ERA Leader (1965) Obits, Washington, LA submitted by: Bonnie Dier ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ Charles Kermiss (C.K.) Williamson, 52, died 1-2-1965, buried Bogue Chitto cemetery, husband of Mary Allen Ronald Wesley Sylvest, 19, died 1-4-1965, buried Bethel cemetery, son of T. C. Sylvest, Jr., grandson of John Colmer and Chris Sylvest Rev. Willis A. Corkern, 78, funeral held 1-12-1965, buried Richardson cemetery, husband of Edna Corkern Louisa Knight Thomas, 50, died 1-8-1965, buried Thomas cemetery, wife of Alverice Thomas Mrs. Henry F. (Sedge) Corkern of Alexandria, died 1-11-1965, buried Sunlight cemetery Fannie Thigpen Brooks, 81, died 1-8-1965, buried Magee cemetery Beulah Magee Morgan, funeral held 1-16-1965 in Jackson, MS Frank Roberts, 61, died 1-19-1965, buried Mt. Pisgah cemetery, husband of Aylene Miller Tom P. Fornea, 83, died 1-15-1965, buried T. P. Fornea cemetery Robert Henry Seal, 56, died 1-14-1965, buried Seal cemetery, husband of Velma Pittman Pearlie Bass Thomas, 79, died 1-23-1965, buried Thomas cemetery Norbett J. Cousin, 30, native of Metairie, funeral held 1-27-1965, buried Miley cemetery Margaret (Maggie) Moak, 76, died 1-30-1965, buried Ellis cemetery Charles Stephen Ezekiel Babington, died 1-29-1965, husband of Maria John D. Sylvest, 85, died 1-28-1965, buried Bethel cemetery, husband of Minnie Fendlason Vintonia/Victoria Stringfield Self, 91, died 1-28-1965 in Houston TX, wife of Leslie Self, daughter of David H. Stringfield Clarence Eugene McMillan, 69 of Covington, died 2-7-1965, buried Covington cemetery #1, WWI veteran, husband of Lela Fatherree Mose Davis, 64, died 2-14-1965, buried Fisher cemetery, husband of Aline F. Davis Lucy Elizabeth Lewis Creel, 38, died 2-10-1965, buried Starhill cemetery, wife of Willie D. Creel Charles Ray Corkern, 57, died 2-15-1965, buried Magee/Springhill cemetery, husband of Theresa Corkern Nannie Tullos Byrd, 75, died 2-11-1965, buried Letchworth cemetery, wife of R. Y. Byrd Robert James Erwin, 56, died 2-13-1965, buried Springhill/Magee cemetery, husband of Eula Strahan Beulah Wood Minckler, 80 of Denver, CO, died 2-13-1965 Dixie Pope, 78, funeral held 2-14-1965 James D. Creel, 62, died 2-14-1965, buried Acy's creek cemetery, husband of Ruby Jordan James Colden Graham, Jr., 70 months, died 2-22-1965, buried Graham cemetery, son of James Graham, Sr., grandson of Pearl Gibson and Olden Spears and Alfred Graham Walter Graves, 25, died 2-22-1965, buried Gerald cemetery, husband of Hazel Darnell Graves, son of Inez Givens Lucius B. Simmons, 62, died 2-22-1965, buried Tylertown cemetery Delos J. Passman, 68, funeral held 2-28-1965, buried Strain cemetery in Abita Springs, WWI veteran, husband of Alma Passman John Dewitt Edwards, 83, died 2-28-1965, buried Nazarine Church in Maxie, MS, husband of Marinda Pettus Lorena Smith Alford, 80, died 2-25-1965, buried Bogue Chitto cemetery Elmer O. McElveen, 61, died 3-3-1965, buried Mt. Pisgah cemetery, son of H. R. McElveen Rebecca Lott Ford, 85, died 3-9-1965, buried Angie cemetery Louisa Boyd of Monticello, MS, 104, paper 3-11-1965 Verdie Mae Magee, 23, died 3-5-1965, buried Magee cemetery, wife of William E. Magee, daughter of Hester Miley Mary O. Dunlap, 84, funeral held 3-10-1965 Mavor F. Edwards, 75, died 3-8-1965, buried Magee-Bahm cemetery Esco Crain, 60, died 3-6-1965, buried Crain cemetery, husband of Oretha Crain, son of Mary Matt Crain Earl Edward Martin of Covington, 82, funeral held 3-17-1965, buried Covington cemetery, wife survives Ralton D. Knight, 55, died 3-17-1965, buried Ellis cemetery, son of W. E. Sr. and Mima Letchworth Knight Cora Knight Jones, 90, funeral held 3-14-1965, buried Enon cemetery Iley Francis Riley, 77, died 3-18-1965 in Jackson, LA, buried Jep Alford cemetery Lt. Howard Earl Foil, 56, died 3-23-1965 in Waco, TX, buried National Cemetery in Hudson, LA, husband of Nelda Harvey Orval J. (Jack) Odom, 81, died 3-22-1965, buried Emmanuel Church cemetery, husband of Katherine Odom Myrtle Rainey Wallace Catha, 62, died 3-29-1965, buried Canaan cemetery George Louis McNeese, 82, funeral held 3-30-1965, husband of Julia McNeese Genie Mae Rocko, 74, died 4-6-1965, buried Rushing cemetery Hardy W. (Hard) Thomas, 87, died 4-1-1965, buried Nobles cemetery, husband of Lillie Whittington Thomas Rena Elizabeth Thomas Duncan, 73, died 4-2-1965, buried Walter Thomas cemetery, wife of James Hubert Duncan Paul Boles of Eastland, TX, news received 4-12-1965, brother of Thelma Dixon Houston W. McCain, 69, died 4-19-1965, buried