ERA Leader (1958) Obits, Washington, LA submitted by: Bonnie Dier ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ J. Elmer Duncan, 54, died 1-1-1958, buried Maple's Cemetery east of Mt. Hermon, husband of Lola Slaven Emma Corkern Delaughter, 56, died 1-5-1958, buried Ellis Cemetery, wife of C. R. Delaughter, daughter of Bell Corkern Chessley (C.B.) Jones, 78, died 1-14-1958, buried Morris Cemetery Flora Dedon, 71, died 1-14-1958, buried Mt. Hermon Cemetery B. Esco Knight, 72, died 1-21-1956, buried Ellis Cemetery, husband of Leota J. Knight Henry Hall Jones, 80, died 1-22-1958, husband of Nora Sharp Jones Alma Varnado Burris, 82, died 1-27-1958, buried Ellis Cemetery Thomas Emanuel Corkern, 70, died 2-1-1958, buried Canaan Cemetery, husband of Rosa Corkern Morris Iddo Fisher, 72, died 2-5-1958, buried Varnado Cemetery, husband of Eunice Burch Fisher Myrtis Knight Thomas, 56, died 2-2-1958, buried Thomas Cemetery, wife of Houston Thomas Mazrow Drawson, Jr., died 2-12-1958 Elroy Mizell, 24, died 2-8-1958, buried Mizell Cemetery, husband of Ethel Mizell, son of Julius Mizell Horace Thompson, 20, died 2-8-1958 Willie Fortenberry, 17, died 2-8-1958 Joshua Garrett, 19, died 2-8-1958 Michael Babington, Sr., 78, funeral held 2-10-1958, buried Ellis Cemetery, husband of Nellie Bickham Joe E. Davis, 58, born in Amite, died 2-17-1958, buried Crossroads, MS, husband of Zena Davis Emma Marie Alford, Slayer, 43 of New Orleans, funeral held 2-14-1958, buried Mt. Pisgah Cemetery, daughter of Bessie Alford Bonnie Faye Sawyer, 3 months, funeral held 2-16-1958, buried in a Mississippi Cemetery, daughter of Herbert and Bonnie Sue B. Sawyer Rosetta Nobles Miley, 61, funeral held 2-19-1958, buried Miley Cemetery Thomas M. Crowe, 85, died 2-26-1958, buried Stevens Cemetery Minnie McClendon Mizell, 64, died 2-20-1958, buried in a cemetery near Isabel Church, wife of James W. Mizell George Welch, died 3-1-1958, buried Morris Cemetery, husband of Bertie Welch, son of Mrs. Oscar (Lucie) Crowe Rev. D. L. (Deb) Stennis, 48, formerly a Washington Parish Pastor, died 3-3-1958, buried Black Water Cemetery in Meridian, MS., wife survives Sadie Jarrell Rogers, 36, funeral held 2-24-1958 or 3-6-1958, buried Mizell Cemetery, daughter of Margaret Jarrell Walter Haley, 60 died 3-1-1958, buried Hayes Cemetery, husband of Ada Crowe Haley Viola Simmons, 85, died 2-27-1958, buried Daniel Cemetery, wife of late T. J. Simmons Louis Felder Burch, 72, died 3-11-1958, buried Alford Cemetery, husband of Dessie Alford Burch Wiley Morgan Wood, 71 of New Orleans, native of Franklinton, died 3-9-1958, buried Hope Mausoleum, husband of Winnifred Giles Willie M. Dixon, 86, died 3-6-1958 Ferria Ann Bateman, 16, died 3-18-1958, buried Spring Creek Cemetery, daughter of Wallace Bateman, granddaughter of H. M. Bateman and Huey Gill Alex Jenkins, 72, died 4-1-1958, buried Fisher Cemetery, husband of Fannie Givens Jenkins Mrs. Johnnie Davis, died 3-30-1958, buried Stoney Point Cemetery, husband survives, daughter of M. J. Jenkins Mouton Bateman, 50, died 4-1-1958, buried Ellis Cemetery, husband of Jessie Mae Jones Dewitt Edward Branch, 47, died 4-7-1958, buried Ellis Cemetery, husband of Dorothy Baker, son of Della Branch Esco Alford, 79, died 4-15-1958, buried Bogue Chitto Cemetery Mrs. J. E. Lea, 85, died 4-16-1958, buried Lea Cemetery Leander Jenkins, 75, died 4-18-1958, buried Adams Cemetery Addie Lee Moak, 72, died 5-2-1958, buried Mt. Hermon Cemetery, wife of Sam Moak Mrs. Lonnie Luper (maiden name Breland), 86, died 5-13-1958, buried Nobles Cemetery William Dale Babington, funeral held 5-28-1958, died in White Oak, MD, son of Ray D. and Nora Babington, grandson of Mike Babington Hezzie Magee, 47, died 5-28-1958, buried Nobles Cemetery, son of Delia Magee Murray Breland, born 5-21-1886, died 5-24-1958, buried Pleasant Hill, husband of Ruby Westmoreland Breland, son of Cicero and Frances (Fannie) Powell Breland Jerry Andrews, 10, missing since 