71, died 3-8-1963, buried Williams cemetery I. J. Garrett, died 3-4-1963, married 3-1923 to Vanda Anthony Bickham E. E. (Pinky) Foil, 44, died 3-18-1963, buried Ponemah cemetery, husband of Deas Chastant Foil Baxter Brumfield, 50, died 3-18-1963, buried Silver Springs cemetery, WWII veteran, son of late John E. and Ada Fortenberry Brumfield Venton Blackwell, 54, died 3-19-1963, buried Blackwell cemetery, husband of Thelma Sandifer, son of McCalley Blackwell Julia Bateman Pigott, 74, died 3-17-1963, buried Ellis cemetery, wife of John Z. Pigott Amelia Jane Morgan, 83, died 3-17-1963, buried Nobles cemetery Robert Larsen Nielson, 66, died 3-14-1963, buried Duncan cemetery, husband of Florence Mae Nielson Dwight D. Morgan, 69, died 3-17-1963, buried Amite cemetery, WWI Veteran, husband of Olga Dees Bennie F. Schilling, 78, died 3-14-1963, buried Silver Springs cemetery, husband of Tillie McMillan Mc C. (Cleve), Mixon, 78, died 3-26-1963, buried Ellis cemetery, husband of Annie Cutrer Joseph (Pink) Parker, 91, died 3-20-1963, buried Isabel cemetery, husband of Nancy Williams David Archibald Varnado, 91, died 3-24-1963, buried Ellis cemetery Joseph Howard Zerangue, 70 of Baton Rouge, died 3-25-1963, buried Roselawn Memorial Park, husband of Alice Laurent Bertha Albert McCurley, 85, died 3-31-1963, buried Morris cemetery James M. (Vol) Walker, died 3-29-1963, buried Byrd's Chapel Hugh A. Bateman, 55, died 3-31-1963, buried City cemetery at Natchez, MS, wife survives Elvie Miller Brelant, 66, died 3-29-1963, buried Mt. Pisgah cemetery Garland D. Hoggatt, 55, died 4-8-1963, buried Bethel cemetery, husband of Emma Dell Passman, son of Sadie Hoggatt Rev. M. C. Thomas, 79, died 4-15-1963, buried Thomas cemetery, husband of Doretha Cooper William Lloyd Cooper, 37, died 4-16-1963, buried Cooper cemetery, WWII veteran, brother of Grafton Cooper, husband of Rose Lee Stiles E. T. Alston, 83, native of Midway, AL, died 8-19-1963, buried Ponemah Cemetery, wife survives Fannie Mae Cole Noble, 76, native of Jackson, TN, died 4-23-1963, buried Ellis cemetery Oner Newell Miller, 62, died 4-21-1963, buried Ellis cemetery, husband of Ruby Bateman Miller Florence Magee, 79, died 4-22-1963, buried McGehee cemetery William Penn Dunlap, 87, died 5-15-1963, buried Mt. Hermon cemetery, husband of Minnie Seals Lena Schilling Ballard, 59, died 5-29-1963, buried San Pedro cemetery, wife of Early Ballard Delma Sharp, 56, died 5-23-1963, buried Denham Springs cemetery, husband of Mrs. Arvell Spinks Sylvest Melvin Stafford, 60, died 6-2-1963, buried Fisher cemetery, husband of Rhonda Stafford Net Provost Gill, 55, died 6-3-1963, buried Spencer cemetery, wife of Delos R. Gill Julious Mizell, 63, died 6-1-1963, buried Mizell cemetery, husband of Lou Mizell Mabel Duncan Wood, 53, died 6-8-1963, buried New Zion Church cemetery, wife of Freddie L. Wood, daughter of Woodrow Duncan Mrs. Frank Newman, 69, native of Biskenti, Lebanon, died 6-12-1963, buried Ellis cemetery Broadus Stephens, 51, died 6-13-1963, buried Acey's Creek cemetery, husband of Vernie Sylvest Edna Scheuermann, 69 of Baton Rouge, died 6-25-1963, buried National cemetery, mother of W. A. (Pat) Scheuermann Mary L. Graves Moss, 65, died 6-18-1963, buried Ponemah cemetery, wife of Walter Lee Moss John Warren Magee II, 86, died 6-22-1963, buried Delhi Masonic cemetery, son of late John Warren I and Jane Andrews Magee Zula Durnin Amos, 64, died 6-28-1963, buried Hope Mausoleum in New Orleans Clarence Clyde Magee, 60, died 7-4-1963, buried Ellis cemetery, husband of Johnnie Magee Barbara Ann Galloway, 11, died 7-4-1963, buried Isabel cemetery, daughter of Emeriah Galloway Theresa Ann Galloway, 6, died 7-4-1963, buried Isabel cemetery, daughter of Emeriah Galloway James Burl Rogers, 8, died 7-4-1963, son of Harold Rogers, buried Isabel cemetery Richard C. Pope, 60, died 7-8-1963, buried Simmons cemetery, husband of Linda Brumfield Paul J. Davis, 55, died 7-14-1963, buried Morris cemetery W. E. (Bill) Knight, Jr., 39, died 7-11-1963, buried Ellis cemetery, husband of Earline Jones, son of Mrs. W. E. Knight, Sr. Janet Adell Corkern, 14, died 7-15-1963, buried Hammond cemetery, daughter of Iddo K. Corkern Jessie Murl Watson Burdwell, 43 of Lawton, OK, died 77-13-1963, buried Mt. Hermon cemetery, wife of Clarence Y. Burdwell John M. Foster, 77, died 7-14-1963, buried Muster Ground cemetery, husband of Cass Jarrell Foster Dean B. Mulina Cox, 62, died 7-18-1963, buried Wilmer Church cemetery, wife of Thilon Cox Nyease Green Brumfield, 83, died 7-28-1963, buried Ellis cemetery Isabel Bailey, died 7-17-1963, buried Mandeville cemetery Wilson Smith, 46, funeral held 7-31-1963, buried Hays Creek cemetery, husband of Althea Wilks Smith, son of Maggie J. Smith Troy Brown Farrar, 62, died 7-28-1963 of Pineville, buried Greenwood Memorial Park, husband of Ellen Brock Corine S. Stevens Stafford, 73, died 8-6-1963, buried Bonner Creek cemetery, wife of McCauley Stafford Luther A. Stafford, 77, funeral held 8-20-1963, buried Nobles cemetery John Ira Pierce, 57, funeral held 8-20-1963, buried Seal cemetery in Varnado, husband of Lillie Pierce Dr. William O. Ott, 79, died 88-18-1963, buried Forth Worth Texas cemetery, husband of Margaret Smith John Wes Crain, 40, funeral held 8-20-1963, buried Tullos cemetery, husband of Nella Crain, son of Ludie Crain Ouida Dunnam Cone, 43, died 8-19-1963, buried Ponchatoula cemetery, wife of Malcolm M. Cone, daughter of A. F. Dunnam Chothilde Alford Tate, 87, died 8-28-1963, buried Mt. Hermon cemetery Lucious T. Simmons, 79, died 9-9-1963, buried Simmons cemetery Carrie Easterling Woodward, 60, died 9-8-1963, buried Mt. Sinai cemetery, wife of Huey A. Woodward Baty J. Anglin, 68, died 9-6-1963, WWI Veteran, buried Ellis cemetery, husband of Maggie Alford Wade Killingsworth, 59, died 9-8-1963, buried Red Brick Presbyterian Church cemetery, husband of Cornelia Killingsworth Mrs. Emmett Fortenberry of Norco, died 9-165-1963 Rupert Mizell, 46, died 9-11-1963, buried Mizell cemetery, husband of Verlia Jones, son of Ethel Mizell Patrick George Washington Varnado, 75, died 9-17-1963, buried Morris cemetery, husband of Eula Simmons Thomas A. Casanova, Sr., 62, died 9-12-1963, buried Sunlight cemetery, husband of Viola Wallace Roy C. Holliday, 22, died 9-12-1963, son of Curtis Holliday Spurgeon Pigott, 46, died 9-14-1963, buried Louisville cemetery in MS, husband of Louise Pigott Lewis E. Jenkins, 88, died 9-29-1963, buried Ellis cemetery Lorena Vessier Wilkins, died 9-30-1963, of Ponchatoula, buried Amite cemetery, wife of Charles Wilkins Infant son Adams, born and died 10-4-1963, buried Ellis cemetery, son of Reul T. Adams, Jr., grandson of Fonzie Johnson and R. T. Adams Agnes Ella Corkern Caves, 41, died 10-4-1963, buried Magee cemetery, wife of Bill O. Caves A.O. (Doc) Ott, Sr., 78 of Kentwood, died 10-15-1963, buried Ott cemetery, husband of Doskie Varnado Charles Varnado, 47, died 10-16-1963, buried Varnado cemetery wife, survives, son of Fannie and the late M. I. Varnado Rose Bickham Ott, 68of Oxnard, CA, died 10-12-1963, buried Ott cemetery, wife of Percy W. Ott Fannie Rutledge Newcomb, 80 of Rehoboth, VA, funeral held 10-19-1963, buried Cool Spring Church cemetery, wife of late J. A. Newcomb James K. (Jim) Lindsey, 64, funeral held 10-27-1963 in Jackson, La., buried Greensburg cemetery, husband of Carlotta Matthews Gordon Smith, 56, died 10-25-1963, buried Bethel cemetery, husband of Willie Simmons Brock Magee Shoemaker, 42 of New Orleans, died 10-26-1963, buried Ellis cemetery, wife of Robert H. Shoemaker, (first husband: Van H. Moore II) Jewel J. Riley, 67, died 10-25-1963, buried Mt. Hermon cemetery, husband of Alice Porter Cora Magee, 89, died 10-28-1963, buried Enon Church cemetery George Wesley Knight, 90, died 11-5-1963, buried Enon Church cemetery Broadus V. Bannister, 68, died 11-9-1963, buried Ponemah cemetery, husband of Essie Mae Bannister Lucious C. (Coot) Smith, 62, died 11-19-1963, buried Mt. Hermon cemetery, husband of Ruby Miller Sylvia Annette Smith, 4, died 11-26-1963, buried Sandy Hook MS cemetery, daughter of Billy W. Smith, granddaughter of Marvin Pigott and Mrs. Burlon (Nettie) Smith Robert Melvin Self, 56, died 11-25-1963, buried Mt. Hermon cemetery Jesse M. Brumfield, 75, died 11-25-1963, buried Warnerton cemetery, husband of Ida Smith Mary Price Lea, 72, born in MS, funeral held 11-30-1963, buried East Fork Church cemetery, wife of Homer Lea Levi Benton Smith, 78, died 11-28-1963, buried Bogue Chitto cemetery, husband of Amanda Brumfield Murray Bateman, 65 of Bentonville, Ark, died 12-8-1963, husband of Frances Bateman, son of Sally Bateman Leon Albert Knight, 50, died 12-6-1963, buried Ponemah cemetery, husband of Eloise Knight, son of Evie L. Knight James Stafford, 82, funeral held 12-15-1963, buried Enon Church cemetery, husband of Ella Warren Pigott Stafford Barry Kay Kemp, 18 of Baton Rouge, died 12-14-1963, buried Greenoaks Memorial Park, son of Doyle A. Kemp and Nedra Garrett Kemp, grandson of A. D. Kemp Oscar C. Stogner, 76, died 12-22-1963, buried Enon cemetery, husband of Alice J. Stogner Mamie Roberts Breland, 73, died 12-20-1963, buried Crain's Creek cemetery Mary Joan McCloskey Pedneau, died 12-18-1963, buried St. Joseph's Abbey, wife of Thomas A. Pedneau Arnie D. Hall, 31, died 12-29-1963, son of J. Armin Hall, husband of Lilly Rogillio, brother of Mrs. Bobby Pettit of Franklinton Joe Rester, 84 of Baton Rouge, died 12-26-1963, buried Greenoaks Memorial Park, husband of Nettie Wheat Henry Bert Jones, 67, died 12-25-1963, buried Enon Church cemetery, husband of Louise Parker Iva Jo Barber, 58, died 12-24-1963, buried Nobles cemetery, husband of Rosetta Spears Elton James (Ponder) Holiday, 51, died 1-2-1964, buried Mt. Hermon cemetery, husband of Freda Lea Charley St. Cyr, 71, died 1-2-1964, buried Fisher cemetery Albert Clyde James, 63, died 1-13-1964, husband of Belva Jones Mrs. T. J. Hayes, died 1-18-1964 in Andalusia, AL, formerly of Franklinton, buried Memorial Park in AL J. F. Corkern, 65, died 1-17-1964, buried Spring Creek cemetery, husband of Velma Schilling Joe Mouton Dykes, 64, died 1-27-1964, buried Noble cemetery, husband of Vida Dykes Eddie Collier McCain, 71, died 2-1-1964, buried Morris cemetery, WWI Veteran, husband of Irie S. McCain Martin Luther Boughman, 84, died 2-3-1964, husband of Nettie Boughman Ella Wascom Corkern, 84 of Folsom, died 2-8-1964, buried San Pedro cemetery Samantha Miller, 78, died 2-5-194, buried Mt. Pisgah cemetery Evie Seal, 62, died 2-11-1964, buried Tullos cemetery, wife of John Seal Mrs. Elwyn B. Chaney, died 2-4-1964 of Dallas TX Irie Noblia Shoemaker McCain, 61, died 2-13-1964, buried Morris cemetery Dave Jorgens, 61, native of Norway, funeral held 2-18-1964, buried Canaan cemetery, husband of Rosalean Spinks Edison Howe Alford, 62, died 2-17-1964, buried Sunny Hill cemetery, WWII veteran, husband of Edna Cutrer George W. Fisher, 68, died 2-13-1964, buried Canaan cemetery, WWI veteran, husband of Verda Lee Mulina Mattie Ellen Smith Haley, 86, died 2-15-1964, buried Hayes cemetery Ethel B. Magee, 77, funeral held 2-20-1964, buried Fisher cemetery Harold Hedden, 70 of Tabor, NJ, died 2-22-1964, husband of Dixie Givens, formerly of Franklinton Henry Lewis Fussell, 83, died 2-23-1964, buried Fisher cemetery, husband of Emma Fussell Thomas James Bell, 75, died 2-19-1964, buried Tyson cemetery, husband of Mary Helen Thomas James Wilson Burris, 51, died 2-29-1964, WWII veteran, husband of Mary Margaret Watts Clyde C. Cooper, 55, died 2-29-1964, buried Aceys Creek cemetery, husband of Ruth Mae Thomas Thad L. Luper, Sr., 56, died 3-1-1964, buried Poplar Head cemetery, husband of Ola G. Luper Robert C. Williams, 32, died 3-8-1964, buried Oak Grove cemetery, husband of Louella Hunter Williams, son of Howard Williams William Thomas Miller, 60, died 3-14-1964, buried Mt. Hermon cemetery, husband of Maudie Jenkins Miller William L. Smith, 38, died 3-12-1964, wife survives Vivian Bryant Green, 61, died 3-13-1964, buried Enon Church cemetery Goode G. Sturdivant, 89, funeral held 3-22-1964, buried Spencer cemetery, husband of Sara Spencer Myrtle Moore Williams, 82 of Covington, died 3-22-1964, buried Ellis cemetery, wife of Leonard Williams Ella Ophelia Fairburn, 75, died 3-21-1964, buried Corkern cemetery Lucy Mizell Jones, 77, died 3-30-1964, buried Mizell cemetery, wife of Lucious A. Jones Luther Watson, 75, died 4-1-1964, buried Pleasant Hill cemetery Lacy Richardson, 58, born 2-7-1906, died 4-1-164, buried Ponemah cemetery, husband of Mildred Brothers, son of late Marshall and Vilona Rester Richardson Wilks W. Varnado, 81, died 3-27-1964, buried Ellis cemetery Freddie W. Westmoreland, 68, died 4-8-1964, WWI veteran, buried Pleasant Hill cemetery, son of Isaac W. and Mary Miller Westmoreland O. C. (Fritz) Doremus, 51, died 4-2-1964, buried Lakewood Memorial in Jackson, MS, husband of Vera Sellers Rosa Lee Pettitt, 86, died 4-6-1964, buried Pleasant Hill cemetery Maggie Pierce, 89, died 4-13-1964, buried Sunny Hill cemetery, wife of James Monroe Pierce Johanna Vogel, 76 of Karl-Marx-Stadt East Germany, daughter notified 4-4-1964, mother of Mrs. T. H. Knott C. J. (Rip) Bickham, 72, died 4-13-1964, buried Ellis cemetery, husband of Alma Bickham Alba Foil Brown, 84, died 4-13-1964, buried Bickham cemetery Sarah Alice James, 86, died 4-20-1964, buried Pleasant Hill cemetery John A. Burris, 59, died 5-11-1964, buried Ellis cemetery Alice B. Welch, 71, died 5-7-1964, buried Morris cemetery Otis A. Jones, 63, died 5-8-1964, buried Bonner Creek cemetery, husband of Ruby Corkern Joyce Cotton, 21, died 5-10-1964, buried Nobles cemetery, daughter of Dan Cotton Lulu St. Cyr McHale, died 5-14-1964, buried Fisher cemetery, wife of Walter M. McHale Frances Turner Wilson, 88, native of Missouri, died 5-15-1964, buried Ellis cemetery, wife of Edgar Lee Wilson Linda Gail Jenkins, 10, died 5-16-1964, buried Ellis cemetery, daughter of Harlan Jenkins, granddaughter of David H. Jenkins and O. Ray Miller, Lonzo Sebe Alford, 73, died 5-16-1964, buried Morris cemetery William L. Corkern, 77, died 5-25-1964, buried Enon Church cemetery Charlie T. Jenkins, 74, died 5-24-1964, buried Morris cemetery, husband of Zula McCain Ouida Faye Corkern Toledano, 42, died 5-25-1964, buried San Pedro cemetery, wife of Chester Toledano Brister Barber, 44, died 5-23-1964, buried Nobles cemetery, husband of Janie Barber Edythe Williams Boone, of Picayune, died 6-3-1964, sister of Mrs. H. J. Crain, Sr. Mrs. A. M. Stewart, died 6-10-1964 in Vicksburg, MS, mother of Stephen L. Richardson Lillie Folkes Toney, 44, died 6-17-1964, buried San Pedro cemetery, wife of Herman G. Toney Nancy Jones, 79, died 6-15-1964, buried Jones cemetery Benton Homer Robbins, 63, died 6-15-1964, buried Greenoaks Memorial Park in Baton Rouge, husband of Hazel Glover Leslie Bankston, 49 of Jackson, LA, funeral held 6-19-1964, buried Magee cemetery, husband of Inez Bankston Hunter E. Dobson, 63, died 6-18-1964, buried Ellis cemetery, WWI & II veteran, husband of Margaret Tobias Fred O. Gay, funeral held 7-7-1964 Shell Dillon, Jr., funeral held 7-7-1964, son of late Shell Dillon, Sr. Elaine Painter Watson, 22, died 7-1-1964, buried Pleasant Hill cemetery, wife of Ray Watson, daughter of Maudine Brock Stafford Roland B. Smith, 27, died 7-8-1964, buried Mt. Pisgah cemetery, husband of Delores Alford Smith Richard Phelps, 38, died 7-5-1964, buried Nobles cemetery, husband of Mary Gill Phelps Murphy Stafford, 53, died 7-1-1964, buried Nobles cemetery, husband of Maudine Brock Stafford Ezekiel Sylvester (Zeke) Richardson, 65, died 7-7-1964 in Grangeville, LA, husband of Beatrice Jenkins Lula Jenkins Magee, 85, died 7-2-1964, buried Ellis cemetery Aubrey Givens, 55, died 7-1-1964, buried Mt. Hermon cemetery, husband of Nina Singleton, son of Allie Givens Rebecca Crain Tullos, 83, died 7-6-1964, buried Magee Cemetery James Clifton Fussell, 53, died 7-21-1964, buried Fisher cemetery Alice Crowe Hennesy, 51, died 7-22-1964, buried Stony Point cemetery, wife of Aubrey Hennesy Virgil E. (Okie/Oakie) Knight, Jr., 15, died 7-28-1964, buried Ellis cemetery, son of Virgil Knight Mary Leona Crain Bickham, 80, died 7-27-1964, buried Louis Crain cemetery James Albert Smith, 15, died 8-1-1964, buried Rushing cemetery, husband of Francis Smith Ora Dean (Deanie) Sanderson, 33, died 8-9-1964, buried Baughman cemetery, wife of Rev. Jewel Sanderson David Dean Sanderson, stillborn, 8-9-1964, buried Baughman cemetery, son of Rev. Jewel and late Ora Sanderson Oscar Quitman Galloway, 73, died 8-14-1964, buried Isabel Church cemetery, husband of Arie Galloway Warren M. Thomas, 64, died 8-14-1964, buried Crain cemetery near Stateline, husband of Della Thomas Johnnie Davis, 57, died 8-30-1964, buried Stoney Point cemetery, husband of Zina Jenkins William Ezra Fairburn, 54, of Natalbany, died 8-29-1964, buried Corkern cemetery