ERA Leader (1964) Obits, Washington, LA submitted by: Bonnie Dier ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ Elton James (Ponder) Holiday, 51, died 1-2-1964, buried Mt. Hermon cemetery, husband of Freda Lea Charley St. Cyr, 71, died 1-2-1964, buried Fisher cemetery Albert Clyde James, 63, died 1-13-1964, husband of Belva Jones Mrs. T. J. Hayes, died 1-18-1964 in Andalusia, AL, formerly of Franklinton, buried Memorial Park in AL J. F. Corkern, 65, died 1-17-1964, buried Spring Creek cemetery, husband of Velma Schilling Joe Mouton Dykes, 64, died 1-27-1964, buried Noble cemetery, husband of Vida Dykes Eddie Collier McCain, 71, died 2-1-1964, buried Morris cemetery, WWI Veteran, husband of Irie S. McCain Martin Luther Boughman, 84, died 2-3-1964, husband of Nettie Boughman Ella Wascom Corkern, 84 of Folsom, died 2-8-1964, buried San Pedro cemetery Samantha Miller, 78, died 2-5-194, buried Mt. Pisgah cemetery Evie Seal, 62, died 2-11-1964, buried Tullos cemetery, wife of John Seal Mrs. Elwyn B. Chaney, died 2-4-1964 of Dallas TX Irie Noblia Shoemaker McCain, 61, died 2-13-1964, buried Morris cemetery Dave Jorgens, 61, native of Norway, funeral held 2-18-1964, buried Canaan cemetery, husband of Rosalean Spinks Edison Howe Alford, 62, died 2-17-1964, buried Sunny Hill cemetery, WWII veteran, husband of Edna Cutrer George W. Fisher, 68, died 2-13-1964, buried Canaan cemetery, WWI veteran, husband of Verda Lee Mulina Mattie Ellen Smith Haley, 86, died 2-15-1964, buried Hayes cemetery Ethel B. Magee, 77, funeral held 2-20-1964, buried Fisher cemetery Harold Hedden, 70 of Tabor, NJ, died 2-22-1964, husband of Dixie Givens, formerly of Franklinton Henry Lewis Fussell, 83, died 2-23-1964, buried Fisher cemetery, husband of Emma Fussell Thomas James Bell, 75, died 2-19-1964, buried Tyson cemetery, husband of Mary Helen Thomas James Wilson Burris, 51, died 2-29-1964, WWII veteran, husband of Mary Margaret Watts Clyde C. Cooper, 55, died 2-29-1964, buried Aceys Creek cemetery, husband of Ruth Mae Thomas Thad L. Luper, Sr., 56, died 3-1-1964, buried Poplar Head cemetery, husband of Ola G. Luper Robert C. Williams, 32, died 3-8-1964, buried Oak Grove cemetery, husband of Louella Hunter Williams, son of Howard Williams William Thomas Miller, 60, died 3-14-1964, buried Mt. Hermon cemetery, husband of Maudie Jenkins Miller William L. Smith, 38, died 3-12-1964, wife survives Vivian Bryant Green, 61, died 3-13-1964, buried Enon Church cemetery Goode G. Sturdivant, 89, funeral held 3-22-1964, buried Spencer cemetery, husband of Sara Spencer Myrtle Moore Williams, 82 of Covington, died 3-22-1964, buried Ellis cemetery, wife of Leonard Williams Ella Ophelia Fairburn, 75, died 3-21-1964, buried Corkern cemetery Lucy Mizell Jones, 77, died 3-30-1964, buried Mizell cemetery, wife of Lucious A. Jones Luther Watson, 75, died 4-1-1964, buried Pleasant Hill cemetery Lacy Richardson, 58, born 2-7-1906, died 4-1-164, buried Ponemah cemetery, husband of Mildred Brothers, son of late Marshall and Vilona Rester Richardson Wilks W. Varnado, 81, died 3-27-1964, buried Ellis cemetery Freddie W. Westmoreland, 68, died 4-8-1964, WWI veteran, buried Pleasant Hill cemetery, son of Isaac W. and Mary Miller Westmoreland O. C. (Fritz) Doremus, 51, died 4-2-1964, buried Lakewood Memorial in Jackson, MS, husband of Vera Sellers Rosa Lee Pettitt, 86, died 4-6-1964, buried Pleasant Hill cemetery Maggie Pierce, 89, died 4-13-1964, buried Sunny Hill cemetery, wife of James Monroe Pierce Johanna Vogel, 76 of Karl-Marx-Stadt East