ERA Leader (1963) Obits, Washington, LA submitted by: Bonnie Dier ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ 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, 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 Clarnece 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