Annie M. Anthony Fairburn, 68, died 8-29-1964, buried Corkern cemetery, wife of William Ezra Fairburn Henry F. Simmons, 71, died 9-16-1964, buried Magee cemetery, husband of Ada Dean Wood Golda Morgan Hurst, 37, died 9-18-1964, buried Wallace cemetery, daughter of Eva Smith and Shelton (Shorty) Morgan James W. Sylvest, 47 of Wetumpka, AL, died 9-20-1964, buried Greenwood cemetery, husband of Grace Guth Sylvest, son of late James W. and Nora Green Sylvest B. J. Smith, 35, died 918-1964, buried Canaan cemetery, husband of Odie Mae Smith Hayden L. Fortenberry, 83, died 9-25-1964, buried Bethel cemetery, husband of Audrey Shoemaker Olivia Jones Sheridan, 78, died 9-25-1964, buried Emmanuel Church cemetery, wife of G. Bolivar Sheridan W. H. Crain, 86, died 10-4-1964, buried Hines cemetery, husband of Frances Hines George H. Smith, Sr., 74, native of Brookhaven, died 10-5-1964, WWI veteran, buried Ellis cemetery Capt. C. Esco Simmons, 68, died 10-9-1964, buried Ellis cemetery, WWI veteran, husband of Ruby Young Henry (Buck) Crowe, 88, died 10-10-1964 Maurice Magee, 68, died 10-21-1964, buried Ellis cemetery, WWI veteran, husband of Vi Wood Lenora Sharp Jones, 70, died 10-23-1964, buried Ellis cemetery Homer Fussell, 74, died 10-25-1964, buried Fisher cemetery, WWI veteran Ezzie Miley Morgan, 46, died 11-10-1964 in Santa Ana, CA, buried San Pedro cemetery, wife of Elzie Morgan Bessie Jane Toney, 64, died 11-21-1964, buried Corkern cemetery Katie Rogers Thomas, 75, died 11-24-1964, buried Stateline Pentecostal Church cemetery, wife of late Lewis Thomas W. Wilson Jones, 75, died 11-20-1964, buried Enon Church cemetery, husband of Ada Wascom Jones H. Ellis Bankston, 80, died 11-22-1964, buried Pleasant Hill cemetery, husband of Myrtis Bankston Infant son Burris, born 12-2-1964, died 12-12/24-1964, buried Crain cemetery at State Line cemetery, son of Walter Alan Burris, grandson of Esco Crain and W. A. Burris Alvin Hickman, 68, died 12-2-1964, Spencer cemetery, husband of Etta Rushing Percy Daniel Walker, 67, died 12-7-1964, buried Stoney Point cemetery, husband of Lulu McDaniel Walker Marvin E. Miller, 81, died 12-12-1964, buried Bogue Chitto cemetery, husband of Florence Burch Thomas Alton Spencer, 40, died 12-11-1964, buried Spencer cemetery Willis R. Pittman, 86, died 12-14-1964, buried New Zion cemetery, husband of Hettie Warner Leon Arthur (Buck) Sharp, 91, died 12-11-1964, buried Sharp's cemetery Nettie Baughman, 73, died 12-21-1964, buried Nobles cemetery Bobby J. Brooks, 32, died 12-20-1964, husband of Jacqueline Brooks, son of Estus and Esmer Hopgood Brooks Debbie Brooks, 8, died 12-20-1964, daughter of Bobby and Jacqueline Brooks Doyle A. Sandifer, 23, died 12-19-1964, buried Nobles cemetery, husband of Joyce Lambert, son of Edna Sumrall Sandifer Marcus A. Sandifer, 31, died 12-19-1964, buried Nobles cemetery, son of Edna Sumrall Sandifer Vera McClendon Fisher, 56, died 12-19-1964, wife of Floyd Fisher Wortley Moseley Gilmer, 89, died 12-27-1964, buried Stonewall Church cemetery, wife of William Lewis Gilmer, mother of Mrs. T. C. W. Magee Mrs. A. C. Taylor, 93, died 12-21-1964, buried Lucedale cemetery, mother of Mrs. J. E. Wright O. C. (Chas.) Lewis, 80 of Kentwood, died 12-26-1964, buried Lewiston cemetery, husband of Cordelia Vinyard Charles Kermiss (C.K.) Williamson, 52, died 1-2-1965, buried Bogue Chitto cemetery, husband of Mary Allen Ronald Wesley Sylvest, 19, died 1-4-1965, buried Bethel cemetery, son of T. C. Sylvest, Jr., grandson of John Colmer and Chris Sylvest Rev. Willis A. Corkern, 78, funeral held 1-12-1965, buried Richardson cemetery, husband of Edna Corkern Louisa Knight Thomas, 50, died 1-8-1965, buried Thomas cemetery, wife of Alverice Thomas Mrs. Henry F. (Sedge) Corkern of Alexandria, died 1-11-1965, buried Sunlight cemetery Fannie Thigpen Brooks, 81, died 1-8-1965, buried Magee cemetery Beulah Magee Morgan, funeral held 1-16-1965 in Jackson, MS Frank Roberts, 61, died 1-19-1965, buried Mt. Pisgah cemetery, husband of Aylene Miller Tom P. Fornea, 83, died 1-15-1965, buried T. P. Fornea cemetery Robert Henry Seal, 56, died 1-14-1965, buried Seal cemetery, husband of Velma Pittman Pearlie Bass Thomas, 79, died 1-23-1965, buried Thomas cemetery Norbett J. Cousin, 30, native of Metairie, funeral held 1-27-1965, buried Miley cemetery Margaret (Maggie) Moak, 76, died 1-30-1965, buried Ellis cemetery Charles Stephen Ezekiel Babington, died 1-29-1965, husband of Maria John D. Sylvest, 85, died 1-28-1965, buried Bethel cemetery, husband of Minnie Fendlason Vintonia/Victoria Stringfield Self, 91, died 1-28-1965 in Houston TX, wife of Leslie Self, daughter of David H. Stringfield Clarence Eugene McMillan, 69 of Covington, died 2-7-1965, buried Covington cemetery #1, WWI veteran, husband of Lela Fatherree Mose Davis, 64, died 2-14-1965, buried Fisher cemetery, husband of Aline F. Davis Lucy Elizabeth Lewis Creel, 38, died 2-10-1965, buried Starhill cemetery, wife of Willie D. Creel Charles Ray Corkern, 57, died 2-15-1965, buried Magee/Springhill cemetery, husband of Theresa Corkern Nannie Tullos Byrd, 75, died 2-11-1965, buried Letchworth cemetery, wife of R. Y. Byrd Robert James Erwin, 56, died 2-13-1965, buried Springhill/Magee cemetery, husband of Eula Strahan Beulah Wood Minckler, 80 of Denver, CO, died 2-13-1965 Dixie Pope, 78, funeral held 2-14-1965 James D. Creel, 62, died 2-14-1965, buried Acy's creek cemetery, husband of Ruby Jordan James Colden Graham, Jr., 70 months, died 2-22-1965, buried Graham cemetery, son of James Graham, Sr., grandson of Pearl Gibson and Olden Spears and Alfred Graham Walter Graves, 25, died 2-22-1965, buried Gerald cemetery, husband of Hazel Darnell Graves, son of Inez Givens Lucius B. Simmons, 62, died 2-22-1965, buried Tylertown cemetery Delos J. Passman, 68, funeral held 2-28-1965, buried Strain cemetery in Abita Springs, WWI veteran, husband of Alma Passman John Dewitt Edwards, 83, died 2-28-1965, buried Nazarine Church in Maxie, MS, husband of Marinda Pettus Lorena Smith Alford, 80, died 2-25-1965, buried Bogue Chitto cemetery Elmer O. McElveen, 61, died 3-3-1965, buried Mt. Pisgah cemetery, son of H. R. McElveen Rebecca Lott Ford, 85, died 3-9-1965, buried Angie cemetery Louisa Boyd of Monticello, MS, 104, paper 3-11-1965 Verdie Mae Magee, 23, died 3-5-1965, buried Magee cemetery, wife of William E. Magee, daughter of Hester Miley Mary O. Dunlap, 84, funeral held 3-10-1965 Mavor F. Edwards, 75, died 3-8-1965, buried Magee-Bahm cemetery Esco Crain, 60, died 3-6-1965, buried Crain cemetery, husband of Oretha Crain, son of Mary Matt Crain Earl Edward Martin of Covington, 82, funeral held 3-17-1965, buried Covington cemetery, wife survives Ralton D. Knight, 55, died 3-17-1965, buried Ellis cemetery, son of W. E. Sr. and Mima Letchworth Knight Cora Knight Jones, 90, funeral held 3-14-1965, buried Enon cemetery Iley Francis Riley, 77, died 3-18-1965 in Jackson, LA, buried Jep Alford cemetery Lt. Howard Earl Foil, 56, died 3-23-1965 in Waco, TX, buried National Cemetery in Hudson, LA, husband of Nelda Harvey Orval J. (Jack) Odom, 81, died 3-22-1965, buried Emmanuel Church cemetery, husband of Katherine Odom Myrtle Rainey Wallace Catha, 62, died 3-29-1965, buried Canaan cemetery George Louis McNeese, 82, funeral held 3-30-1965, husband of Julia McNeese Genie Mae Rocko, 74, died 4-6-1965, buried Rushing cemetery Hardy W. (Hard) Thomas, 87, died 4-1-1965, buried Nobles cemetery, husband of Lillie Whittington Thomas Rena Elizabeth Thomas Duncan, 73, died 4-2-1965, buried Walter Thomas cemetery, wife of James Hubert Duncan Paul Boles of Eastland, TX, news received 4-12-1965, brother of Thelma Dixon Houston W. McCain, 69, died 4-19-1965, buried Poplarhead cemetery Eldora Sharp Fussell, 73, funeral held 4-27-1965, buried Burrell cemetery in Covington, wife of Leander Fussell Philmore Miller, Sr., 82, died 4-26-1965, buried Hillsdale cemetery Ivan L. Lee, 83, died 4-26-1965, buried Morris cemetery near Lexie, MS Lizzie Jarrell Temples, 77, died 5-3-1965, buried Jarrell cemetery Maggie Alford Brock, 78, died 4-29-1965, buried Mt. Hermon cemetery, wife of E. Holland Brock Emma McDaniel Luper, 74, died 5-3-1965, buried Noble cemetery Susie Elizabeth Sumrall Eldridge, 68, died 4-29-1965, buried Nobles cemetery John Paul Simpson, 87, died 5-10-1965, buried Smith Family cemetery, WWI and Spanish-American War veteran, husband of Jessie Smith Helen Sells Poole, died 6-11-1965, buried Ellis cemetery, wife of Rev. D. W. Poole Dosia Stallings Fornea, 86, died 5-10-1965, buried Fornea Family cemetery, wife of late Robert H. Fornea David B. Holmes, 77, died 4-29-1965, buried Mt. Hermon cemetery, husband of Mary J. Duncan Jewell Magee Toney, born 11-10-1895, died 4-4-1965, buried Ellis cemetery, son of late R. L. Toney, married 8-13-1916 to Odele Magee Pinkney R. Stevens, 87, died 5-16-1965, buried Ellis cemetery Ernest Eugene Jones, 78, died 5-12-1965, buried Ponemah cemetery, husband of Alma Jones Delos Ward Johnson, 61, died 5-13-1965, buried Ellis cemetery, son of Mrs. J. K. Johnson Thayer W. North, 54, did 5-17-1965, buried Ponemah cemetery, husband of Lora Jones John P. Simmons, 62, died 5-22-1965, buried Riverview cemetery in Monroe, husband of Madeline Simmons, son of late Norman and Lozanne Poole Simmons John Spinks, 84, died 5-27-1965, buried Canaan cemetery Garland Augustus Ford, 67, died 6-5-1965, buried Pleasant Valley cemetery, WWI veteran, husband of Tessie Jones Essie Pounds Braddy, 57, died 6-6-1965, buried Nobles cemetery, wife of T. O. Braddy Milous Seal, 70, died 6-3-1965, buried Seal cemetery at Varnado, husband of Judy Singley Walter D. Sylvest, 60, died 6-12-1965, buried Pilgrim Rest cemetery, never married Joel Magee, 37, died 6-20-1965, buried Noble cemetery, son of Zack Magee William Westmoreland, 64, died 6-21-1965, buried Enon Church cemetery, husband of Rozane Stafford William Milton McLain, 66, died 6-21-1965, buried Ellis cemetery, husband of Oleta G. McLain Mamie Sweeney Bickham, 67 of San Diego, CA, died 6-18-1965, wife of late Noel O. Bickham, daughter of late Rev. F. N. Sweeney Newton B. Seal, 91, died 6-27-1965, buried Poplarville cemetery Lola Kennedy Branch, 70, died 6-28-1965, buried Crain cemetery Florence Ott Michael, 42, died 7-5-1965 in Scottsdale, AZ, buried Ellis cemetery, wife of Edward Lee Michael, Jr., daughter of late Magee W. and Elizabeth Ott Luther O. Schilling, Sr., 77, died 7-2-1965, buried Mt. Hermon cemetery, WWI and WWII veteran, husband of Minnie Louise Schilling Ida Whittington Crain, 83, died 7-1-1965, buried Crain's Creek cemetery, wife of late John J. Crain Ruby Magee Shoemaker, 70, died 7-4-1965, buried Enon cemetery, wife of late Hugh Shoemaker, daughter of W. D. Magee Erline Hart, 29, died 7-4-1965, wife of Willie J. Hart, who killed her Charlie Robert Westmoreland, 80, died 7-7-1965, buried Corkern cemetery Darleen Fussell Mizell, 38, died 7-8-1965, buried Mizell cemetery, wife of William Ott Mizell, daughter of Alsee D. Fussell Chester Brooks, 57, died 7-15-1965, buried Stateline cemetery, husband of Zellie Brooks, son of Ida Brooks Werlein T. Brumfield, 63, died 7-17-1965, buried Roberts cemetery, husband of Emma Finch Brumfield Joe A. Finch, 69, died 7-16-1965, buried Mt. Hermon cemetery, husband of Hattie Loving J. L. Pearson, 57, died 7-23-1965 in Detroit Michigan, buried Ellis cemetery, husband of Sadie Pearson Wade Barber, 26, died 7-23-1965, buried Nobles cemetery, son of Benton Barber Donald Barber, 18, died 7-23-1965, buried Nobles cemetery, son of Benton Barber Hollis Ray Givens, 21, died 7-29-1965, buried Stoney Point cemetery, son of Piccola Givens Helen Ray LaCroix, 34, died 7-23-1965, buried Willie cemetery William Monroe Simmons, 76, died 7-30-1965, buried Ellis cemetery, husband of Mima Bateman Simmons Gussie Sweeney, 78, died 7-30-1965, buried Fisher cemetery, wife of late Rev. F. N. Sweeney Fanny Excie McGehee, 71, died 8-8-1965, buried Silver Springs Church cemetery, wife of John W. McGehee Minnie Givens Gill, 84, died 8-10-1965, buried Stoney Point cemetery Walter D. Varnado of Little Rock AK, died 8-11-1965, WWI veteran, husband of Ann Varnado Frank Francis Bazo, 47, died 8-22-1965, native of New Jersey, buried Woodland cemetery at Kentwood, WWII veteran, wife survives Thomas Arthur Magee, 19, died 8-22-1965, son of Thomas Magee, Sr. Thomas Byron Conerly, 91, died 9-3-1965, buried Spring Creek Grover Cleveland Bahm, 73, died 9-9-1965, buried Bahm cemetery, husband of Rena Myles Mabel J. Renard, 81, died 9-9-1965, buried Ellis cemetery, wife of late Louis Renard Tom Foil, 70, died 9-11-1965, buried Memphis, TN Mrs. Herbert H. Lester of North Carolina, funeral held 9-11-1965 in Jackson, MS, husband survives Rosa Mae Corkern, 71, died 9-11-1965, buried Canaan cemetery Robert R. Jones, 70, died 9-17-1965, buried Bonner Creek cemetery, husband of Elvie Galloway Lela Jones Stafford, 67, died 9-27-1965, buried Enon Church cemetery, wife of H. A. Stafford, Sr. Joyce Lambert Sandifer, died 9-25-1965, buried Stoney Point cemetery, wife of late Marcus A. Sandifer Willia Artis Crain, 71, died 9-25-1965, buried Crain cemetery, husband of Ida Seal Crain J. Weston Burch, 87, died 9-29-1965, buried Mt. Pisgah cemetery Delis Wilson Pierre, 24 of New Orleans, died 9-24-1965 Juanita Smith Carlton, 75, died 9-31-1965, buried Mt. Hermon cemetery Glen Thigpen, died 9-31-1965, buried Seal cemetery, husband of Lucille Thigpen, son of Thomas T. Thigpen Clement E. Pierce, 76, died 10-6-1965, buried in the family cemetery Barney Newsom Schilling, 86, died 10-5-1965, buried Ponemah cemetery Jessie Bateman Davis, died 10-12-1965, buried Ellis cemetery, wife of J. R. Davis Sam Gay, 78, native of Foxworth, MS, funeral held 10-19-1965, buried Nobles cemetery, WWI veteran Frances Hines Crain, 87, died 10-13-1965, buried Hines cemetery, wife of late William Crain Nell Ott Ott, 74, died 10-25-1965, wife of Curtis D. Ott, daughter of late Walter T. and Leah Magee Ott Alfred D. Smother, 68, died 10-19-1965, buried Bethel cemetery, husband of Mildred Smothers Cleveland Dillon, 72, funeral held 10-21-1965, buried Ponemah cemetery, husband of Viola Jones Charles William Simmons, 18 of Slidell, funeral held 10-27-1965, buried Simmons cemetery, son of Ezra Simmons, grandson of Arlie Crain Willie Alton Jones, Sr., 65, died 10-20-1965, buried Morris cemetery, husband of Margie Ratcliff Rodney Esco Bankston, 76, funeral held 10-22-1965, buried Hayes Creek cemetery, husband of Stella Stewart Andrew D. Kemp, 91, died 10-26-1965, buried Fisher cemetery Nellie Walker Behrens, 70 of Baton Rouge, funeral held 10-30-1965, buried Stoney Point cemetery, wife of George Behrens Nola Leroy Smith, born 10-11-1894 in Warnerton, died 11-2-1965, buried Ellis cemetery, WWI veteran, husband of Edna Talbert, son of Jesse C. and Rosa Ellzey Smith Mrs. C. O. Conway, died 10-31-1965 in Nevada, MO, mother of Mrs. Lyle Killingsworth Tommy Warren Stephens, Jr., died 11-5-1965, buried Midway Pentecostal Church cemetery, son of T. W. Stephens, grandson of A. C. Smith and Curtis I. Stephens Clifford Evoritt of Eagle Lake, TX, died 11-11-1965, husband of Marjorie Wood Meacie M. Cooper, 85, died 11-11-1965, buried Nobles cemetery Vernon Smith of Cheyenne Wells, CO, funeral held 11-15-1965, buried McNeese cemetery, son of Archie W. Smith Alice S. Jordan, 75, died 11-17-1965, buried Brumfield cemetery, wife of late Lonnie Jordan Charlie M. Jones, 58, died 11-21-1965, buried Ellis cemetery, husband of Lillie Stevens Louis Phillips, died 11-19-1965 of Laurel, MS, buried Bay Minette, AL Nettie E. Wray, 83, native of Mayfield, KY, died 11-20-1965, buried Elbridge TN cemetery, mother of E. M. Wray of Mt. Hermon Taylor Griffin Corkern, Sr., 95, died 11-20-1965, buried Sunlight cemetery Rhoda Gerald Pace, 65, died 11-27-1965, buried Crain's Creek cemetery, wife of Lee Carl Pace Mrs. Grady Fagan, died 12-1-1965 in New Orleans, buried Lucedale, MS, sister of Mrs. J. E. Wright James W. Seals, 61, died 12-4-1965, buried Seal cemetery, husband of Eula Mae Seals Minnie Fendlason Sylvest, 80, died 12-3-1965, buried Bethel Cemetery Dudley Bennett, 46, died 12-7-1965, buried New Jerusalem Church at Pumpkin Center Mary Ann Magee Primes, 78, died 12-11-1965, buried Acey's Creek cemetery, wife of David Primes Margaret Sweeney Vlastos, died 12-11-1965, of Jennings, LA Wilbur W. Crain, 46, died 12-17-1965, buried Crain cemetery at Stateline, husband of Rosetta Crain A.G. Warner, 50, died 12-18-1965, buried Warner-Haley cemetery, unmarried Gertha Elizabeth Branch McMillan, 78, died 12-24-1965, buried Bonney cemetery Vivian McMillan Babington, 74, died 12-24-1965, buried Mt. Olive cemetery Joseph Hamilton Bickham, 21, died 12-25-1965, son of Dent Bickham Jimi Thomas, 51, died 12-25-1965, buried Nobles cemetery, husband of Ruth Lee Hunt 1-5-1967 Bankston, Lyle L., 62, former Franklinton resident died Dec. 31st in Our Lady of the Lake Hospital in Baton Rouge. Resident of Arcola. Burial was buried in the Magee Cem. on the Franklinton-Covington Hwy. Crowe, Martha P., 81, passed away Monday at her residence on the Arcola Road. Funeral services were conducted Tuesday from Sunlight Baptist Church, with interment in the church cemetery. Wife of B. E. Crowe. Gill, Ulrick S. “Mutt”. Funeral services conducted Saturday from Midway Pentecostal Church near Mt. Hermon. He died Thursday at Washington-St. Tammany Hospital in Bogalusa. Interment in the Midway Cem. Husband of Mae M. Gill. Jarrell, Pearlie Lambert, resident of Mt. Hermon, died Friday in New Orleans Charity Hospital. Funeral services conducted Saturday from the Midway Pentecostal Church, with interment in the church cemetery. She would have been 67 years of age on Jan. 17th. Varnado, Fred, 70, of the Springhill community. He died Thursday at his residence. Funeral services conducted from the First Baptist Church in Franklinton, with interment in Ellis Cem. Husband of Victoria Magee Varnado. 