Germany, daughter notified 4-4-1964, mother of Mrs. T. H. Knott C. J. (Rip) Bickham, 72, died 4-13-1964, buried Ellis cemetery, husband of Alma Bickham Alba Foil Brown, 84, died 4-13-1964, buried Bickham cemetery Sarah Alice James, 86, died 4-20-1964, buried Pleasant Hill cemetery John A. Burris, 59, died 5-11-1964, buried Ellis cemetery Alice B. Welch, 71, died 5-7-1964, buried Morris cemetery Otis A. Jones, 63, died 5-8-1964, buried Bonner Creek cemetery, husband of Ruby Corkern Joyce Cotton, 21, died 5-10-1964, buried Nobles cemetery, daughter of Dan Cotton Lulu St. Cyr McHale, died 5-14-1964, buried Fisher cemetery, wife of Walter M. McHale Frances Turner Wilson, 88, native of Missouri, died 5-15-1964, buried Ellis cemetery, wife of Edgar Lee Wilson Linda Gail Jenkins, 10, died 5-16-1964, buried Ellis cemetery, daughter of Harlan Jenkins, granddaughter of David H. Jenkins and O. Ray Miller, Lonzo Sebe Alford, 73, died 5-16-1964, buried Morris cemetery William L. Corkern, 77, died 5-25-1964, buried Enon Church cemetery Charlie T. Jenkins, 74, died 5-24-1964, buried Morris cemetery, husband of Zula McCain Ouida Faye Corkern Toledano, 42, died 5-25-1964, buried San Pedro cemetery, wife of Chester Toledano Brister Barber, 44, died 5-23-1964, buried Nobles cemetery, husband of Janie Barber Edythe Williams Boone, of Picayune, died 6-3-1964, sister of Mrs. H. J. Crain, Sr. Mrs. A. M. Stewart, died 6-10-1964 in Vicksburg, MS, mother of Stephen L. Richardson Lillie Folkes Toney, 44, died 6-17-1964, buried San Pedro cemetery, wife of Herman G. Toney Nancy Jones, 79, died 6-15-1964, buried Jones cemetery Benton Homer Robbins, 63, died 6-15-1964, buried Greenoaks Memorial Park in Baton Rouge, husband of Hazel Glover Leslie Bankston, 49 of Jackson, LA, funeral held 6-19-1964, buried Magee cemetery, husband of Inez Bankston Hunter E. Dobson, 63, died 6-18-1964, buried Ellis cemetery, WWI & II veteran, husband of Margaret Tobias Fred O. Gay, funeral held 7-7-1964 Shell Dillon, Jr., funeral held 7-7-1964, son of late Shell Dillon, Sr. Elaine Painter Watson, 22, died 7-1-1964, buried Pleasant Hill cemetery, wife of Ray Watson, daughter of Maudine Brock Stafford Roland B. Smith, 27, died 7-8-1964, buried Mt. Pisgah cemetery, husband of Delores Alford Smith Richard Phelps, 38, died 7-5-1964, buried Nobles cemetery, husband of Mary Gill Phelps Murphy Stafford, 53, died 7-1-1964, buried Nobles cemetery, husband of Maudine Brock Stafford Ezekiel Sylvester (Zeke) Richardson, 65, died 7-7-1964 in Grangeville, LA, husband of Beatrice Jenkins Lula Jenkins Magee, 85, died 7-2-1964, buried Ellis cemetery Aubrey Givens, 55, died 7-1-1964, buried Mt. Hermon cemetery, husband of Nina Singleton, son of Allie Givens Rebecca Crain Tullos, 83, died 7-6-1964, buried Magee Cemetery James Clifton Fussell, 53, died 7-21-1964, buried Fisher cemetery Alice Crowe Hennesy, 51, died 7-22-1964, buried Stony Point cemetery, wife of Aubrey Hennesy Virgil E. (Okie/Oakie) Knight, Jr., 15, died 7-28-1964, buried Ellis cemetery, son of Virgil Knight Mary Leona Crain Bickham, 80, died 7-27-1964, buried Louis Crain cemetery James Albert Smith, 15, died 8-1-1964, buried Rushing cemetery, husband of Francis Smith Ora Dean (Deanie) Sanderson, 33, died 8-9-1964, buried Baughman cemetery, wife of Rev. Jewel Sanderson David Dean Sanderson, stillborn, 8-9-1964, buried Baughman cemetery, son of Rev. Jewel and late Ora Sanderson Oscar Quitman Galloway, 73, died 8-14-1964, buried Isabel Church cemetery, husband of Arie Galloway Warren M. Thomas, 