5-22-1958, found 5-25-1958 Ellis George Goings, 49, died 6-3-1958, buried Ellis Cemetery, husband of Vernie Foy O'Deal Sylvest Bahm, 73, funeral held 6-2-1958, buried Sylvest Cemetery, wife of Robert E. (Bizzy) Bahm Robert Earl White, 26, died 6-1-1958, husband of Frances Sistrunk, son of Johnny White Oscar Hunt, 77, funeral held 6-15-1958, buried Nobles Cemetery Selma Lee Dugger, 64, died 6-8-1958, wife of H. G. Dugger, mother of Mrs. Nolan Matherne Lemuel Q. Fortenberry, 79, funeral held 6-27-1958, buried Silver Springs Cemetery, husband of Linda Simmons Retha Simmons Foxworth, 44 of Liberty, TX, daughter of Henry Simmons Alton A. Cooper, 55, died 7-1-1958, buried Nobles Cemetery, husband of Ernestine Hunt Hosie Simmons, 67, died 7-8-1958, buried Silver Springs Cemetery, husband of Dixie Simmons Bell Corkern, 76, died 7-6-1958, buried Carneglia's Cemetery Homer Boutwell, Jr., 29, died 7-13-1958, buried Ellis Cemetery, husband of Lutha Mae Varnado, son of Homer Boutwell, Sr. Denman L. (Pops)Bickham, 56 of Covington, funeral held 7-13-1958, buried Burch-Bickham Cemetery, husband of Wessie Smith, son of the late T. I. And Ida Self Bickham Clifford J. Brumfield, 41, died 7-26-1958, buried Bethel Cemetery, husband of Lucille Fortenberry, son of late Seymore Brumfield Roland F. Breland, 71, died 7-30-1958, buried Mt. Pleasant, husband of Edna Pierce Florence Burch, 74, funeral held 8-1-1958, buried Mt. Pisgah Eugene C. Corkern, 75, died 8-7-1958, buried Magee Cemetery, married in 1956 to Timmie Magee, married 8-16-1957 to Philona Wood George Washington, died 8-16-1958, killed by wife Gladys Washington Euna Brock Banister, 82, funeral held 8-18-1958, buried Ponemah Cemetery William Hamilton Wadsworth, 50, died 8-22-1958, buried Ellis Cemetery, son of Dan M. Wadsworth Murray Morris, 68, died 8-24-1958, buried Morris Cemetery Susie Estelle Lindsley Bates, 71, died 8-25-1958 William Anthony Burch, 52, died 9-4-1958, buried Silver Springs Cemetery, husband of Adelia Schilling James C. Fortenberry, 46, died 9-18-1958, buried Mt. Hermon Cemetery, husband of Evelyn Alford, son of Geneva Fortenberry Hezzie Fussell, died 9-12-1958, buried Ellis Cemetery Lou Rebecca Smith, 66, died 9-16-1958, buried Bethel Cemetery Wilson Pearlie Miller, 75, died 9-14-1958, buried Fisher Cemetery Asa Leander Stafford, 83, died 9-20-1958, buried Noble Cemetery Leoda Brock McElveen, 75, died 10-4-1958, buried Mt. Pisgah Cemetery James Oscar Crowe, 84, died 105-1958, buried Sunlight Cemetery, husband of Lucy Crowe Stillborn twins Welch, funeral held 10-16-1958, children of Gerald Welch Nathan Pittman, Sr., 59, died 10-8-1958, buried Plainview Cemetery, husband of Eulia Mizell Pittman Herbert R. Babington, died 10-10-1958, buried Meadville Cemetery, wife survives. Morrison Blackwell, 72, died 10-15-1958, buried San Pedro Cemetery, husband of Mollie Blackwell N. Dudley Stringer, 55, died 10-26-1958, buried Ellis Cemetery, husband of Ola Mae Stringer, son of the late N. D. Stringer Nez W. Westmoreland, 26, died 11-12-1958, buried Corkern Cemetery, not married, son of C. R. Westmoreland Jacob Kinza Johnson, 86, died 11-6-1958, buried Ellis Cemetery, husband of Mary Ella Richardson Hugh J. Penton, 73, died 11-7-1958 of Baton Rouge, buried Magee Cemetery, husband of Veleria Richardson Frank Carter, 75, died 11-25-1958, buried Morris Cemetery, husband of Bertha Eudora Carter Kelly Morgan, 18, died 11-21-1958, buried Wallace Cemetery, son of Claiborne D. Morgan, grandson of Ada Givens Dora Young, 78, died 12-1-1958 Lloyd H. Mulinda, 59, funeral held 11-27-1958, buried Ellis Cemetery, husband of Edna J. Cox Earlie Miller, 73, funeral held 12-15-1958, buried Mt. Pisgah Cemetery, wife survives Noel O. Bickham, Sr., 66, died 12-21-1958, buried San Diego Cemetery, husband of Mamie Sweeney Vanda Simmons, 57, died 12-31-1958, Ellis Cemetery, wife of H. O. Simmons, Sr. Henry C. Fussell, 87, died 12-31-1958, buried Fisher Cemetery, husband of Sally Brumfield