1-12-1967 Miller, Algie O., 70 year old from Mt. Hermon, passed away at his residence Monday. A native of Mt. Hermon. Funeral services conducted Wednesday from Mt. Hermon Baptist Church with interment in the Mt. Hermon Cemetery. Husband of Lena Burch Miller. Sharp, William Alex “Bill”, 55, of Franklinton, died Wednesday. Religious services held at First Baptist Church in Franklinton. Interment in Nobles Cemetery. He was the son of the late Albert and Lizzie Parker Sharp. Husband of Odlee Creel Sharp. 1-19-1967 Brumfield, Angus Ray “Pat”, 75 and parish native. Funeral services held Sunday from Poole Funeral Home. Interment in the Varnado Cem. southwest of Franklinton. He died at Heritage Manor in Franklinton. He was preceded in death several years ago by his wife. Duncan, Wilford, 43, of Mt. Hermon died Thursday in New Orleans Charity Hospital. Funeral services held from Midway Pentecostal Church near Mt. Hermon, with burial in the adjoining church cemetery. Husband of Marie Lambert Duncan. Forrest, Luther Jonotha (? sp.), 78, of rural Franklinton, passed away Monday in Riverside Medical Center. Last rites conducted from Bethel Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery. Husband of Mandy B. Forrest. Hunt, Nick L., 76, Mt. Hermon resident, died Wednesday at Riverside Medical Center. Burial in the Pleasant Hill Baptist Church cemetery near Sunny Hill. A native of Sun, but resided in the Mt. Hermon community for many years. 1-26-1967 Bankston, Harriet Stella. Funeral services conducted from Hayes Creek Baptist Church with interment in the adjoining cemetery. Mrs. Bankston died Monday at Riverside Medical Center at the age of 76. She was a native of this area. Brumfield, John Leslie, Sr., 80 and a native of the Sunny Hill community near Mt. Hermon, but resided for many years in Baton Rouge. He passed away Tuesday in Baton Rouge General Hospital. Funeral services held at Rabenhorst Funeral Home, with interment in Resthaven Gardens of Memory in Baton Rouge. Husband of Leila Grace. Byrd, Myrtie M., 79. Funeral services held at Poole Chapel Sunday, with interment in Ellis Cemetery. She was a resident of Rest Haven Nursing Home in Bogalusa and passed away Friday in the Bogalusa Medical Center. Crockett, Jesse J. Died at his residence in the San Pedro community. Funeral services conducted Wednesday from San Pedro Baptist Church, with burial in the Corkern Cemetery. Jones, Horace G., 72, died Wednesday at his residence in Bonner Creek. Native of Washington Parish. Funeral services conducted from Bonner Creek Baptist Church with interment in the church cemetery. He is the son of the late Nicholas V. and Eldora Corkern. Husband of Vennie Stafford Corkern. Seymour, Mildred, 43, resident of Franklinton, passed away Thursday in Charity Hospital in New Orleans. Funeral services conducted Saturday at New Hope Baptist Church with burial in the adjoining cemetery. Wife of Vester Seymour. 2-2-1967 Brumfield, Louise Mizell. Funeral services conducted this afternoon (Thursday), burial will be in the Ellis Cem. He passed away Wednesday at Riverside Medical Center. Wife of Curtis Brumfield. Casems, Mrs. Joseph (Irma Lee Miller), of Mt. Hermon and resident of San Jose, CA. Died last Thursday in San Jose, CA from injuries sustained in an auto accident. Funeral services conducted from the Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church with interment in the adjoining cemetery. She was a graduate of Mt. Hermon High School. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Miller of Mt. Hermon and granddaughter of Louis Miller. Givens, Allie B, 81. He was a resident of the Sunlight community. Funeral services conducted from the Sunlight Baptist Church, with interment in the church cemetery. She passed away Tuesday at Riverside Medical Center. She was preceded in death by her husband, Cassie Givens. Tullos, Mrs. D. B. She passed away Monday in Jonesboro, LA. Funeral services conducted Wednesday at Edmund Funeral Home. Mother of Mrs. Clyde Knight. 2-9-1967 Bolton, Dora. She passed away in Booneville, MS on Sunday. Mother of R. L. Bolton of Franklinton. Funeral services conducted Tuesday from McMillan Funeral Home in Booneville. Schilling, Edwin, Jr., 21, died Feb. 5th. Native of Ponchatoula, he lived with his parents in Baton Rouge. Funeral conducted from St. Gerard Catholic Church with entombment in Green Oak Mausoleum. Grandson of Mamie Schilling of Ponchatoula and Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Passman of Franklinton. Simmons, James Osbon, 82 and resident of Franklinton, died Monday at Riverside Medical Center. Funeral services conducted Tuesday from First Baptist Church, with burial in Ellis Cemetery. Husband of Eva Magee Simmons. Stringfield, Mamie Fisher, 58, passed away at her residence on Alford Street Wednesday. Funeral services held at Bethel Baptist Church with burial in adjoining cemetery. Wife of Denman Stringfield and daughter of Mrs. A. D. Fisher. Thomas, Lucy Bertha, 81, resident of State Line Community, died Thursday in Bogalusa Medical Center. Funeral services held at Crain’s Creek Baptist Church with interment in the Thomas Cem. 2-16-1967 Jones, Randolph, 75 of Isabel died Thursday at Rest Haven Nursing Home in Bogalusa. Last rites conducted from Isabel Baptist Church, with burial in the church cem. Husband of Ida Sylvest Jones. Miller, Arthur C, 84, passed away Sunday enroute to Riverside Medical Center. Last rites held Monday from Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church near Mt. Hermon, with burial in the adjoining cemetery. He was preceded in death by his wife, who passed away last year. Pace, Lee Carl, 70 of Rt. 5 Franklinton. He passed away Saturday in Bogalusa Community Medical Center. Funeral services held from Crain’s Creek Baptist Church, with burial in the adjoining church cemetery. Swetman, George G., 64, a Mt. Hermon resident. Funeral services held from Clifton Baptist Church, with interment in Ellis Cemetery. He passed away Wednesday. Husband of Zula Bankston Swetman. 2-23-1967 Dodson, Rogers. A former resident of Franklinton, died at his home Monday. Final rites conducted Wednesday from the Amite Methodist Church with interment in the Amite Cemetery. Morgan, Iddo, 63 and resident of the San Pedro Community, died Sunday at his residence. Funeral services were conducted from San Pedro Baptist Church with burial in the church cem. Husband of Della Morgan. Dickerson, Mary Elizabeth, 76. Funeral services conducted from Bonner Creek Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery. She was a resident of Bogalusa. Wife of Jerry Dickerson. 3-9-1967 Ratcliff, Bertie Lee Welch, 56. Passed away Wednesday at Riverside Medical Center. Funeral services conducted from Second Baptist Church of Franklinton. Burial in the Morris Cem. Wife of Zeke Ratcliff of Franklinton. Thomas, Newton J., a resident of the Pine-Varnado Hwy. Funeral services held Friday from Pine Missionary Baptist Church, with burial in the adjoining church cem. He died Wednesday. Husband of Lucille Thomas. Traigle, Joseph, killed in a car accident on Saturday. Wake was held Sunday. Husband of the late Ann Breland Traigle. 3-16-1967 Hennesy, Elbert I., 69 and resident of Franklinton, passed away Sunday at Riverside Medical Center. Funeral services conducted Monday from Poole Funeral Home with interment in the Ellis Cem. Husband of Marie Crowe Hennesy. Jones, Zelamer M., 72, native and resident of Enon. Last rites conducted from Enon Baptist Church, with burial in the Mizell Cem. Husband of Nancy “Sweetie” Jones. Knight, Lelia Leota, 85, of Franklinton. Funeral services conducted from Springhill Baptist Church, with burial in the Ellis Cem. She passed away at Riverside Medical Center. 3-20-1967 Barker, Twiley W., Sr. Born Oct. 15, 1890 in the Silver Creek Community of Washington Parish to the late Thomas and Nannie Barker. Funeral rites held on March 27th, at the Washington Parish High School. Married in 1918 to Marie A. Hudson. Miller, Houston Jim, 67. Funeral services held for the native and former resident of Mt. Hermon from Brown Funeral Home on March 23rd. Interment in Nobles Cemetery near Pine. He passed away Tuesday at his residence in Bogalusa. Husband of Maude Thomas Miller. He was preceded in death by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Miller of Mt. Hermon. Breeden, Helen M., 54 and resident of Ninth Ave., died March 20th. Last rites conducted from Centenary Methodist Church, with interment in the Ellis Cem. Wife of Rufus W. Breeden. Crain, Mrs. H. J. “Helen W.”, 53, passed away March 21st at Riverside Medical Center. Last rites conducted from the First Baptist Church of Franklinton. Interment in the Morris Cem. Gayer, Herman E., 89, native of Franklinton and resident of Port Nechez (? sp.), TX, passed away March 14th in a Beaumont, TX hospital. Burial in the Ellis Cem. Friday. Preceded in death by his wife, Alice Yates Gayer. His parents were Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Gayer. Lang, Kenneth, 47. He passed away March 20th. Funeral services held from Pine First Baptist Church with interment in the Lang- Simmons Cem. at Sheridan. Resident of the Pine-Sheridan community. He was a veteran of World War II. Husband of Janice Porter Lang. McElveen, Leahmon P., Sr. Died Saturday in the St. Tammany Hospital in Covington. Funeral services held March 20th at McKneely Funeral Home in Kentwood. Interment in the Mt. Hermon Cemetery. He was a veteran of World War I. Husband of Emma Cordelia Beatty. Mizell, Wilmer Wesley, 59, and resident of Franklinton, died March 16th at Riverside Medical Center. Funeral services were conducted Saturday from the graveside at Mizell Cemetery in Enon. He was a native of Washington Parish. Husband of Ida Spears, and son of Lillie Wilson of Bogalusa. Riley, William Whitcomb, 54 of Bogalusa, passed away Saturday in a Bogalusa hospital. Religious rites conducted Monday from Union Ave. Baptist Church in Bogalusa with interment in Hillview Memorial Cem. Husband of Wilda Reviere. 4-6-1967 Bateman, Sally Miller, 91, passed away on April 3rd at the residence of her daughter. Funeral services are being conducted this morning, Thursday, from the Mt. Hermon Baptist Church, with interment in the Ellis Cem. She was preceded in death many years ago by her husband, Hugh McCauley Bateman. King, Delos M., 72 and resident of Enon, passed away April 4th in Riverside Medical Center. Last rites conducted at Talley’s Chapel Church with burial in the adjoining cemetery. Husband of Lillie Mae King. Miller, Marion “Pink”, 78, native and resident of Mt. Hermon. Funeral services conducted Monday from Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church, with interment in the adjoining church cemetery. He passed away April 2nd in Riverside Medical Center. Stepson of Mrs. Ella Miller. Smith, Ella Kemp. Graveside rites held Wednesday at Smith Cem. near Mt. Hermon. She was a native of Mt. Hermon and a resident of Port Arthur, TX. Widow of the late Dr. Milton Smith. 4-13-1967 Cooper, Mrs. Jessie, 59. Funeral services held at the chapel of Poole Funeral Home in Franklinton. Interment in Ellis Cem. She passed away April 8th at McGehee Clinic. A native of Franklinton, she is the wife of Charlie H. Cooper of 10th Ave. Franklinton. Key, Tucker. He was a former fair entertainer, was born Jan. 22nd 1909 in Meridian, MS, but lived in Kentwood, LA, where he passed away April 3rd. Magee, James M. “Jimmy”, 39, resident of Rt. 3 Franklinton, died Thursday from injuries sustained in a logging accident, enroute to Ochsner’s Hospital in New Orleans. Funeral services held from Fisher Methodist Church on April 8th, burial in the adjoining church cemetery. Husband of Jo Jane Bond. Wood, Lula Varnado, 43, native of the East Fork community. Last rites held from East Fork Baptist Church west of Mt. Hermon, with interment in the adjoining church cem. 4-20-1967 Daniel, W. I. (William Iddo), 82. Funeral services were conducted from the chapel of Charlet Funeral Home in Zachary, LA. Interment in Star Hill Cemetery near St. Francisville. He passed away Tuesday in the Lane Memorial Hospital in Zachary. He was a native of Zachary and lived most of his life in Angie. Husband of Roberta Mahoney Daniel. Goings, Carl, 66 and a resident of Franklinton. Last rites held from Stoney Point Baptist Church on Monday, with interment in the adjoining cem. He died April 16th at his residence on Bickham Street. Husband of Jessie Crowe Goings. 4-27-196 May, Leona, 86, passed away Tuesday at the residence of her son in Sandy Hook, MS. Funeral services conducted from the Hurricane Creek Baptist Church near Sandy Hook, MS. Thomas, Marie, 66. Funeral services conducted Tuesday from the Thomas First Baptist Church, with entombment in the Thomas Mausoleum. She is the wife of the late Commodore Thomas. He passed away April 24th in the Bogalusa Community Medical Center. 5-4-1967 Durden, Willie Ann, 88, resident of Franklinton. Funeral services conducted from Brown Funeral Home in Franklinton, with interment in the Morris Cem. A resident of Rt. 4 Franklinton, she passed away April 29th in Riverside Medical Center. She was a native of Florida and moved to Washington Parish around 1928. 5-11-1967 Alford, Ira W., 78, died at Heritage Manor Nursing Home. Funeral services are scheduled for today, Thursday, in the chapel of Poole Funeral Home. Armstrong, James Roy, 82. A resident of Rt. 4 Franklinton. Funeral services were conducted Monday from Plainview Baptist Church with interment in the Plainview Cem. He passed away Saturday in the Riverside Medical Center. Husband of Lula Riley Armstrong. Varnado, Wilton C. (Wilt), 62 and native of Mt. Hermon. Funeral services held from the chapel of Hartman Funeral Home in McComb, with interment in the Mt. Hermon Cem. He passed away in Veterans Hospital in Biloxi, MS on May 5th. 5-18-1967 Alford, Ira W., 78. Last rites conducted May 11th from the chapel of Poole Funeral Home in Franklinton, with interment in the Brumfield Cem., north of Franklinton. He passed away Wednesday in the Heritage Manor Nursing Home. Crain, Emma Foil, 79 and native of Washington Parish, passed away at her home in Daisetta, TX on May 10th. Funeral services conducted Friday from Baptist Church of Daisetta with burial in the Daisetta Cem. Wife of Jessie E. Crain. Garden, Harry. Employee of Florida Gas Co. and resident of Franklinton was discovered Wednesday on the Springhill-Plainview road. He was a native of Texas and lived in Franklinton. Survived by wife and daughter. Lessard, Col. Wilfred E., 65, husband of Kate H. Tate, former resident of Mt. Hermon. Funeral services conducted in Baton Rouge Tuesday. He passed away Monday at his residence in Baton Rouge. He was a native of Lobdell, LA. and a veteran of the U. S. Army. Pounds, Leon, 75 and resident of Stoney Point community, died Tuesday at Riverside Medical Center. Funeral services Thursday from the Stoney Point Baptist Church with interment in the adjoining cem. 5-25-1967 Kennedy, Mrs. Morecie Ber___, 59. Last rites conducted Saturday from State Line Baptist Church with interment in the Crain Cem. at State Line. She passed away May 19th. She was preceded in death by her husband, Otha Kennedy, who passed away in March, 1966. Miller, Mary L., 69, resident of the Mt. Pisgah community. Funeral services held from the Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church Saturday. Interment in the adjoining cem. She passed away May 18th at Riverside Medical Center. Wife of Charlie M. Miller Stafford, Sidney J., 78, native of Washington Parish, lived in the Fisher community. Funeral services conducted Sunday from the Fisher Methodist Church with interment following in the adjoining cemetery. He passed away at Our Lady of the Lake Hospital in Baton Rouge May 20th. Tullos, Rev. Doyle Benton, father of Mrs. Clyde (Bonnie) Knight of Franklinton, passed away at his residence near Jonesboro, LA on May 17th. Last rites conducted from Ebenezer Baptist Church near Jonesboro. He was a native of Jackson Parish. 