ERA Leader (1962) Obits, Washington, LA submitted by: Bonnie Dier ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ 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 Roselan 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