64, died 8-14-1964, buried Crain cemetery near Stateline, husband of Della Thomas Johnnie Davis, 57, died 8-30-1964, buried Stoney Point cemetery, husband of Zina Jenkins William Ezra Fairburn, 54, of Natalbany, died 8-29-1964, buried Corkern cemetery Annie M. Anthony Fairburn, 68, died 8-29-1964, buried Corkern cemetery, wife of William Ezra Fairburn Henry F. Simmons, 71, died 9-16-1964, buried Magee cemetery, husband of Ada Dean Wood Golda Morgan Hurst, 37, died 9-18-1964, buried Wallace cemetery, daughter of Eva Smith and Shelton (Shorty) Morgan James W. Sylvest, 47 of Wetumpka, AL, died 9-20-1964, buried Greenwood cemetery, husband of Grace Guth Sylvest, son of late James W. and Nora Green Sylvest B. J. Smith, 35, died 918-1964, buried Canaan cemetery, husband of Odie Mae Smith Hayden L. Fortenberry, 83, died 9-25-1964, buried Bethel cemetery, husband of Audrey Shoemaker Olivia Jones Sheridan, 78, died 9-25-1964, buried Emmanuel Church cemetery, wife of G. Bolivar Sheridan W. H. Crain, 86, died 10-4-1964, buried Hines cemetery, husband of Frances Hines George H. Smith, Sr., 74, native of Brookhaven, died 10-5-1964, WWI veteran, buried Ellis cemetery Capt. C. Esco Simmons, 68, died 10-9-1964, buried Ellis cemetery, WWI veteran, husband of Ruby Young Henry (Buck) Crowe, 88, died 10-10-1964 Maurice Magee, 68, died 10-21-1964, buried Ellis cemetery, WWI veteran, husband of Vi Wood Lenora Sharp Jones, 70, died 10-23-1964, buried Ellis cemetery Homer Fussell, 74, died 10-25-1964, buried Fisher cemetery, WWI veteran Ezzie Miley Morgan, 46, died 11-10-1964 in Santa Ana, CA, buried San Pedro cemetery, wife of Elzie Morgan Bessie Jane Toney, 64, died 11-21-1964, buried Corkern cemetery Katie Rogers Thomas, 75, died 11-24-1964, buried Stateline Pentecostal Church cemetery, wife of late Lewis Thomas W. Wilson Jones, 75, died 11-20-1964, buried Enon Church cemetery, husband of Ada Wascom Jones H. Ellis Bankston, 80, died 11-22-1964, buried Pleasant Hill cemetery, husband of Myrtis Bankston Infant son Burris, born 12-2-1964, died 12-12/24-1964, buried Crain cemetery at State Line cemetery, son of Walter Alan Burris, grandson of Esco Crain and W. A. Burris Alvin Hickman, 68, died 12-2-1964, Spencer cemetery, husband of Etta Rushing Percy Daniel Walker, 67, died 12-7-1964, buried Stoney Point cemetery, husband of Lulu McDaniel Walker Marvin E. Miller, 81, died 12-12-1964, buried Bogue Chitto cemetery, husband of Florence Burch Thomas Alton Spencer, 40, died 12-11-1964, buried Spencer cemetery Willis R. Pittman, 86, died 12-14-1964, buried New Zion cemetery, husband of Hettie Warner Leon Arthur (Buck) Sharp, 91, died 12-11-1964, buried Sharp's cemetery Nettie Baughman, 73, died 12-21-1964, buried Nobles cemetery Bobby J. Brooks, 32, died 12-20-1964, husband of Jacqueline Brooks, son of Estus and Esmer Hopgood Brooks Debbie Brooks, 8, died 12-20-1964, daughter of Bobby and Jacqueline Brooks Doyle A. Sandifer, 23, died 12-19-1964, buried Nobles cemetery, husband of Joyce Lambert, son of Edna Sumrall Sandifer Marcus A. Sandifer, 31, died 12-19-1964, buried Nobles cemetery, son of Edna Sumrall Sandifer Vera McClendon Fisher, 56, died 12-19-1964, wife of Floyd Fisher Wortley Moseley Gilmer, 89, died 12-27-1964, buried Stonewall Church cemetery, wife of William Lewis Gilmer, mother of Mrs. T. C. W. Magee Mrs. A. C. Taylor, 93, died 12-21-1964, buried Lucedale cemetery, mother of Mrs. J. E. Wright O. C. (Chas.) Lewis, 80 of Kentwood, died 12-26-1964, buried Lewiston cemetery, husband of Cordelia Vinyard