6-1-1967 Dean, Ada Creel, 65, died Saturday in the Bogalusa Community Medical Center. Funeral services held from the graveside at Nobles Cem. on May 29th. 6-8-1967 Byrd, Rev. G. H., of Sheridan, passed away Monday at his residence. Funeral services conducted from Mt. Sinai Baptist Church. A native of Sanford, MS. He was a former pastor of the Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist Church. Husband of Lavada Ingram Byrd. Corkern, Herman Ezra, 71, resident of Bonner Creek, passed away June 5th at Riverside Medical Center. Religious rites conducted from the Bonner Creek Baptist Church with interment in the church cem. Husband of Nora Waskom Corkern. Morgan, Shelton A., 64 and a parish native, passed away Sunday night at Riverside Medical Center. Funeral services held from the chapel of Poole Funeral Home in Franklinton. Interment in Wallace Cem. 6-15-1967 Crain, Curtis M., 78 year old resident of Franklinton, passed away Monday in Heritage Manor. Last rites conducted June 13th from the Centenary Methodist Church, with burial in the Ellis Cem. Husband of Flora Crain. Creel, Donna Raylene, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Earl Creel of rural Franklinton, died June 6th at Bogalusa Community Medical Center. Last rites for the week old infant were conducted from Fisher Methodist Church, with interment in the adjoining church cem. Granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Murray Creel and Doris Cutrer. Luper, Pvt. Hollis Larry, 19, native of Franklinton, died Sunday at Fort Sill, OK. Funeral services are being conducted today, June 15th from the Grace Baptist Church, with burial in the Strahan Cem. He is survived by his father, Lucious Luper and was preceded in death by his mother, Inez Reviere Luper. Sharp, Edna Penny, 68, passed away June 11th in the St. Tammany Parish Hospital in Covington. Funeral services were conducted Tuesday from San Pedro Baptist Church, with interment in the Ellis Cem. Wife of Otto Sharp. Willoughby, Donald E., 53 year old resident of Bogalusa, passed away Sunday at his residence. Funeral services conducted from Poole Funeral Home in Bogalusa June 14th, with interment in the Stringfield Cem. in Franklinton. Husband of Eloise Stafford Willoughby and his mother survives. 6-22-1967 Byrd, David, died in Covington Hospital Friday. He was a veteran of World War II and served in the Armed Forces for 15 years. Funeral services were held Sunday in Covington. Husband of Juanita Brooks Byrd. Dickerson, J. Harris, husband of Lillie Bickham Dickerson. He was a former resident of Franklinton. Graveside ceremony will be conducted at Ellis Cem. Friday. Dykes, Opland, 39 and former Franklinton resident was laid to rest in the Morris Cem. on June 12th. He died June 11th in Marrero. He was reared in the Franklinton area by his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Parks. He is survived by his wife. Strahan, John Newey, 77, parish native and resident of the Canaan Community, passed away Sunday at Riverside Medical Center. Last rites conducted June 20th from the Canaan Baptist Church with interment in the church cem. Strahan, Ansil, 75 and former Franklinton resident, passed away Wednesday in Baton Rouge General Hospital. Funeral services held June 22nd at Springhill Baptist Church, with interment in the Tylertown, MS cemetery. Husband of Lillie Richardson Strahan. 7-6-1967 Slocum, Dan A., 78, native of Mt. Hermon and resident of Bogalusa, died June 28th. Interment in Hopewell Cem. in MS. 7-13-1967 Rufus W. Bateman, 54. Funeral services conducted July 7th. Interment in Bethel Baptist Church Cem. Husband of Audrey Barnes Bateman. He was a native of Washington Parish, and son of the late Daniel Franklin and Carrie Ruthland (? sp.) Bateman, also natives of Washington Parish. He was a Veteran of Foreign Wars, American Legion and the Masons. Smith, Mrs. Fletcher (Maggie James), 83, died Sunday. Funeral James and Lula Bickham James, prominent pioneer settlers of the parish. She was preceded in death by her husband Fletch Smith and a son, Wilson F. Smith. Varnado, Mrs. Dewey (Bertha), 58. A native of Pike Co., MS, living in Baton Rouge for the last 25 years, died July 6th. Interment held in Green Oaks Memorial Park in Baton Rouge. 7-20-1967 Thomas, Mrs. Maurice (Alma), 48, died July 18th in Foundation Hospital in New Orleans. Interment held in the Thomas Cem. She was the husband of Maurice “Bud” Thomas. 8-3-1967 Morgan, Florence, 92, died July 28th. Interment in the Sunlight Baptist Church Cem. Seals, Serena Cloteal, 79, and resident of the San Pedro Community, died July 27th in the Tylertown Hospital. Burial held in the San Pedro Baptist Church Cemetery. Wife of S. B. Seals. Stringfield, David H., Sr., 80, died July 31st in Heritage Manor. Burial was in the Ellis Cem. He was a native of Washington Parish. Husband of Elma J. Stringfield. 8-24-1967 McElveen, D. S., Sr., 75, died Monday. Funeral services held Tuesday in Bogalusa. He was a native of Bailey, LA, but a resident of Bogalusa for many years. Husband of Lena Sumrall McElveen. 8-29-1967 Thomas, Robert E. “Zeek”, 65 year old resident of the Sheridan Community. He died Thursday in the Bogalusa Medical Center. Interment in the Pine Cem. Husband of Rosetta Thomas. 8-31-1967 Bickham, Mrs. Benton O. (Mary Louise Kemp), Jr., 55, died August 23rd in the Baton Rouge General Hospital. She was laid to rest in the Ellis Cem. Wife of Benton O. Bickham, Jr., daughter of Mrs. Mary Kemp of Baton Rouge. Crain, Tamera Lynn, 9 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Billy Ray Crain of Pine. She died Thursday at Lallie Kemp Hospital at Independence, LA. Interment in the Pine Cemetery. Granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Crain of Pine and Mr. and Mrs. Lester Warden of Melville. 9-14-1967 Stafford, Eli M., 64, passed away Friday in a New Orleans hospital. Funeral services held Sept. 10th, interment in the New Hope Baptist Church Cem. Husband of Agnes P. Stafford. 9-21-1967 Babbitt, Frank Harold, 70 year old Enon resident. He passed away Sept. 15th in Rest Haven in Bogalusa. Interment in the Enon Cem. Husband of Eva Magee Babbitt. Corkern, Mrs. Relious J. (Marcus), 53, a resident of Rt. 4 Franklinton, died Monday and was laid to rest in the Corkern- Caves Cem. near Franklinton. She is survived by her husband, Relious J. Corkern, and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Caves. Duhon, Mamie Smith, died at her home in Denver, CO. She was the sister of Sadie Bateman. Her body will be brought to Lake Charles, LA, where the funeral will be conducted on Thursday. Thomas, Oscar, 65 of the Lawrence Creek community, died Saturday. Funeral services held Sept. 17th. Interment will be held in the Thomas Cem. He was a native of Washington Parish. Husband of Pearlie Brock Thomas. 9-28-1967 Brumfield, George Curtis, 59 of Rt. 3 Franklinton, died Sunday. Last rites held Sept. 25th. Interment held in Ellis Cem. He was a native of Washington Parish. Fortenberry, Mrs. Melvin Calvin (Magetta Magee), 62. She was a native of Franklinton, and passed away Wednesday in Baptist Hospital in Jackson, MS. Funeral services held Sept. 29th. Interment in Lakewood Memorial Park. Goings, Donna Melissa, 2 ½ months old, passed away Wednesday in the Walthall Hospital in Tylertown. Funeral rites held Friday with interment in the Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Cem. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Goings, and granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Millard (Smut) Goings of Mt. Hermon and Mr. and Mrs. R. _. Cozart of Breckenridge, TX. Quin, Percy E., 70. Funeral services conducted Sept. 27th in Baton Rouge. Interment was in the Greenoaks Memorial Park in Baton Rouge. He was a native of Pike Co., MS and a veteran of the U. S. Navy during World War I. He was the husband of Velma Forrest Quin. Corkern, Myrtis Hazel. She passed away at her home in Baton Rouge early Sunday. Funeral rites held Tuesday from Istrouma Baptist Church in Baton Rouge, then moved to the Spring Creek Cem. near Kentwood for burial. She was a former resident of Washington Parish. She was the wife of Jesse Corkern, Sr. 10-12-1967 Busby, Marshall Irvin, Jr. Last rites held Oct. 4th, with burial in the Ponemah Cem. He passed away Tuesday in the West Jefferson General Hospital. Infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Busby of Gretna. Grandson of Mr. and Mrs. John C. Busby of the Springhill community and Charles Cefalu of Bogalusa. Kealhofer, Susie Russell, 87, passed away Oct. 2nd in the MS. Nursing Home in Jackson, MS. Last rites held Oct. 3rd from Center Terrace Baptist Church in Canton, MS. Interment held in Canton Cem. She was a native of Attala Co., MS. Wife of G. L. Kealhofer, mother of V. E. Kealhofer of Franklinton and 2 daughters. 10-19-1967 Bankston, Leon Victor, 98, of Mt. Hermon, died Oct. 13th in Riverside Medical Center. Funeral held Saturday. Interment was in the Ellis Cem. He was born and reared in the Mt. Hermon community. His parents were Young Peter and Louisa Magee Bankston. Husband of Allie Magee. Goings, Elsie Letchworth, 79, of Mt. Hermon. Last rites held Oct. 13th from the Mt. Hermon Baptist Church. Interment in the Mt. Hermon Cem. She was preceded in death by her husband, Eugene Goings. Hayes, Walter W., 86 and a resident of Sun, LA, passed away Friday in the Bogalusa Community Medical Center. Burial was in the Ponemah Cem. Husband of Cora T. Hayes 10-26-1967 Dial, Corinne Eliza Jane Brumfield. Funeral services held Oct. 19th in Yuba City, CA. Daughter of the late Milton Tynes and Melissa Jane Simmons Brumfield. She was born and reared in the old Mt. Point Community, now known as Mt. Hermon. She was preceded in death by her husband. Magee, Charles Fred, 83 and a resident of the Isabel community, died in the Bogalusa Community Medical Center. Funeral services conducted Sunday from Isabel Baptist Church, with interment in the church cemetery. He was a native of Washington Parish. Husband of Eula Magee. 11-2-1967 Blackburn, Donald Ray, 8 months, died Friday. He was the son of James Blackburn, who was charged for murder in the infant’s death. Vessier, Leon J., 63, died Oct. 27th in Riverside Medical Center. Last rites conducted from the Holy Family Catholic Church, with interment in the Ellis Cem. He was a native of Ponchatoula. Husband of Pearl S. Vessier. Simmons, Albert. He passed away Oct. 31st in the Veterans Hospital in Jackson, MS. Interment held in the Ellis Cem. in Franklinton. He was a World War I veteran. Survived by his wife, Ernestine Simmons of Tylertown. Burpo, Charles B., 45, a resident of Hollywood, FL. Funeral services scheduled today. Burial will be in the Ellis Cem. in Franklinton. Husband of Louise Burch Burpo, son of Alice Burpo. McElveen, Toye E., 50, of Mt. Hermon was shot to death in the vicinity of the Sunny Hill community Wednesday. Interment was in the Jenkins Cem. 11-9-1967 Burch, Murphy J., 61. He was a native of Mt. Hermon and a resident of Franklinton. He died Saturday. Funeral services held Sunday, with interment in the Ellis Cem. Husband of Rosamond Bateman Burch. Pace, Davis, 70, resident of Pine. Last rites held Nov. 8th from the Pine Missionary Baptist Church. Interment in the Breland Cem. He passed away at his residence Monday. Husband of Vergie Pace. Richardson, District Judge Jim Warren, 72, died Monday at his home just north of Franklinton. Last rites conducted Nov. 8th. Interment in the Ponemah Cem. He was the son of the late Marshall B. and Lona Rester Richardson, pioneer parish settlers. He was a veteran of World War I. 11-16-1967 Knight, Daniel Leroy, 41, passed away Tuesday in McGehee Clinic. Funeral services held Thursday, with interment in the Ellis Cem. Husband of Olive Jo Jones. Sharp, Infant. The infant of Murphy D. and Betty Sharp of Rt. 4 Franklinton, was born Monday in a Bogalusa Hospital. Graveside rites were held Nov. 14th in the Sharp Cem. Walters, Clyde (Lecter Dean), 59, died at her home Tuesday. Last rites held Nov. 15th from Bethel Baptist Church. Interment was in the Bethel Baptist Church Cem. She is survived by her husband Clyde E. Walters. 11-23-1967 Hale, Pfc. Robert L., was killed in action in Vietnam on Nov. 9th. Last rites were held from the Holy Family Catholic Church with interment in the Ellis Cem. He is the son of Lawrence A. Hale and Mavis Smith Hale (formerly of Mt. Hermon) of Baytown, TX. Knight, Leroy. Funeral held Thursday. 11-30-1967 Erwin, Mrs. W. A. (Lela), died in McGehee’s Clinic. Funeral services will be held today (Thursday) at First Baptist Church with interment in the Ellis Cem. Mulina, William Porter, 41, passed away Saturday in New Iberia, LA. He was a native and former resident of Franklinton. Last rites held Nov. 27th from the First Baptist Church of Franklinton. Interment was in the Ellis Cem., where members of the Latimore Passman Post 7196, Veterans of Foreign Wars, conducted graveside rites. He is the son of the late Lloyd H. Mulina of Franklinton. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Lloyd H. Mulina. Varnado, Alton Ray, former Bogalusa resident and husband of former Franklinton resident, Aline Tullos Varnado, died Sunday. Funeral rites held Tuesday in Valdosta, GA. Son of Mr. and Mrs. I. N. Varnado of Jacksonville, FL. Alford, Benton H., 73, a native of Mt. Hermon and resident of Plainview, died in Foundation Hospital in New Orleans on Monday. Interment held in Ponemah Cem. Husband of Cora Carter Alford. He was a veteran of World War I. 12-7-1967 Erwin, Leila Simmons, 87 year old Franklinton resident, passed away Nov. 29th in McGehee Clinic. Interment in the Ellis Cem. She is a native of Pike Co., MS and lived in Franklinton most of her life. She was preceded in death several years ago by her husband, W. A. Erwin. 12-14-1967 Myles, Delma, 54 year old Franklinton resident, died Saturday at Riverside Medical Center. Last rites held Monday with interment in the Magee Cem. He was a veteran of World War II. Husband of Janice Foil Myles. 12-21-1967 Ringel, Harold A, 68. A former Franklinton resident, now of Mandeville, passed away Dec. 12th in a New Orleans Hospital. Interment in Ellis Cem. Husband of Inez D. Ringel of Mandeville. 12-28-1967 Breland, Sedgie Louis. The one day old infant of Mr. and Mrs. Louis C. Breland of Pine, died Friday in the Bogalusa Medical Center. Last rites held Dec. 24th from Crain’s Creek Baptist Church with interment in the church cem. He was the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Breland of Pine and Mr. and Mrs. Leslie B. Spiers of Thomas. Corkern, Louis Matthew, 58. He was a native of Washington Parish and resident of Baton Rouge. He died Tuesday at Riverside Medical Center. Funeral services held Dec. 28th with interment in the Caves-Corkern Cem. just out of town. Corkern, Hubert (Martha Ezell), 66 year old resident of Rt. 4 Franklinton passed away Tuesday in Riverside Medical Center. Last rites are scheduled Thursday (today) from Bonner Creek Baptist Church with interment in the church cem. Magee, Miss Hezzie, 87 year old native of rural Franklinton. She died Christmas morning (Dec. 25th). Last rites held Dec. 26th with interment in the Magee Cem. on the Covington Highway. She was the surviving member of Hezekiah and Harriet Magee family. Thomas, Louis, 91 and resident of the Thomas-Stateline community, passed away Dec. 26th. Funeral services held from the Stateline Pentecostal Church with burial in the church cem. 1-2-1969 Hess, Dr. Herbert F., died Dec. 23rd in New Orleans, buried Enon Cem., husband of Bennie Knight Hess. Goings, Malcolm Denman (Tiny), died Dec. 29th in Franklinton. Interment in Crain’s Creek Cem. Husband of Helen Penton Goings, son of Mr. and Mrs. Loyd Goings. James, A. Clayton, Sr., died Dec. 25th in Baton Rouge. Native of Columbia, La. Husband of Jeddie Head James. 1-9-1969 Luper, Estus, Sr., died Jan. 7th in Franklinton. Buried at the Poplar Head Baptist Church Cem. Husband of Ludie Creel Luper. McCormick, Tena Richardson, died Dec. 5th in Baton Rouge. Interment in Roselawn Memorial Park. Daughter of William Lampton and Evaline Magee Richardson, wife of R. M. McCormick. Fazekas, Alexander (Alex), died Jan. 5th in Geiger, Al. Interment in Ellis Cem. Born in Albany, La. Husband of Norris Bennett. Bickham, Alline Ott. age 81. Funeral held in Dumas, AK on Dec. 29th. Burial in Tellar Cem. Born in Mt. Hermon. Daughter of Iverson Ott. Wife of Dr. J. O. Bickham Sr. Luper, Estus, Sr., died Jan. 7th in Franklinton. Burial in Poplar Head Baptist Church Cem. Husband of Ludie Creel Luper. Hale, Mrs. A. F. of Jacksonville, Fl. Funeral held Jan. 6th. Interment in Elberton, Ga. Mother of F. H. McLanahan. 