ERA Leader (1955) Obits, Washington, LA submitted by: Bonnie Dier ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ Eugene H. Miller, 82, died 3-2-1955, buried in the family cemetery. Roy Lee Burris, 44 of Ponchatoula, died 3-27-1955, buried in the Ellis cemetery, husband of Wilda Breland, son of the late Robert L. Burris. Mrs. B. M. Fisher, 59, died 3-25-1955, her husband survives. D. L. Bolton, 75 of Boonville, MS, died 4-6-1955, father of R. L. Bolton of Franklinton. Hugh N. (Tom) Douglas, 60, funeral held 4-27-1955, buried in Mt. Hermon. He was a WWI Vet. He is the son of the late Frank Douglas and husband of Lillian Magee Douglas. Etta Sylvest, 58, died 4-24-1955, buried in the Bethel Cemetery, wife of Jerome Sylvest. Carrie Alma Bickham Jenkins, 74, died 4-26-1955, buried in Ellis Cemetery, wife of Willis W. Jenkins. James C. (Jimmy) Fussell, 71, died 5-5-1955, buried Fisher Cemetery, Husband of Bessie Stafford. Alice Pierce Primes, 48, no death given, (Paper 5-5-1955), buried Thomas Cemetery, wife of David Primes. Harvey E. Ellis, 79, died 5-5-1955, buried Ellis Cemetery in Amite. Annie Fortenberry, 71, died 5-13-1955, buried Silver Springs Cemetery, wife of the late Alfred Fortenberry. Stephen Hampton Burris, 24, died 5-21-1955, buried Ellis Cemetery, son of Mary L. Burris. Lucinda Emma Carter, 90, died 5-29-1955, buried Plainview Cemetery. James Eugene Forrest, 80, died 5-30-1955, husband of Hannah Holiday Forrest Nancy Corine Corkern, 85, died 6-6-1955, buried Bonner Creek Cemetery. Jewell Richardson, 54, died 6-14-1955, buried Pounds Cemetery, son of the late Marshall and Vilona (Lona) Rester Richardson. Lula Corine Varnado, 77, died 6-12-1955, buried Bullock Cemetery. Isaac Cross, died 6-22-1955, buried ?Springhill Cemetery. William Jenkins, 89 of Tickfaw, died 6-23-1955. Shelby Gene Blackwell, 18, of Folsom, died 6-28-1955, buried Blackwell Cemetery, son of Venton Blackwell. C. Arthur Ard, 55, died 7-9-1955, buried Mt. Pisgah Cemetery, husband of Thelma Sharp. Oliver Wesley (Barlow) Magee, 85, died 7-18-1955, buried Chess James Cemetery, husband of Adelie T. Magee. Mary Elizabeth (Tince) Richardson Carter, 86, died 7-15-1955, buried Sunny Hill cemetery, wife of Joe W. Carter, daughter of the late Hardy and Martha Jane Warren Richardson. Maurice Crain, 26, died 7-22-1955, buried Crain Cemetery, son of Artis Crain. A. B. Dyson, died 7-22-1955 Andrew Clark Burns, 76 of Shongaloo, La., funeral held 7-30-1955, buried Old Shongaloo Cemetery, wife survives. George L. C. Travis, died 8-13-1955. John F. Robison, 45, died 8-16-1955, buried Ellis Cemetery, son of Lulie Robison, husband of Glynn Richardson Robison Clen R. Bond, 64, died 8-17-1955, buried Stoney Point Cemetery, Husband of Connie Penny Bond Oliver Crain, died 10-24-1955 Ester Gottlieb Forbes, 24, died 8-29-1955, buried Ellis Cemetery, wife of Leslie Forbes. Joe R. Day, 68, died 8-30-1955. He married first Emma Mizell and married second Elmer Miller Schilling. Silas Griffin Corkern of the Russellton community, east of Roseland, born 9-10-1878, died 9-4-1955, buried Arcola-Roseland Cemetery, husband of Susie Russell Corkern. Morgan J. Bahm, 73, died 9-10-1955, buried Mt. Pisgah. Iverson Eugene (Genie) Bankston, 80, died 9-20-1955, buried Pleasant Hill cemetery. His wife survives. William Archie Simmons, 59, died 9-20-1955, buried Mt. Hermon cemetery, husband of Lillian Alford Dr. Claud Sevy, 65, died 9-29-1955, buried Ellis Cemetery, husband of Claudia Hood Sevy. D. W. Branch, 73, died 9-24-1955, buried Crain's Creek Cemetery. Wife survives. Roland W. Walker, 62, died 10-4-1955, buried Graham Cemetery. Rebecca Ann Jones, born 10-5-1955, died 10-6-1955, buried Bonner Creek Cemetery, daughter of Shelby C. Jones Euston L. Alford, 48, died 10-17-1955, buried Ponemah Cemetery, h/o Laura Ruth Boyington Alford Frances Aurelia McDaniel, 71, died 11-2-1955, buried Daniel Cemetery, wife of J. Ben McDaniel Hildur F. Reeves, 32, died 10-28-1955, buried Stoney Point Cemetery, son of Conn B. Reeves Walter Henry Burns, 69, died 10-31-1955, buried Stringfield Cemetery, husband of Leona Stringfield John Frank Schilling, died 11-11-1955, buried Mt. Hermon Cemetery Mary Dean Pierce, 81, died 11-12-1955, buried Magee Cemetery, wife of Whit Pierce, daughter of late Thomas J. and Louisa Magee Wood Candacy Alford, 75, died 11-22-1955, buried Bogue Chitto Cemetery Norman I. Givens, Sr., 69, died 11-24-1955, Spring Creek Cemetery, husband of Allie Smith Florence Ella Anderson, 66, died 11-24-1955, Greensburg Cemetery Roy Davenport, 53 of Houston, TX, died 11-24-1955, buried Jacinto Cemetery. His wife survives. He is the brother of William (Bill) Davenport of Franklinton. Conn Berkley (C.B.) Reeves, 64, died 12-4-1955, buried Stoney Point Cemetery, husband of Esther Stevens Reeves Delos R. Johnson, Sr., born 4-19-1879 near Enon, died 12-1-1955, buried Ellis Cemetery, son of A. J. and Caroline Johnson Nancy Permelia Corkern, 91, died 12-13-1955, buried Enon Cemetery Mary Bateman Magee, 90, funeral held 12-14-1955, wife of late Albert G. Magee William Thomas, Jr., 31, died 12-15-1955, buried Nobles Cemetery, husband of Jo Wallace, son of Will Thomas Thomas Eli Adams, 55, born 4-7-1900 in Mt. Hermon, died 12-12-1955, buried New Zion Cemetery, husband of Clara Bell Carden, son of Thomas E. and Elizabeth Gill Adams Johnnie W. McKenzie, 71, died 12-25-1955, buried Salem Cemetery, husband of Vickie McKenzie