ERA Leader (1961) Obits, Washington, LA submitted by: Bonnie Dier ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ 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 Gard 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, 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