1-16-1969 Crowe, Ott, died Jan. 11th in Franklinton. Burial in the Wallace Cem. Husband of Zula Varnado. Seal, J. Lindsey, died Jan. 8th in Franklinton. Burial in the Seal Cem. Husband of Maudie Allen Seal, son of “Boss” Seals. Packer, Dan, died Sunday in Tallulah. Burial in Ellis Cem. Son of Will and Addie Stafford Packer, husband of Rena Miller Packer. Dillon, Seth O., of Tylertown died Jan 11th in Franklinton. Interment in the Memorial Gardens in Tylertown. Husband of Dean Smith Dillon. Kaloci, Isabell. Rites conducted on New Year’s Eve. Sister of Mrs. Ellis Lee. 1-23-1969 McCain, Wilma Hodges of Bogalusa, died Jan. 15 in Picayune, Ms. Burial in Hines Cem. near State Line. Daughter of Ephrum H. and Aletha Hines Hodges. Wife of Rev. Andrew McCain. Smith, Mrs. Harold R. (Mary Arva), died Jan. 20th in New Orleans. Burial in the Mt. Hermon Cem. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Breland, wife of Harold R. Smith. Stevens, Alton E., died Tuesday in Roseland. Funeral services scheduled Thursday at Mt. Nebo Baptist Church. Interment in Stevens Cem. in Stoney Point. Husband of Ruthie Gill Stevens. Walker, Jerome Gerald. Native of Washington Parish, resident of Independence, La. Died Jan. 17th in Roseland. Burial in Wilmer Cem. Husband of Vernell Gill Walker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cully A. Walker. Penton, Timmie Valeria, 79, died Jan. 15th at Heritage Manor in Baton Rouge. Burial in the Springhill Baptist Church Cem. She was a native of Franklinton. Barber, Russell Wade, died in Kentwood on Tuesday. Funeral service on Thursday, Jan. 16th. Burial in Nobles Cem. Son of Mrs. Daisy Cutrer and the late Wade Barber of Mt. Hermon and step son of Roger Cutrer, grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Benton Barber of Mt. Hermon. Simmons, Edsel R., of Mt. Hermon, died Jan. 22nd in Magnolia, Ms. Burial in the Bogue Chitto Baptist Church Cem. World War II Veteran. Husband of Gertrude Smith, son of J. Reid Simmons and the late Mrs. Alyne Brock Simmons who passed away Sept. 5, 1968. 1-30-1969 Murray, L. D. of Jackson, MS, father of Washington Parish’s County Agent, Vic Murray, were conducted Wednesday in Jackson. Murray passed away January 28th. Interment in Lakewood Cemetery. Calmes, Jessie C., Mrs., 82 years of age, passed away Jan. 25th in Denham Springs. Burial in Sand Hill Cemetery near Denham Springs. She was a native of Baywood, LA. O’Donald, Capt. A. J., killed during maneuvers at Callender Air Force Base. Interment in Garden of Memories in New Orleans. Nephew of Mrs. Marvin Crain of Franklinton. 2-6-1969 Erwin, Lindsley Clifford, 56 of Kentwood, died Jan 29th at McGehee Clinic in Franklinton. Interment in Beulah Cemetery with Masonic rites. Husband of Willie Mae Graham, son of Mr. and Mrs. James A. Erwin. Tamor, Sebastian Roy “Bapp”. Funeral service in Arabi on Feb. 1st. Burial in the St. Bernard Cemetery. Brother of Raymond and Ronald Tamor of Mt. Hermon. Crain, Mrs. Wilbur L. (Delia), age 60 of Crain’s Creek died Jan. 31st at Riverside Medical Center. Interment in Crain’s Creek Baptist Church Cemetery. 2-13-1969 Breland, Mrs. E. Y. (Flossie Branch), passed away Saturday at Riverside Medical Center, at age 76. Funeral held Feb. 9th. Burial in Ellis Cemetery. Luper, Charles (Charlie), 67 year old, died February 10th. Interment in Poplar Head Cemetery. Husband of Tera Sumrall. Corkern, Amelia, age 73, died Feb. 11th. Interment in Enon Baptist Church cemetery. Wife of Dan Corkern. Daughter of the late Jesse and Nettie Perry Richardson. 2-20-1969 Lyles, Lillie Smith, age 76, died Feb. 15th. Interment in Warnerton Cemetery. 2-27-1969 Knight, Edwena, age 85. Final rites were held last Friday. Burial in Enon Cemetery. Mrs. Knight was a native of Enon, widow of E. P. Knight, and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. K. “Jack” Jones. Johnson, Ella Richardson, 86, passed away in Orlando, FL on Feb. 25th. Burial in Ellis Cemetery. Wife of late J. K. Johnson of Franklinton. Pittman, Edna, 68 of Franklinton, died Feb. 19th. Interment in Wallace Cemetery. 3-6-1969 Crowe, Kate Hogan, 84, died Friday, Feb. 28th. Resident of Amite. Interment in Sharon Baptist Church Cemetery. Johnson, Ella Richardson, 86, died at her home in Orlando, FL on Feb. 15th. Interment in Ellis Cemetery. Native of Franklinton, born in the old home at Richardson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Pinkney Richardson. Wife of Jacob Kenza Johnson. 3-13-1969 Fisher, Robert W., 57, former Franklinton resident, died Thursday night in Midway, TX. Rites held March 9th at Varnado Cemetery. Foil, Daniel George Sr., 66, passed away March 11th. Interment in Hayes Creek Cemetery. 3-20-1969 Cooper, Fletcher D., 82, passed away March 14th. Interment in McGehee Cemetery. Husband of Anna Burris Cooper. Bankston, Doyle, 60, of the Bolivar community. Funeral held March 18th. Interment in Pleasant Hill Church Cemetery. Husband of Elma Bankston. Richardson, Lt. Kendall, 26, died near Los Angeles, CA. on March 1st. Interment in Enon Cemetery. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Tilmond Richardson of Enon, grandson of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Jones of Enon. Mizell, Elvis, 63, died Saturday. Funeral services held March 17th. Interment in Mizell Cemetery at Enon. Husband of Connie H. Mizell, son of Mrs. Lillie Wilson. 3-27-1969 Wilson, Ralph W. Funeral services are scheduled for today (Thursday), passed away Wednesday. Interment in the Ellis Cemetery. Husband of Faye Erwin Wilson. Simmons, Lillian Alford, 68, died March 20. Interment in the Mt. Hermon Baptist Church cemetery. Wife of the late Archie Simmons. 4-3-1969 Mizell, William Darrell, 82, died Wednesday. Graveside rites held March 27th in the Isabel Cemetery. Wilson, Ralph W. Final rites held March 27th. Interment in Ellis Cemetery. Husband of Faye Erwin Wilson. Russell, Robert W., 46, native of Milledge, GA, now a resident of Amite. Rites held Monday at McKneely Funeral Home. Interment in the Amite Cemetery. Son of the Mrs. R. W. Russell and the late Robert W. Russell, Sr., husband of Brooksie Bridges Russell Schilling, Mrs. Ethel, 57, died March 26th near Kentwood. Interment in Mt. Hermon Cemetery. Wife of H. M. Schilling, daughter of Tincie Miller and Charlie Miller, both of Franklinton. McClure, Louis Everett. Died near Folsom. Funeral services held April 1st at McInnis-Porter Funeral Home in Clarksdale, MS. Husband of Earline McClure, son of Ona Mae McClure of Clarksdale. Walters, Homer, died Tuesday. Funeral held Wednesday. Interment in Fisher Cemetery. Husband of Willie Burkhalter Walters. 4-10-1969 Winborn, Elizabeth B., 77, died Friday in Villa Feliciana in Jackson, LA. Last rites held April 5th. Interment in Ellis Cemetery. Skrmetta, Nicholas A. Jr., 17, of St. Francisville, LA, died in an automobile accident last Wednesday near State Line. Burial in the Pine Cemetery. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas “Nick” Skrmetta, Sr., grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Zoron Crain of Pine. Smith, Fleet. Died April 9th at Riverside Medical Center. Interment in Bethel Baptist Church. Husband of Velma Varnado Smith. Bankston, Mrs. Exie, 49, died Friday in Ochsner Foundation Hospital. Funeral services held April 6th. Interment in the Ellis Cemetery. Wife of Elvis Bankston. 4-24-1969 Crain, Michael C., 32, died Wednesday. Funeral held April 17th. Husband of Nealyne Tullos Crain, son of Mrs. Curtis M. Crain and the late Curtis M. Crain. James, Ophelia M., 80. Funeral held Tuesday. Native of Mt. Hermon. Interment in Jenkins Cemetery. Cook, J. Arthur, died in Savannah, GA. He was a retired Methodist Minister. Funeral services held in Savannah on Monday. Brother of Mrs. Flessie Sandifer of this area. 5-1-1969 Hoggatt, Sadie Jane, 82. Funeral held April 30th. Interment in Bethel Cemetery. Barber, Collins, 59. Funeral held April 29th. Interment in Acey’s Creek Cemetery. Survived by wife, Myrtle Barber. Fussell, Newton H., 75. Died April 24 at Riverside Medical Center. Interment in Fisher Cemetery. Survived by wife, Zeta Miller. Jones, Flemon T., 85. Died Wednesday at Riverside Medical Center, last rites held April 25th. Interment in Morris Cemetery. Survived by wife, Josephine Sharp Jones. 5-8-1969 Hill, Olia, 54 of Tylertown and State Line community. Died May 2nd. Interment in old State Line Cemetery. Husband of Nell Barber Hill, son of Mrs. Lovie Hill. Corkern, Howard. Final rites held on May 5th. Interment in Ponemah Cemetery. Husband of Rachael Corkern, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Corkern. Dillon, Mrs. Dillie B., 69. Died May 3rd at Riverside Medical Center. She was a resident of Williams Street in Franklinton. Corkern, Ethel, of New Orleans. Services held Monday. Interment in St. Dominic Catholic Church cemetery in Husser, LA. Passman, Wendell, 17. Funeral services held May 5th at Grace Mission Baptist Church, died on Friday in an automobile accident. Interment in Morris Cemetery. Survived by parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ansil Passman Stringer, Lura Varnado, 86. Interment in Ellis Cemetery on May 5th. A native of Franklinton and daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. I. Varnado. He married the late Nathan D. Stringer in Osyka, MS. Spencer, Ralph O., 85. Died April 30th. Resident of Yazoo City, MS. Interment in Glennwood Cemetery. Father of Lola Dent of Franklinton. Taylor, Willie D., 78 of the Lawrence Creek Community. Died April 30th. Interment in Magee Cemetery. Husband of Lillie Thomas Taylor. 5-15-1969 Bateman, Mabel Hallum. Died May 13 in New Orleans. Interment in Ellis Cemetery. Wife of the late Sheldon Bateman. Bateman, James Jason, 50. Died Thursday. Religious services conducted Saturday. Interment in the Woodland Cemetery in Kentwood. Native of Franklinton and Veteran of World War II. Husband of Mary L. Bateman, son of Mary S. Bateman and the late Milton (Mitt) Bateman. Strahan, Lillie Richardson. Died Tuesday in Baton Rouge. Former Franklinton resident. Interment in Tylertown cemetery. Magee, Alma Waller, 67 and a native of Kentwood. Died May 13. Interment in Ellis Cemetery. Widow of Hunter E. Magee. 5-22-1969 Sweeney , Frank Kent, 67. Interment Tuesday in St. Joseph’s Cemetery. Husband of Mary McKoewn Sweeney. Fussell, Zeta Miller, 77. Funeral services held May 17th. Interment in the Fisher Cemetery. Widow of Newton Fussell, who died April 24th. Fuller, Pearl Greer, 79. Last rites Thursday in Rayville, LA. Interment in Sunflower Cemetery. Aunt of Mr. and Mrs. Warren P. Greer and Mrs. J. T. Cook. Crain, Luella Jane Smith, 82. Died May 22nd in Riverside Medical Center. Interment in Smith Cemetery. Wife of McCauley C. Crain. O’Mara, Dr. B. B. Passed away Saturday at his home in Biloxi. Grave rites May 25th with interment in Ellis Cemetery. 6-5-1969 Valentine, Infant. Graveside rites held May 26th for the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Russell Valentine. Interment in Enon Cemetery. Cibic, Melveline Jane, 42. Died Sunday in New Orleans, funeral services held June 3rd. Interment in Crain’s Creek Cemetery. Wife of Charles Cibic. Bulloch, Howard. From Jackson, MS, formerly of Franklinton. Died May 29th in Jackson. Interment in Lakewood Cemetery. Son of Mrs. Herman (Allie) Bulloch. 6-12-1969 Bateman, Robert Walton, 66. Native of Franklinton and son of the late Jason E and Lena Ball Bateman, died June 17th in Riverside Medical Center. Interment in Ellis Cemetery. Survived by wife, Letha Collins Bateman. Morris, Ollie, 71. Died Friday in Riverside Medical Center, funeral services held June 7th. Interment in Silver Creek Cemetery. Husband of Bertha Lee Morris. Fricke, George M., 76. Died at Heritage Manor Sunday. Funeral services held June 9th. Resident of Mt. Hermon. Interment in Bethel Cemetery. Husband of Edna Corkern Fricke. Collins, Josephine McKenzie, 82. Funeral services held June 6th at Jones Funeral Home in Ellisville, MS. Interment in Ellisville Cemetery. Wife of Wofford Collins, who preceded her in death by one year. 6-19-1969 Fisher, Thomas A. “Buddy”, 51. Died Sunday at Riverside Medical Center. Final rites held June 17th. Interment in Ellis Cemetery. Husband of Wilda King Fisher, son of Mrs. Carrie Fisher. Cox, Rev. Edward Lee. Pastor of Faith Tabernacle Church, died Sunday at Riverside Medical Center. Interment in State Line Pentecostal Church Cemetery. Husband of Frances Ruthledge Cox. DeMoss, Leslie. Resident of Shreveport. Funeral services conducted from the Broadmoor Baptist Church on July 12th. Interment in Shreveport. Brother of Mrs. Swayne Schilling Sr. Graves, Marshall. Died while attempting to rescue a child from a gravel pit in the Bogue Chitto River near Clifton. Mr. Graves was the owner of Graves Malt Shop in Franklinton. 6-26-1969 Bateman, Lawrence, 57. Funeral services held June 20th in Wewahitchka, FL with interment in a local cemetery. Native of Franklinton. Passed away Wednesday in Port St. Joe. Husband of Emmie Milligren Bateman, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Bateman of Franklinton. Smith, Wesley. Died at his home in the Thomas community. Grave rites conducted June 19th in the Seal Cemetery at Sheridan. Miller, Ella B., 89. Died Sunday at Heritage Manor. Funeral services held June 23rd, with interment in Mt. Pisgah Cemetery. Wife of the late Marion Miller. McElveen, Joseph S., 80. Died June 25that Heritage Manor Nursing Home. Interment in Burch Cemetery. 7-3-1969 Tullos, J. Howard, 64. Died at Heritage Manor on Saturday. Funeral rites held June 29th. Interment in Springhill Cemetery. Bateman, Fred. Graveside rites held in the Ellis Cemetery on June 29th. Former resident of Franklinton, lived in New Orleans for the past 29 years. Husband of Emma Bulloch Bateman. Varnado, Mrs. Grover C. (Dixie), 75. Final rites held June 27th. Mrs. Varnado died Wednesday at Heritage Manor Nursing Home. Interment held in Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Carter, Mrs. Elijah A., 85 died June 28thin New Orleans. Burial at Carter Cemetery at Mt. Hermon. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Kemp. McElveen, Joseph. Funeral held last Thursday from the Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church. 7-10-1969 Crain, McCauley C., 84. Final rites held July 9th. Died July 7th at Riverside Medical Center. Husband of Luella Jane Smith Crain, preceded him in death on May 22nd of this year. Interment in Smith Cemetery. Booty, Alton, 56. Died at his home in Mt. Hermon on July 3rd. Interment in Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Graves, Dewitt, 69. Passed away at his home in Mt. Hermon on July 6th. Son of the late Ike and Lonnie Morris Graves. Husband of Minnie Davis Graves. Blackwell, John Ira, 83. Died July 1st in Bogalusa Medical Center. Interment in Pine Cemetery. Husband of Minnie Branch Blackwell. 7-17-1969 Watson, George, Jr., 43 of Enon. Died Friday in Riverside Medical Center, funeral services held July 12th. Owner of Watson Spreader Service in Franklinton. Interment in Enon Cemetery. Husband of Wanda Jones Watson. Foil, Herman J., 63. Mr. Foil died July 13th at Bogalusa Community Medical Center. Son of late Oscar and Ida Smith Foil. Graham, George V., 62. Died July 15th at Riverside Medical Center. Resident of Stoney Point community. Interment in Stoney Point Cemetery. Husband of Excie Crowe Graham. Breland, Anna Carol, 6 weeks old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lucious Breland. Died in an automobile accident with her mother in Pensacola, FL. Funeral services held July 13th. Interment in Ponemah Cemetery. Granddaughter of Lydia Breland. Madden, Clyde L.. Funeral held Monday at Welch Funeral Home. Burial in Homer, LA 7-24-1969 Bates, George. Former Franklinton resident. Died in Houston, TX. Funeral held Sunday in Clarksville, TN. Uhler, John Earle, Jr., 50. Iberville Parish Librarian and authority on Louisiana cookery, died Sunday at his home in Plaquemine, LA. Burial in Grace Memorial Park. Husband of Glenna Knight. Smith, Mrs. Fred W. Funeral conducted in Poplarville, MS. 7-31-1969 Umbreit, Frederick W., 90. Died Monday at Riverside Medical Center, funeral services held today (Thursday). Interment in the Morris Cemetery. Waltman, A. W., 88. Died Monday in the Bogalusa Medical Center, funeral services were held Tuesday. Interment in Lumberton, MS. He was a Bogalusa resident. Ford, Reid A., 43. Funeral services conducted Monday. Interment in Pleasant Valley Cemetery near Angie. Resident of Crystal Springs, MS. Son of the late Garland A. and Lora Poole Ford. He was a veteran of World War II and the Korean War. Husband of Catherine Rudolph Ford. 8-7-1969 Hartzog , David H., 32. Drowned Thursday in New Orleans. Funeral services held August 2nd. Interment in Nobles Cemetery. Husband of Mevelyn Sumrall Hartzog, son of Mrs. Archie Jones and Odis Hartzog. Holden , Avery, 69 of Rt. 2, Amite, died August 4th at Riverside Medical Center. Burial in Edwards Cemetery. Husband of Bertha Stafford Holden. Whittom , Bertha Rainey, of Columbia, MS, died in a New Orleans hospital. Funeral services held on August 6th. Daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Tom Rainey, former Franklinton residents. Corkern, Marguerite Wascom, 80, died at Riverside Medical Center on August 5th. Wife of I. W. Corkern, Sr. Interment in the Enon Cemetery. 8-14-69 Sylvest, Leroy T., 81, Franklinton native. Funeral services held in Navasota, TX on August 7th. Interment in Navasota Cemetery. Burch, Ray, 77 of the Canaan Community died at Riverside Medical Center Wednesday. Funeral services held on August 8th. Burial in Ellis Cemetery. Husband of Dorothea Fussell Burch. 8-21-1969 Miller, Charlie. Died August 18 at Heritage Manor. Interment in Mt. Pisgah Cemetery. Bateman, John M., 60 of Monroe, LA, died in the St. Francis Hospital Sunday. Funeral services held August 18th. Burial in the Memorial Park Cemetery. Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. “Duke” Bateman of Franklinton, husband of Edith Bateman. Magee, Robbie Lee, 60, died in the Central Louisiana State Hospital at Pineville, on August 18th. Interment in Talley’s Chapel Cemetery. Burch, Ray. Died in Riverside Medical Center. Funeral services held August 8th at Canaan Baptist Church. Butler, Terry Earl, 23, son of T. J. Butler drowned August 16th in Rabat, Morocco. 8-29-1969 Owens, Mrs. Sam “Genevieve”, drowned in the hurricane last week. Funeral services held in Gulfport, MS on August 22nd. Interment in Evergreen Cemetery in Gulfport. Newman, Nyme, of Kentwood, drowned in the hurricane disaster in Gulfport on August 17th. Final rites were conducted in Kentwood, LA on August 21st. 9-4-1969 Nations, Willie, 71, native of Hazlehurst, Ms. He died Sunday morning at University Hospital in Jackson, Ms. Funeral service held at Bethel Baptist Church, with interment in the church cemetery. Husband of Lena Nations. Magee, Steve Ellis, died September 1st at Riverside Medical Center. Native of Washington Parish. Interment in Ellis Cemetery. Husband of Florence Magee. Goings, Buddy, 40, a former Franklinton resident was killed in an auto accident in Birmingham, AL on Sunday. Funeral services September 2nd. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Loyd Goings, husband of Helen Goings of Demopolis, AL. 9-11-1969 Jones, Clifford Robert, 51 of Enon, died at the Veterans Hospital in New Orleans on September 6th. Interment in Enon Church cemetery. Husband of Lexie Stafford Jones. Jones, Varnel K., 56 of Enon, died September 6th at Riverside Medical Center. Interment in the Enon Cemetery. Turner, Mrs. J. D. Funeral services conducted September 8th in Mobile, AL with interment in Memorial Gardens. Mother of Mrs. Hollis Stafford, Jr. 9-18-1969 Gibson, Harold Richard, 56, of Baton Rouge and native of Franklinton, died Sunday at Lady of the Lake Hospital in Baton Rouge. Final rites held Sept. 17th at Shepherd’s Fold Church of God near Covington. Interment in church cemetery. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Gibson and husband of Mae Gibson. Corkern, Dorman H., 45 of Houston, TX and native of Washington Parish, died Sept. 15th in the Pasadena Memorial Hospital in Houston, TX. Interment in the Sunlight Cemetery. Husband of Juanita Schillings Corkern, son of Claude Corkern and Mrs. Tressie Morgan Corkern. Smith, Eugene, of Silver Springs, MS died in a Nursing Home in Jackson, MS. Funeral services held Sept. 12th from Silver Springs Baptist Church with interment in the church cemetery. He was preceded in death by his wife, the former Mamie Ott Smith. 9-25-1969 Rodriquez, Sarah. Died in Mobile, AL. Funeral services are scheduled for today (Thursday) from the New Hope Baptist Church with interment in the church cemetery. Williams, Francis T., 38 of Lee’s Creek was killed in an auto accident last Thursday. Interment in Lee’s Creek Cemetery. Husband of Delores Williams, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Delos Williams. 10-2-1969 Corkern, Nora Wascom, 75, died at Heritage Manor. Funeral services held Sept. 28th. Interment in Bonner Creek Cemetery. Simmons, Thomas Ottis, 71, native of Franklinton, died Oct. 1st in Little Rock, AK. Funeral services conducted from Owens Funeral Home in Little Rock, AK. Smith, Fred W., Sr. died Wednesday at the Pearl River County Hospital. Mr. Smith was 82 years of age and a native of Poplarville. Interment in the Poplarville Cemetery. His wife preceded him in death on July 18 of this year. 10-16-1969 Moore, Van H., Sr., 53, died in New Orleans. Funeral services held Oct. 9th at Clifton Baptist Church. Interment in the Ellis Cemetery. He was the husband of the late Brock Magee. Brister, J. H., died Wednesday morning at Riverside Medical Center. The body will lie in state at Hartman Funeral Home in Tylertown. Husband of Lela Brister. Galatas, Margaret Caldwell, 45 and widow of the late Jesse F. Galatas, were conducted Wednesday from the Metairie Funeral Home, followed by interment at St. Catherine of Siena cemetery. Former resident of Franklinton Carter, John Francis, 81, died Friday at Riverside Medical Center. Funeral services held Oct. 11th. Interment in the Ellis Cemetery. He was a resident of the Enon community. Husband of Effie Capshaw Carter. 10-23-1969 Luper, Ludy E., 66, died Oct. 19th at her residence. Funeral services held at Poplar Head Baptist Church with interment in the church cemetery. Norris, Elma A., 72 of the Mt. Hermon community, died Wednesday at Riverside Medical Center. Funeral services held Oct. 17th at the Mt. Hermon Baptist Church with interment in the church cemetery. Wife of James J. Norris. Creel, Eugene, 83, died Oct. 17th in Bogalusa. Interment will be in the Star Hill Cemetery. Fisher, John T., 76, of Rt. 4 Franklinton, died Oct. 17th at Riverside Medical Center. Interment in the Morris Cemetery. Husband of Lillian Carter Fisher. Walters, Clyde E., 60 of the Bethel Community, died Friday in McGehee Clinic. Funeral services held Oct. 19th at the Bethel Baptist Church with interment in the Bethel Cemetery. Smith, Jerald W. “Jake”, 51, died Oct. 21st at Riverside Medical Center. Interment will be in the Mt. Hermon Baptist Church cemetery. Husband of Merl Holmes Smith. 10-30-1969 Abernathy, Lula Thompson, 83, died Monday at the Hinds County General Hospital in Jackson, MS. Funeral services held Oct. 28th in Magee, MS, with interment in the Macedonia Cemetery. Mother of Mrs. J. N. Young of Franklinton. Smith, Jerald W. “Jake”. Funeral held Oct. 24th at the Mt. Hermon Baptist Church with interment in the Mt. Hermon Cemetery. St. Cyr, Miss Adele, 85, died Oct. 27th in New Orleans. She was a former resident of the Fisher Community. Burial in the Fisher Cemetery. Magee, Willie Otto, Sr., 66, a native of Franklinton, died Friday in the Bogalusa Community Medical Center. Funeral services held Oct. 26th. Interment in Ellis Cemetery. Husband of Nurcelia Pounds Magee. Sheridan, James Dolphus, 82, died Wednesday at Riverside Medical Center. Funeral services held Oct. 24th at the Mt. Sinai Baptist Church with interment in the Mt. Sinai Cemetery. Husband of Irene Corkern Sheridan. 11-6-1969 Stafford, George W., 80, of Angie, died Tuesday at Bogalusa Medical Center. Funeral services held Nov. 5th at the Angie United Methodist church, with interment in Angie Cemetery. Husband of Florence F. Stafford. McCain, Mrs. McCauley “Sarah L.”, 82 of Franklinton, died Saturday at Riverside Medical Center. Funeral services held at Poplar Head Baptist Church with interment in the church cemetery. Roach, Lucy Alice Welch, 91, died Friday at the Bogalusa Medical Center. Funeral services held Nov. 1st with interment in the Fisher Cemetery, Franklinton. Bullock, Stella Spence, 78, died Nov. 7th at her residence in Franklinton. Interment in the Ellis Cemetery. Wife of Hugh Albert Bullock. 11-13-1969 Lewis, Cordellia, 73 of Kentwood, died Sunday. Funeral services held at Hartman Funeral Home in McComb, MS. Interment in Lewiston Cemetery in Kentwood. Martin, Monroe Laverne, 27, was killed Saturday in an automobile accident. Funeral services held Nov. 9th at Thomas Baptist Church. Interment in the Thomas Cemetery. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Martin. Foil, Mike D., Sr. died Nov. 5th at his residence in Franklinton. Interment in the Ellis Cemetery. Husband of Ruby Crowe Foil. 11-20-1969 Slocum, James Leo, 38, a resident of Rt. 5 Franklinton, died Monday at the Bogalusa Community Medical Center. Funeral services held Nov. 18th at the Pine Missionary Baptist Church. Husband of Marilyn Louise Slocum and son of James M. Slocum. Jenkins, David, 71 of Rt. 3 Franklinton, died Friday. Funeral services held, Nov. 15th at San Pedro Baptist Church, with interment in the Wallace Cemetery. Husband of Christine Jenkins. LaBorde, Mrs. Jessie, 61, died Monday in Bogalusa. Last rites held Nov. 17th at Main Street Baptist Church in Bogalusa. Interment followed in Hillview Memorial Gardens. Wife of Gus P. LaBorde. Richardson, Oscar Dewitt, 79, was a life-long resident of Bogalusa, died Wednesday at Bogalusa Community Medical Center. Funeral services held Nov. 13th at Poole Funeral Home Chapel in Bogalusa. Interment followed in Sanctuary of Peace Mausoleum in Ponemah Cemetery. Husband of Dolly Mitchell Richardson. 11-27-1969 Parker, Linton L., 60, of Rt. 3 Franklinton, died Nov. 20th at his residence. Funeral services held at Fisher Methodist church with interment in Fisher Cemetery. Husband of Johnnie Lee Creel Parker. Hussey, Annie M., 84 of Jackson. Funeral services held Nov. 24 at the Wright and Ferguson Chapel in Jackson, MS. Interment in Lakewood Memorial Park. Mother of W. V. Pattie of Franklinton. Alt, Father Odilo, O. S. B. pastor at St. John’s Church in Folsom and St. Benedicts Mission was found dead on Nov. 25th at his residence in Folsom. He was 79 years of age. His only survivors live in Germany. Father Alt started the first Catholic Church in the Franklinton area in 1931. The church was located at the junction of 450 and Hwy. 16, near Seal’s Grocery store on the Amite Hwy. 12-4-1969 Rushing, Otis, 43 of Jackson, MS was killed last Thursday in a plane crash. The body was recovered Saturday. Funeral services held Dec. 1st at the First Pentecostal Church and burial in the Rushing Cemetery at Tylertown. Husband of Joan Sykes Rushing of Silver Springs community. HARRIS, Rev. Joe. Died enroute to Jackson MS Hospital. Funeral services held Dec. 3rd at Spring Hill Baptist Church in Soso, MS, a former pastor of Canaan Baptist Church. Interment was in Spring Hill Cemetery. MAGEE, Chappell. He was employed as a Deputy Sheriff of East Carroll Parish. Funeral services conducted Nov. 29th at the First National Funeral Home Chapel in Lake Providence, LA, with burial in Providence Memorial Cemetery. ALT, Father Odilo, O. S. B., was born July 21, 1891 at St. Inghert, Germany. A Mass was held in Folsom Thursday and burial held in the Abbey with interment in the Abbey Cemetery on Nov. 28th. 12-11-1969 WOOD, Clara Mixon, 84, of Ponchatoula, died Dec. 8th at the Seventh Ward General Hospital in Ponchatoula. Funeral services held Dec. 9th. She was preceded in death by her husband, Wilton Q. Wood, ten years ago. She was a former resident of Franklinton and a native of Tangipahoa Parish. She was a descendant of John Bankston, a pioneer settler of Tangipahoa Parish. Interment in the Ellis Cemetery. HODGES, Rosa Penton, 76 died Dec. 6th at Riverside Medical Center. Funeral services held at Bonner Creek Baptist Church with interment in the Bonner Creek Cemetery. SMITH, Maggie Kemp, 86, died Dec. 4th at her residence on 10th Ave Franklinton. Funeral services held Dec. 6th at the Hayes Creek Baptist Church with interment following in the church cemetery. 12-18-1969 MYLES, Miss Lillie, 89, former resident of Rt. 4 Franklinton, died in the Dixie Springs Memorial Hospital in Denham Springs. Funeral held Dec. 12th at the Bethel Baptist Church with interment in the Magee Cemetery. MACCALLUM, Geoffrey M., 66, died Dec. 16th at Riverside Medical Center. Interment in the Ellis Cemetery. He was a former resident of New Orleans and a native of London, England. Son of Major and Mrs. Humphrey MacCallum of Basingstoke, Hampshire, England and husband of Christine Fortenberry MacCallum. 12-25-1969 DOUGHTY, Felix, 82 died Dec. 19th in Clinton, LA. He was the grandfather of Mrs. Bobby Pettit. WILLIAMS, Rod Bordman, 77 of Rt. 1 Bogalusa. Funeral services held Dec. 18th in the Pool Funeral Home Chapel in Bogalusa. Interment in the Fisher Cemetery. Husband of Ida Creel Williams. DIER, Winnie Brock, 70, died Sunday in the Riverside Medical Center. Funeral services held Monday at Centerville Baptist Church. She was the daughter of Alec and Lucy Morris Brock, born Sept. 5, 1899. She was a life-long resident of Centerville community. Wife of Hezzie Dier. 12-30-1969 ABERNATHY, Lula Thompson, 92, died Monday at Hinds County General Hospital in Jackson, MS. Funeral conducted Oct. 28th from the Mims Mitchell Funeral Home in Magee, MS with interment in the Macedonia Cemetery. She was the mother of Mrs. J. N. Young of Franklinton. 1-1-1970 COMMODORE, Sonny Boy “Red”, 35. A resident of the Stoney Point community, was killed in a feed mill accident last Friday at the T & S Feed Company on the Amite Highway. COWAN, Emma Viola, 88, passed away Dec. 26th. Funeral services held in Knightstown, IN. She was a resident of Rt. 1 Franklinton and the mother of Walter Cowan. SEAL, Jeanette L., 56. She died Saturday at Bogalusa Medical Center. Funeral services held Dec. 28th at Monroe Street Baptist Church. Interment held in the Ponemah Cem. Wife of Murton Seal. ROBINSON, Julia, passed away Dec. 30th at Riverside Medical Center. Her body was returned to Upton-Mims Mitchell Funeral Home in Magee, MS for final rites and interment. She had made her home in Franklinton with her daughter, Mrs. Joe O. Poole since late summer. BEVERLY, Robert Lamar, 50 of Covington, was killed Christmas Eve in an auto accident on Hwy. 190 between Hammond and Covington. Funeral services were held Dec. 26th. 1-8-1970 TALLEY, Eldora Thomas, 81 of High Park. She died at her daughter’s residence in Baton Rouge. Funeral services were held Jan. 2nd. Interment in the Talley Chapel Cem. GOINGS, Major B., 73 of Mt. Hermon, died at his residence Dec. __. Interment in the Pleasant Hill Cem. GRIFFIN, Edward, 59, died Sunday. Funeral services were in Salem, MS on Jan. 5th, with burial in the Boyd Cem. Husband of Myrtle McKenzie Griffin. MCDOUGALL, Lindsey W., 88, died Jan. 2nd in Covington. Final rites held in Covington on Jan. 3rd. He was a Washington Parish native. Husband of Nurcelia Babington McDougall. BROCK, Bosia S. A native of Walthall County, MS, died Jan. 2nd at Ochsner’s Foundation Hospital in New Orleans. Final rites held Jan. 4th at the Bogue Chitto Baptist Church in Mt. Hermon with interment in the church cemetery. Husband of Blanche Brock. ROBINSON, Mrs. Hugh G. (Julia), 83. Funeral services conducted Jan. 1st in Magee, MS from the Presbyterian Church. She died Tuesday at Riverside Medical Center. RICKS, Aubrey. Final rites held Tuesday from McNeeley Funeral Parlor with interment in the Tangipahoa Cem. 1-15-1970 BORDSTEDE, Loyd, 58, died Wednesday at his residence in Franklinton. Funeral services were held Jan. 10th at State Line Pentecostal Church with interment in the State Line Cem. Husband of Mary Bordstede. CHANCELLOR, Mrs. J. W., 68. She was a native of Hattiesburg. Funeral services conducted Jan. 7th in Hattiesburg, MS. She is the grandmother of Mrs. Joe Baugh of Franklinton. VARNADO, Mrs. Talmadge “Alma” Ryne, 62. Funeral services held in Gulfport, MS on Jan. 13th. She died at her residence in Gulfport. Interment was in the Woodland Cem. Wife of Talmadge Varnado. MAGEE, Union, 72 , a native of the Lawrence Creek community and died Wednesday at Riverside Medical Center. Funeral services were held Jan. 8th, with interment in the Magee Cem. Husband of Lena Passman Magee. RITTER, Mrs. J. H. Final rites were conducted Wednesday in Many, LA. Sister of Mrs. J. T. Cook. BROCK, Bosia. Final rites held on Jan. 4th. 1-22-1970 DYSON, Bobby J., 18. He died Tuesday in a bus accident on the Bogalusa Highway. WATTS, Walter Lee, 76, died Jan. 17th at Riverside Medical Center. Final rites were held Jan. 19th at Poole Funeral Home. Interment was held in the Cedarlawn Cem. at Hammond, LA. Husband of Gladys Saint Watts. STAFFORD, William H. “Hezzie”, 71. He died Friday in the Bogalusa Medical Center. Funeral services were held Jan. 17th. Interment followed in the Ponemah Cem. He was a resident of the Ben’s Ford community. Husband of Bertha C. Stafford. 1-29-1970 YOUNG, Harvey. He died Sunday at his in Grand Bay, AL, and was a former resident of Bogalusa. Funeral services held Jan. 28th at Grand Bay. Interment was in the Pascagoula Cem. Brother of J. N. Young of Franklinton. BICKHAM, Noel, 81 of Mt. Hermon, died Jan. 25th at Riverside Medical Center. A native of Washington Parish and son of Abner and Ann Boyd Bickham. Funeral services held Jan. 26th at the Bogue Chitto Baptist Church in Mt. Hermon. Husband of Essie Burch Bickham. DICKERSON, Clarice Owens, 45, died Monday in the Riverside Medical Center. Funeral services held Jan. 28th at the Bonner Creek Baptist Church with interment in the church cem. Wife of Bruce Dickerson, and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Owens. 2-5-1970 PETERSON, Oscar Hunter, 80, died Jan. 3th in the St. Tammany Parish Hospital in Covington. Funeral services held Jan. 31st with interment in the Peterson Cem. He was a resident of Mt. Hermon. Husband of Eveline Bond Peterson. KNIGHT, Wilbur W., 76, died Thursday at Riverside Medical Center. Funeral services held Jan. 30th with interment in the Ellis Cem. He was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. M. T. Knight, and husband of Ethel Crowe Knight. VERGER, Virgil. He died in New Orleans Jan. 29th. Funeral services held in Folsom on Jan. 31st. Husband of Inez Verger. SEAL, John, 68 of Rt. 5 Franklinton, died Sunday at the Bogalusa Medical Center. Funeral services held at the State Line Baptist Church on Feb. 3rd. Interment was in the Seals Cem. GAYER, Amanda Theresa, 76 and a native of Franklinton, died Wednesday in Menard Hospital in Menard, LA. A private funeral service was held Friday in Fairmount Cem. She was a resident of San Angelo, TX for the past 12 years. She was born Feb. 24, 1893 in Franklinton. 2-19-1970 MCKENZIE, Ada Beard, 76, died Feb. 13th at Riverside Medical Center. Funeral services held Feb. 15th at the Salem Baptist Church. She was a native and resident of Tylertown, and daughter of the late Courtney Alexander and Chris Beard of Tylertown. Interment was held in the Boyd Cem. BULLOCH, W. S., 60 of Baker, LA. Funeral services held Feb. 14th at Poole Funeral Home. He died Feb. 12th at Lane Memorial Hospital in Zachary, and was a former resident of Franklinton and a veteran of World War II. Husband of Mildred Ricks Bulloch. Interment was in the Ellis Cem. COOPER, Claude Ellis, 41 of Franklinton, died at his residence Thursday morning. Funeral services held Feb. 13th at Grace Baptist Church, with interment in Nobles Cem. Husband of Fannie Creel Cooper and son of Ernestine Cooper. 2-26-1970 CAVES, Jake C., 87 of Rt. 4 Franklinton, died Feb. 19th at his residence. Funeral services held Feb. 20th at Poole Funeral Home, with interment in the Corkern-Caves Cem. SMITH, Infant son. Graveside rites were conducted Sunday at the Bonner Creek Cem. for the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Smith of Fort Sumpter, NC. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Earmon Smith of Mt. Hermon and Bruce Dickerson of Franklinton, great grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Fred Owens of Franklinton and Mrs. Fleet Miller of Mt. Hermon, and great grandfather, Fleet Smith of Mt. Hermon. MILLER, Rev. J. W. A former pastor of Canaan Baptist Church died in Mobile. Funeral services held today in Mobile, AL. BABINGTON, Ada Magee. A native of Washington Parish and lifelong resident of Franklinton, and was born Sept. 18th, 1883 to Robert Daniel and Clotilde Wood Magee. Mrs. Babington passed away at Heritage Manor on Feb. 20th. Interment was held in the Ellis Cem. She married Robert Hugh Bateman in April, 1904. RUSHING, Nora, 93, died Tuesday at the home of her granddaughter, Mrs. Robert Davis of Franklinton. Funeral services held in the Chapel of Capps Funeral Home in Tylertown today (Thursday). MULLINGS, John S., died Feb. 18th in the Columbia, MS Hospital. Funeral services were conducted from the Methodist Church in Columbia on Feb. 19th. On June 21, 1921 he married Velma Magee of Franklinton, who preceded him in death on Aug. 11, 1966. 3-5-1970 CRAIN, James Earl. Funeral services held March 3rd at the Sweet Home Church in Franklinton. Mr. Crain died in the Veterans Hospital in New Orleans. He was a former teacher in the Washington Parish Schools and a veteran of World War II. Interment was in the Sweet Home Church cem. Son of Albert Crain. BROCK, Lloyd L., 65, of Richardson Road, Franklinton, died March 1st in McGehee Clinic. Funeral services held March 4th with interment in the Sunny Hill cem. Husband of Leone Schilling Brock. FUSSELL, Minnie Hughes, 72, died in Amite on March 2nd. Funeral services held March 3rd at the McNeilly Funeral Home Chapel in Amite. Wife of Delma Fussell. MILLER, Maude B., 79, died Friday in the Bogalusa Community Medical Center. Funeral services were held March 1st at the Bogue Chitto Baptist Church, with interment in the church cem. BURCH, Milford H., 62, of Hammond, died Feb. 28th in the Parkview Nursing Home in Hammond. He was a former resident of Rt. 1 Mt. Hermon. Funeral services were held March 2nd, with interment in the Mt. Pisgah Cem. Son of Mima Foil Burch. TERRELL, Edna Toney, 75, died Tuesday at Riverside Medical Center. She was a resident of Rt. 4, San Pedro Community. Final rites held March 5th at the San Pedro Baptist Church, with interment in the San Pedro Church cem. Wife of Ansel N. Terrell. ALFORD, Tina, 87, died Wednesday at Heritage Manor Nursing Home. Funeral services held Feb. 27th at the Bogue Chitto Baptist Church with interment in the church cem. 3-12-1970 MILLER, William Frank, a was a native of Washington Parish, died March 10th at his residence in Bogalusa. Funeral services will be held today, March 12th at the Bogue Chitto Baptist Church with interment in the Bogue Chitto Cem. Husband of Mary Pittman Miller. 3-19-1970 FORTENBERRY, Mrs. C. C. (Grace Hobgood), 84 of the Hackley community, died Thursday at Riverside Medical Center. Funeral services held March 13th at Poole Funeral Home, with interment in the Ellis Cem. THOMAS, Noah, 77 of Rt. 5 Franklinton, died Friday in Riverside Medical Center. Funeral services held March 15th at Lawrence Creek Baptist Church with interment in the Thomas Cem. Husband of Dora Thomas. RICHARDSON, Zoe C., 84, a native of Washington Parish, and the daughter of the late Judge Prentiss B. Carter, died Thursday at Heritage Manor. Funeral services held March 13th in the Poole Funeral Home Chapel, with interment in the Ellis Cem. MORGAN, Dewey Daniel, 62, a resident of Amite, died March 11th at Riverside Medical Center. Final rites were conducted March 12th at the Poole Funeral Home with interment in the Star Hill Cem. Husband of Beulah Toney Morgan. 3-26-1970 MANNING, S. W. “Wilkes”, 93, died Monday at Riverside Medical Center. Funeral services held March 25th at Poole Funeral Home, with interment in the Morris Cem. Husband of Maggie Jenkins Manning. OTT, Victor Leggett, 83, a former resident of Mt. Hermon, died March 20th at the Pike Memorial Hospital in Kentwood. Funeral services were held March 22nd, with interment in the Ott Cem. at Mt. Hermon. KNIGHT, James Nicholas, 79, died Sunday at Riverside Medical Center. Funeral services were held March 23rd at Pine Missionary Baptist Church with interment in the church cem. Husband of Emma Stogner Knight. FOIL, J. Ernest, 68, died March 19th at Touro Infirmary in New Orleans. Funeral services held March 21st at Superior Avenue Baptist Church in Bogalusa, with interment in Hillview Cem. Husband of Hazel Sweeney Foil. 4-2-1970 MAGEE, Cleve Monroe, 61, resident of Bogalusa, died Friday. Funeral services held March 29th at the Stateline Pentecostal Church, with interment in the Stateline Cem. Husband of Harriet C. Magee. SCHILLING, Ret. Maj. R. O., resident of Denver, CO, died. Brother of Mrs. Lloyd (Leone) Brock and husband of Jo Ann Stout Schilling. 4-9-1970 WILLOUGHBY, Bessie Foil, 77, died Saturday at Riverside Medical Center. Funeral services were held April 5th with interment in the Foil Cem. TALLEY, Calvin Lane “Buddy”, 85, died April 7th at Heritage Manor Nursing Home. Funeral services will be held today, Thursday, in Bogalusa. Interment will be in Talley’s Chapel Cem. near Sun. SCHILLING, Theodore Guy, Sr., 68, of Rt. 2 Franklinton, died Saturday at Riverside Medical Center. Funeral services held April 5th at Pine Missionary Baptist Church, with interment in the Schilling Cem. at Pine. Husband of Minnie Schilling. 4-16-1970 GIVENS, Exie Carson, 79, expired Friday in Our Lady of the Lake in Baton Rouge. Funeral services held April 12th at the Fisher Methodist Church. She was a resident of Rt. 3 Franklinton. Interment was in the Fisher Cem. POOLE, Mrs. G. F. (May K.), 82, died Monday. She was president of G. F. Poole Mortuaries of Bogalusa, Franklinton and Slidell. She was a native of Covington and resided in Bogalusa. Interment followed in the Sanctuary of Peace Mausoleum. COX, Philon, 73, resident of Amite and native of Covington, died at Harvest Manor Nursing Home in Denham Springs on April 8th. Funeral services held at Wilmer Baptist Church, east of Amite on April 10th. MCINTYRE, Bettye Corkern, 38, died Friday at her residence on Rt. 4 Franklinton. Funeral services were conducted April 11th at Enon Baptist Church, with interment in the Enon Cem. Wife of Rev. Harry McIntyre. CROWE, David, 53, former Washington Parish resident. Funeral services held April 14th at Foster Road Baptist Church in Baton Rouge. He died at his home at Moss Point, MS. Interment in Gardens of Memorial Cem. in Baton Rouge. 4-23-1970 MORGAN, Effa Bennett, 80 of Folsom, died April 16th in St. Tammany Hospital in Covington. Funeral services held April 18th at Live Oak Missionary Baptist Church in Folsom, with interment in Bennett Cem. in Folsom. BRADLEY, Charles J., 68, died April 17th. Funeral services held at Schoen Funeral Home in Covington on April 19th, with interment in the Covington Cem. He was a native of Covington. SYLVEST, Atwell. Final rites were conducted from the Poole Funeral Home in Franklinton, followed by interment in Bethel Cem. 4-30-1970 SYLVEST, Walter Atwell, 56 of Rt. 3 Franklinton, died April 23rd at Lallie Kemp Hospital in Independence. Funeral services held April 24th from Poole Funeral Home with interment in Bethel Cem. Husband of Rosalie Dickens Sylvest. SIMMONS, Emerson W., Sr., 66 of New Orleans, died April 25th. He was a Washington Parish native. Funeral services were held April 27th in the Jacob Schoen and Son Funeral Home Chapel in New Orleans, with interment in the Gardens of Memories. Husband of Pricilla Cuccio Simmons. HUSSER, David, 63 of Rt. 3 Franklinton, died May 2nd in Franklinton. Funeral services were held May 4th at Canaan Baptist Church, with interment in the Canaan Cem. Husband of Myrtle Corkern Husser. 5-7-1970 WALKER, Lula, of the Stoney Point Community, died Wednesday in Riverside Medical Center. Funeral services will be held today at the Stoney Point Baptist Church with interment in the church cemetery. KEALHOFER, Infant. Infant of Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Kealhofer of Selma, AL died. Final rites conducted Tuesday at the graveside. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. V. E. Kealhofer and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Smith, great grandparent is Mrs. I. C. Simpson of Reform, AL. 5-14-1970 MILLER, Bobby Earl, 30 of Franklinton, died Wednesday at Baptist Hospital in New Orleans. Funeral services held May 8th at the Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church, with interment in the church cem. Husband of Dolly Mae Miller, son of Mr. and Mrs. Milford Miller of the Mt. Pisgah community. SEAL, Lenora, 78, of Rt. 2 Amite, died May 8th in the Riverside Medical Center. Funeral services held May 10th at the Sharon Baptist Church on the Amite Hwy, just west of the Tangipahoa Parish line. Interment in the Seal Cem. 5-21-1970 ALFORD, Willis, 78 of the Bogue Chitto Community, Rt. 1 Mt. Hermon, died Monday. She is the last surviving member of the Willis and Clarissa Alford family. Final rites held May 19th at the Bogue Chitto Baptist Church with interment following in the church cem. Husband of Velma Smith Alford. FOIL, William Lloyd “Billy”, 14 of Bogalusa was killed in an accident near the Pearl River Waterway on Sunday. Funeral services held May 19th. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe F. Foil of Bogalusa and the grandson of Mrs. W. R. “Essie” Foil of Franklinton, and Mr. and Mrs. Huey Miller of Mt. Hermon. 5-28-1970 WASKOM, Kenneth Wayne, 11 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. John Waskom of Stoney Point, drowned Friday in Amite. Funeral services held May 24th at the Stoney Point Baptist Church with interment in the Stoney Point Cem. He is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Faires Waskom of Stoney Point, Mr. and Mrs. Charlie McDaniel of Rt. 2 Kentwood, and great grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Ansil Waskom, Sr., Mrs. Dora Pittman and Mrs. Tina Bond of Franklinton. SCHILLING, Minnie Swain, 72 of Mt. Hermon, died Monday in the Slidell Memorial Hospital. Funeral services were held May 27th at the Mt. Hermon Baptist Church, with interment in the church cem. KNIGHT, Susan. Funeral held Friday at the Pine Grove Missionary Baptist church at Varnado. 6-11-1970 EDMONSON, Rev. Thomas E. Final rites were conducted June 9th from the First National Funeral Home in Minden, LA, followed by interment in the Rocky Springs Baptist Church in Lisbon, LA. He served as pastor in various churches in this area. Husband of Mrs. Thomas E. Edmonson. EDMONSON, Mrs. Thomas E. Final rites were conducted June 9th from the First National Funeral Home in Minden, LA, followed by interment in the Rocky Springs Baptist Church in Lisbon, LA. Wife of Rev. Thomas E. Edmonson, daughter of Mrs. J. A. Bennett of New Orleans. MILLER, Ila, 67 of Jackson, LA and native of Mt. Hermon, died June 6th at the Clinton Infirmary. Funeral services were held June 8th at the Pentecostal Church in McManus, with burial in the Midway Pentecostal Church Cemetery, Sunny Hill. Husband of Della Miller. 6-28-1970 SMITH, Paul L., pastor of the Bogue Chitto Baptist Church, passed away Saturday in Bessemer, AL. Funeral services were conducted Saturday. 6-25-1970 BRUMFIELD, Mrs. W. J. “Lena”, 75, of the Hayes Creek community, died Monday in Riverside Medical Center. Funeral services held June 23rd in the Poole Funeral Home, with interment in the Brumfield Cem. FREEMAN, W. A. “Allie”, 94 of Varnado. Funeral services were held June 24th at the Pine Missionary Baptist Church, with interment in the Nobles Cem. Husband of “Bea” Freeman. 7-2-1970 SCHILLING, Albert M., 74, died Friday at Methodist Hospital in New Orleans. He was a native of Mt. Hermon and a veteran of World War I. Funeral services were held June 28th at the Midway Pentecostal Church, with interment in the Schilling Cem. at Mt. Hermon. Husband of Alma Miller Schilling. BATEMAN, J. L. (Jim), 93, a native and lifelong resident of Washington Parish, died June 26th in Riverside Medical Center. Funeral services will be held in Poole Funeral Home Friday with interment in the Ellis Cem. Husband of Allie Toney Bateman. 7-9-1970 MULINA, Jewel J., 68, of Rt. 3 Franklinton, died July 1st at Riverside Medical Center. Funeral services were held July 3rd at Canaan Baptist Church, with interment in the Canaan Cem. Husband of Athalee S. Mulina. SIMMONS, Lawrence J., 60, died Friday. Funeral services held July 4th in St. Maria Goretti Church in New Orleans. Brother of Mrs. Wilton Pettit of Franklinton and husband of Marion Babin Simmons of New Orleans. BOND, Ivy Esco, 86, of the Stoney Point community, died at his residence June 25th. Funeral services held June 26th at the Stoney Point Baptist Church with interment in the Stoney Point Cem. Husband of Stella Corkern Bond. GERALD, Jop Oneal, 76 of Pine, died July 6th in the Baptist Hospital in New Orleans. Funeral services held July 8th at the Pine Missionary Baptist church, with interment in the new Gerald Cem. Husband of Ida Seal Gerald. He was a veteran of World War I. TONEY, William Adnell, 77 of Rt. 3 Franklinton, died July 3rd in the Bogalusa Medical Center. Funeral services were held July 4th at the Poole Funeral Home, with interment in the Wallace Cem. Husband of Carrie Wallace Toney. 7-23-1970 PASSMAN, Maude Burch, died Monday in a Baton Rouge Hospital. Funeral services were held July 22nd at the First Baptist Church in Franklinton, with interment in the Ellis Cem. She was formerly of Franklinton and the daughter of Eli Felix and Florence Self Burch of Franklinton. MOAK, Percy Ezra, 79 of Hancock Street, died July 18th at Riverside Medical Center. Funeral services were held July 20th at the Grace Missionary Baptist Church, with interment in the Ellis Cem. Husband of Era Moak. CONDALARY, James Wilford, 81 of Rt. 3 Franklinton, died Saturday at Riverside Medical Center. Funeral services were held July 19th at Canaan Baptist Church. He was a World War I veteran. Husband of Ozzie E. Condalary. 7-30-1970 SMITH, Mrs. Benton “Mandy”. She was a native of Mt. Hermon and died in Waynesboro, MS. Funeral services were held July 24th at the Bogue Chitto Baptist Church. JONES, Kyle Karson, 6 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Willie Kyle Jones. Funeral services held on July 27th at the Enon Baptist Church, with interment in the church cem. He died at Ochsner Foundation Hospital in New Orleans. JENKINS, Clabe A., 90, of Franklinton, died Friday in New Orleans. Funeral services were held July 26th at Acey’s Creek Baptist Church, with interment in the Nobles Cem. JENKINS, Leroy, of Covington. Funeral services held July 21st from the First Baptist Church in Covington, with interment in the Covington Mausoleum. He died in Turo Infirmary in New Orleans on July 19th. Husband of Donis Jordan Jenkins. MILLER, Thad Lampton, 73 of Mt. Hermon, died July 24th at the Walthall County General Hospital in Tylertown. Funeral services were held July 25th at the Bogue Chitto Baptist Church. He was a World War I veteran and native of Mt. Hermon. 8-6-1970 SLAVEN, James Fletcher, 59 of Mt. Hermon, died July 31st. Funeral services were held August 3rd at the Mt. Hermon Baptist Church, with interment in the Mt. Hermon Cem. Husband of Gertrude Slaven. 8-13-1970 LILLY, Ruby Bell. Died August 5th at Rest Haven Nursing Home in Bogalusa. Funeral services held August 7th from the Pleasant Hill Pentecostal Church in Foxworth, MS, with interment in the church cem. Wife of Dudley Lilly. BRADLEY, Toy Otis, 67 of Franklinton, died Friday in a Bogalusa Hospital. He was a former resident of Independence. Funeral services were held August 8th, with interment in the Enon Cem. Husband of Rosa Mae Creel. TALLEY, Jacob Joshua, 80 of Rt. 2 Franklinton, died Monday. Funeral rites were held August 18th at the Oak Grove Baptist Church, with interment in the church cem. Husband of Euna Mae Hunt. 8-27-1970 FOIL, Henry E., 75 of Lee Street, Franklinton, died Tuesday at Riverside Medical Center. Funeral services were held Wednesday at Fisher Methodist Church, with interment in the Fisher Cem. Husband of Hattie Scott Foil of Salem, OR. 9-3-1970 PETTITT, Glenn W., 73 of 13th Ave. Franklinton, died Monday. Funeral services held Sept. 1st at the Second Baptist Church in Franklinton, with interment in the Pleasant Hill Cem. Husband of Jessie Fortenberry Pettitt. SHARP, David. Infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Murphy Sharp of Rt. 3 Franklinton, died Thursday in Lallie Kemp Hospital in Independence. Graveside rites were held August 28th at the Sharp Cem. MCCARTY, Evie Townsend. Funeral conducted Sunday in Baton Rouge at the Welsh Funeral Home. 9-10-1970 MAGEE, Cora Evelyn. Graveside rites were held Saturday, Sept. __ at the Magee Cem. in Enon. WATSON, __nie P., resident of Rt. 1 Mt. Hermon, died at Riverside Medical Center. Funeral services were held Sept. 9th at Poole Funeral Home Chapel, with interment in the Pleasant ___ Cem. Wife of Ed W. Watson. JONES, Frank Wiley. He was a native of Franklinton, but resided in Covington for years. He died Sept. 5th. Funeral services were held Sept. 7th in Covington. He was the son of the late Dr. W. J. Jones and Mary Jones. Interment held in the Ellis Cem. Husband of Louise Babington Jones. 9-17-1970 PASSMAN, Wilton L., 58, a former resident of Franklinton, died in Baton Rouge Saturday. Funeral services held Sept. 13th at the New Hope Baptist Church, with interment in the New Hope Cem. MAGEE, Hampton J., 73 of the Fisher community, died Wednesday at Riverside Medical Center. Funeral services held Sept. 11th at the Poole Funeral Home with interment in the Fisher Community cem. Husband of Altha Stafford Magee. 9-24-1970 MANNING, Azzie D, 62 of Franklinton, died Wednesday at Riverside Medical Center. Funeral services were held Sept. 18th with interment in the Morris Cem. Wife of Charlie G. Manning. NEWMAN, Dewitt, 61 of Rt. 2 Franklinton, died Saturday at Washington St. Tammany Hospital. Funeral services were held Sept. 20th at the Mt. Zion Pentecostal Church, with interment in the church cem. Husband of Eunice Newman. 10-1-1970 GREEN, Lawrence B., 58 of Enon, died Wednesday in Greensburg. Funeral services were held Sept. 25th at the Poole Funeral Home, with interment in the Ellis Cem. Husband of Margaret C. Green. 10-8-1970 SULLIVAN, James Charles. Funeral services held yesterday at Crain Creek Baptist Church. Husband of Eloise Sullivan. BAHM, Della Steward, 75, a resident of the Mt. Pisgah community passed away in a nursing home in Jackson, LA Sunday. Final rites were held Oct. 6th at the Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church with interment in the church cem. Wife of Clay Bahm. GERALD, Ouida Thomas, 72 of Franklinton, passed away Saturday in Heritage Manor Nursing Home. Funeral services were held Monday at Pine Missionary Baptist Church with interment in the Gerald Cem. CRAIN, William Lafayette “Bill”, 85. Funeral services were held Monday at Sweet Home Church of Christ with burial in the church cem. Crain was Franklinton’s first newspaper carrier. Husband of Inez Amacker Crain. 10-15-1970 MILLER, Fleet R., 90, passed away Oct. 12 in the Stoney Point community. Final rites were held Oct. 13th from the Mt. Hermon Baptist Church with interment in the Ott Cem. Husband of Bessie Ott Miller. 10-22-1970 PENTON, Martin Kenzie, 74 of Franklinton died last Thursday at the Veterans Administration hospital in Alexandria. He was a veteran of World War I. Funeral services were held last Saturday at Bonner Creek Baptist Church with interment in the church cem. RILEY, Joe J., 61, died last Wednesday at Riverside Medical Center. Funeral services were conducted last Friday at the Mt. Hermon Baptist Church. Husband of Frances Blackwell Riley. 11-5-1970 RABORN, Mary Jane Bateman, 25 and native of Spring Creek, died Nov. 1st in Baton Rouge General Hospital. Funeral services were conducted Tuesday in the Brown Funeral Home Chapel in Kentwood, with interment in the Spring Creek Cem. Wife of Mike Raborn and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Bateman of Kentwood. YARBOROUGH, Clinton Edward, 58, died Nov. 2nd at Riverside Medical Center. Final rites were held Wednesday in the chapel of Capps Funeral Home in Tylertown, with interment in the Tylertown Cem. He was the son of the late Clinton E. and Eloise Rimes Yarborough, pioneer citizens of Walthall County. NIELSON, Joe, Sr., 68, died Nov. 1st in Riverside Medical Center. Funeral services were held Tuesday at State Line Pentecostal Church with burial in the church cem. Husband of Susie Hill Nielson. MAGEE, Michael. He was killed in an auto accident last weekend with his wife, JoAnn Nielson Magee. Joint funeral services were held Monday, with burial in the Magee Cem. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Magee. MAGEE, Joann Nielson. She was killed in an auto accident last weekend with her husband Michael Magee. Joint funeral services were held Monday, with burial in the Magee Cem. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Nielson Jr. 11-12-1970 TIPPENS, Ozzie Sylvest, 88, a native of Washington Parish. Funeral services were conducted in Auburn, AL on Oct. 29th. She is the daughter of the late Joe E. and Frances Erwin Sylvest. Her husband, Joe Tippens, preceded her in death many years ago. WALLACE, Ruth Ott, native of Washington Parish and the daughter of the late David Jackson and Rose Powell Ott, died in the Community Medical Center in Bogalusa on Nov. 10th. The funeral was conducted from the Chapel of the Poole Funeral Home in Bogalusa on Nov. 11th, with interment in the Ponemah Cem. DANIEL, Tera, 88 and life-long resident of Franklinton, died Nov. 5th in Heritage Manor. Funeral services were held Saturday, with interment in the Daniel Cem. SHIRLEY, J. A., 52. Funeral services were conducted from the Pleasant Hill Baptist Church in DeRidder, LA on Nov. 9th. Father of Mrs. Andy Johnson. BULLOCK, Bena Bass, 80 of Georgetown, LA. Funeral services were conducted from Hixon Funeral Home in Alexandria, LA on Nov. 10th with interment in the Forest Park Cem. She was a native of Louisiana and passed away Sunday in Heritage Manor in Franklinton. 11-19-1970 WILLIAMS, Murphy R., Sr., 70, passed away Friday at Ochsner Foundation Hospital. Funeral services were conducted Nov. 15th in the Chapel of Poole Funeral Home. Husband of Ethel Jordan Williams. LOWE, Lamar T., died in a Vicksburg Hospital on Nov. 16th. Funeral services were conducted Nov. 18th from First Baptist Church in Tallulah, LA, with interment in the same city. Husband of Lillian Magee Lowe, a native of Washington Parish. LUPER, Dock, 56 of Franklinton, died Sunday at the New Orleans Veterans Hospital. Funeral services were conducted Nov. 17th from the Poplar Head Baptist Church, with interment in the church cem. Husband of Wilda McCain Luper. He was a native of Washington Parish and was awarded the Bronze Star during World War II. BATES, Bunya Eugene, 26, of Pine drowned Nov. 13th in New Orleans. His body has not been recovered. Husband of Mildred Jenkins Bates, and son of Mr. and Mrs. Bunyan Bates of Thomas. CHANCELLOR, J. W., of Hattiesburg, MS. Grandfather of Mrs. Joe Baugh and father of Mrs. Robert Spencer. MILEY, Richard “Dick”, 33, of Bogalusa, passed away Nov. 13th at the Veterans Hospital in New Orleans. Final rites were conducted Saturday from the Chapel of Poole Funeral Home. Husband of Diane Webb Miley and son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred C. Miley. 11-26-1970 MAGOVIRK or MAGOURIK, Delilah Corinne, 84 of Bogalusa, died last Friday in the Washington-St. Tammany Hospital. Funeral services were held last Sunday in Bogalusa in the chapel of the Brown Funeral Home. She was buried in the Schilling Cem. in Pine. FORTENBERRY, Evelyn Alford, 53, was killed in an auto crash Nov. 21st east of Kentwood. Funeral services were conducted Monday at the Mt. Hermon Methodist Church, with burial in the Mt. Hermon Cem. She was a teacher at Mr. Hermon High School. SYLVEST, Joseph Virgil, 69 of Ponchatoula and a native of Washington Parish, passed away last Tuesday. Funeral services were held at the Thomas Funeral Home chapel Nov. 18th, with burial in the Ponchatoula Cem. He was the son of the late J. E. and Frances Erwin Sylvest. Husband of Dell Sylvest. GRAVES, William Seaburn, 74 of Mt. Hermon, died in an auto accident. Joint funeral services were held last Saturday at the Star Hill Baptist Church for William Graves, Delinda Dugins and Robert Dean Burch. Burial was in the Star Hill Cem. Husband of Nancy Barnes Graves. DUGINS, Delinda, 9, died shortly after an auto accident. Joint funeral services were held last Saturday at the Star Hill Baptist Church for William Graves, Delinda Dugins and Robert Dean Burch. Burial was in the Star Hill Cem. Mr. Graves is the grandfather of Delinda. Parents are Mr. and Mrs. Robert Burch of Avondale, LA. Maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Claudie Graves. BURCH, Robert Dean, 3, died last Friday in the Ochsner Foundation Hospital. Joint funeral services were held last Saturday at the Star Hill Baptist Church for William Graves, Delinda Dugins and Robert Dean Burch. Burial was in the Star Hill Cem. Mr. Graves is the grandfather of Delinda. Parents are Mr. and Mrs. Robert Burch of Avondale, LA. Maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Claudie Graves. SMITH, Murray, 81, died Saturday at his home in Mt. Hermon. Funeral services were held Monday at the Mt. Hermon Baptist Church, with burial in the Simmons Cem. Husband of Emmie Simmons Smith. SNELL, Mrs. Carey Ellzey, 81, passed away Nov. 15th in Metairie. Funeral services were conducted Nov. 17th from the chapel of Muhleisen Funeral Home in Metairie, with burial in the Mt. Hermon Cem. She was preceded in death by her husband, Carey Charles Snell. She was a native of the Silver Springs community in neighboring Pike County. Her late husband was a native of Mt. Hermon. SHAW, Mrs. M. L. (Eula Fussell), died last Tuesday at her home in Yazoo City. Funeral services were held Nov. 18th in the chapel of the Stricklin-King Funeral Home. Mrs. Shaw was buried in the Lakewood Memorial Cem. in Jackson, MS. She was a native of Washington Parish. 12-3-1970 MILLER, Manie, 73, a resident of Mt. Hermon, died Nov. 28th in Riverside Medical Center. Funeral services were conducted Nov. 30th from Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church, with interment in the church cem. Wife of Otis A. Miller. INGRAM, Donna, 7 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Ingram of Franklinton, died in a tractor accident on Nov. 25th. Funeral services were held Nov. 26th at the Lawrence Creek Baptist Church, with interment in the Nobles Cem. She is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Knight of Bogalusa and Mrs. Molly Ingram of Franklinton. TAYLOR, Lillie M., 80, died Nov. 29th at Riverside Medical Center. Funeral services were conducted Nov. 30th from the Chapel at Poole Funeral Home in Franklinton, with interment in the Ellis Cem. MCCLENDON, Arlie E., 63, died Nov. 25th at the Community Medical Center in Bogalusa. Funeral services were conducted Nov. 27th from the Pleasant Hill Baptist Church in Mt. Hermon. Son of Mrs. Ely McClendon of Mt. Hermon. YATES, Jesse Leon, 67, resident of Rt. 4 Franklinton, passed away Nov. 23rd at St. Tammany Parish Hospital in Covington. Graveside rites were held in the Sharp Cem. on Nov. 25th. DELANCEY, Thomas W., 74, died Nov. 24th at Riverside Medical Center. The body lay in state at the family home in Pine until final rites Nov. 26th from the First Baptist Church in Pine, with interment in the Pine Cem. Husband of Letha Pittman. 12-10-1970 COYLE, Command Sergeant Major Laverne, 40, died Dec. 1st in a helicopter crash while serving in the U. S. Artillery in Vietnam. His body arrived in Franklinton Dec. 6th and lay in state at the Poole Funeral Home until final rites on Dec. 7th. Interment was in the Spring Hill Cem. with full military honors. Husband of Emmie Coyle of Tacoma, WA and son of Mr. and Mrs. William T. Coyle. DIXON, Delmus D., 64, a resident of Rt. 2 Mt. Hermon died Dec. 3rd at McGehee Clinic. Final rites were conducted at the Baptist Church in Mt. Hermon with interment in the Mt. Hermon Cem. Husband of Thelma B. Dixon. JOHNSON, Mrs. A. T. (Barbara), died in Carrizo Springs, TX in an automobile accident. Final rites were conducted Thursday from the Episcopal Church in Carrizo Springs with interment in the cemetery there. Mrs. Delos R. Johnson and Mr. and Mrs. A. Griffith Johnson enplaned Tuesday of last week at the New Orleans International Air Port enroute to TX. KYZAR, Mary Helen, 15, of Watson, LA and a native of Baton Rouge. Funeral services held Tuesday in the Amite Baptist Church, with interment in the church cem. Daughter of James A. Kyzar, Sr. of Baton Rouge and Mrs. Helen Moore of Watson, step- father, L. E. Moore of Watson, step-mother, Mrs. Hattie Kyzar of Baton Rouge. She is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Kyzar of Ponchatoula. Mrs. Harry Holmes was notified Dec. 6th of the automobile accident which took the life of her niece. 12-17-1970 MIXON, Annie, 89 and resident of Franklinton, died Dec. 8th at Heritage Manor Nursing Home. Her body lay in state at Poole Funeral home until final rites on Dec. 10th at the Franklinton First Baptist Church with interment in the Ellis Cem. PENNY, Osa D., 63, native of Franklinton, died Dec. 13th at the Community Medical Center in Bogalusa. Funeral services were held Dec. 14th from the Brown Funeral Home chapel, followed by interment in the Ponemah Cem. Husband of Hazel Penny. WATSON, Mrs. Mardessia, 57, native of Franklinton, died Dec. 19th at Southern Baptist Hospital in New Orleans. Her body was at Sweet Home Holiness Church in Franklinton until final rites on Dec. 12th. Wife of Hamilton Watson and daughter of Endia Long. 12-24-1970 FORTENBERRY, Ruffin G., 54, native of Washington Parish, resided in Petal, MS. He passed away Dec. 18th in the Veterans Hospital in Jackson, MS. Funeral services were held Dec. 20th at the Poole Funeral Home Chapel, with interment in the Ellis Cem. Husband of Doris Pace Fortenberry. PREISS, Lillian McDaniel, 72, a resident of New Orleans passed away Dec. 22nd at Riverside Medical Center in Franklinton. Funeral services were conducted Dec. 23rd from the Mt. Hermon Baptist Church with interment in the Mt. Hermon Cem. Wife of George Preiss. PITTMAN, Louis Calvin, 46, veteran of World War II, died Friday in the New Orleans Veterans Administration Hospital. He was a resident of Rt. 5. Last rites were conducted from the Chapel of the Poole Funeral Home, with interment in the Ellis Cem. Husband of Alma Ward Pittman, ,son of George H. Pittman. MCCAIN, Lizzie B., 71, a resident of Franklinton, passed away Dec. 26th in Riverside Medical Center. Her body lay in state at Poole Funeral Home until time for final rites on Dec. 27th. Interment was in Poplar Head Cem.