Poplarhead cemetery Eldora Sharp Fussell, 73, funeral held 4-27-1965, buried Burrell cemetery in Covington, wife of Leander Fussell Philmore Miller, Sr., 82, died 4-26-1965, buried Hillsdale cemetery Ivan L. Lee, 83, died 4-26-1965, buried Morris cemetery near Lexie, MS Lizzie Jarrell Temples, 77, died 5-3-1965, buried Jarrell cemetery Maggie Alford Brock, 78, died 4-29-1965, buried Mt. Hermon cemetery, wife of E. Holland Brock Emma McDaniel Luper, 74, died 5-3-1965, buried Noble cemetery Susie Elizabeth Sumrall Eldridge, 68, died 4-29-1965, buried Nobles cemetery John Paul Simpson, 87, died 5-10-1965, buried Smith Family cemetery, WWI and Spanish-American War veteran, husband of Jessie Smith Helen Sells Poole, died 6-11-1965, buried Ellis cemetery, wife of Rev. D. W. Poole Dosia Stallings Fornea, 86, died 5-10-1965, buried Fornea Family cemetery, wife of late Robert H. Fornea David B. Holmes, 77, died 4-29-1965, buried Mt. Hermon cemetery, husband of Mary J. Duncan Jewell Magee Toney, born 11-10-1895, died 4-4-1965, buried Ellis cemetery, son of late R. L. Toney, married 8-13-1916 to Odele Magee Pinkney R. Stevens, 87, died 5-16-1965, buried Ellis cemetery Ernest Eugene Jones, 78, died 5-12-1965, buried Ponemah cemetery, husband of Alma Jones Delos Ward Johnson, 61, died 5-13-1965, buried Ellis cemetery, son of Mrs. J. K. Johnson Thayer W. North, 54, did 5-17-1965, buried Ponemah cemetery, husband of Lora Jones John P. Simmons, 62, died 5-22-1965, buried Riverview cemetery in Monroe, husband of Madeline Simmons, son of late Norman and Lozanne Poole Simmons John Spinks, 84, died 5-27-1965, buried Canaan cemetery Garland Augustus Ford, 67, died 6-5-1965, buried Pleasant Valley cemetery, WWI veteran, husband of Tessie Jones Essie Pounds Braddy, 57, died 6-6-1965, buried Nobles cemetery, wife of T. O. Braddy Milous Seal, 70, died 6-3-1965, buried Seal cemetery at Varnado, husband of Judy Singley Walter D. Sylvest, 60, died 6-12-1965, buried Pilgrim Rest cemetery, never married Joel Magee, 37, died 6-20-1965, buried Noble cemetery, son of Zack Magee William Westmoreland, 64, died 6-21-1965, buried Enon Church cemetery, husband of Rozane Stafford William Milton McLain, 66, died 6-21-1965, buried Ellis cemetery, husband of Oleta G. McLain Mamie Sweeney Bickham, 67 of San Diego, CA, died 6-18-1965, wife of late Noel O. Bickham, daughter of late Rev. F. N. Sweeney Newton B. Seal, 91, died 6-27-1965, buried Poplarville cemetery Lola Kennedy Branch, 70, died 6-28-1965, buried Crain cemetery Florence Ott Michael, 42, died 7-5-1965 in Scottsdale, AZ, buried Ellis cemetery, wife of Edward Lee Michael, Jr., daughter of late Magee W. and Elizabeth Ott Luther O. Schilling, Sr., 77, died 7-2-1965, buried Mt. Hermon cemetery, WWI and WWII veteran, husband of Minnie Louise Schilling Ida Whittington Crain, 83, died 7-1-1965, buried Crain's Creek cemetery, wife of late John J. Crain Ruby Magee Shoemaker, 70, died 7-4-1965, buried Enon cemetery, wife of late Hugh Shoemaker, daughter of W. D. Magee Erline Hart, 29, died 7-4-1965, wife of Willie J. Hart, who killed her Charlie Robert Westmoreland, 80, died 7-7-1965, buried Corkern cemetery Darleen Fussell Mizell, 38, died 7-8-1965, buried Mizell cemetery, wife of William Ott Mizell, daughter of Alsee D. Fussell Chester Brooks, 57, died 7-15-1965, buried Stateline cemetery, husband of Zellie Brooks, son of Ida Brooks Werlein T. Brumfield, 63, died 7-17-1965, buried Roberts cemetery, husband of Emma Finch Brumfield Joe A. Finch, 69, died 7-16-1965, buried Mt. Hermon cemetery, husband of Hattie Loving J. L. Pearson, 57, died 7-23-1965 in Detroit Michigan, buried Ellis cemetery, husband of Sadie Pearson Wade Barber, 26, died 7-23-1965, buried Nobles cemetery, son of Benton Barber Donald Barber, 18, died 7-23-1965, buried Nobles cemetery, son of Benton Barber Hollis Ray Givens, 21, died 7-29-1965, buried Stoney Point cemetery, son of Piccola Givens Helen Ray LaCroix, 34, died 7-23-1965, buried Willie cemetery William Monroe Simmons, 76, died 7-30-1965, buried Ellis cemetery, husband of Mima Bateman Simmons Gussie Sweeney, 78, died 7-30-1965, buried Fisher cemetery, wife of late Rev. F. N. Sweeney Fanny Excie McGehee, 71, died 8-8-1965, buried Silver Springs Church cemetery, wife of John W. McGehee Minnie Givens Gill, 84, died 8-10-1965, buried Stoney Point cemetery Walter D. Varnado of Little Rock AK, died 8-11-1965, WWI veteran, husband of Ann Varnado Frank Francis Bazo, 47, died 8-22-1965, native of New Jersey, buried Woodland cemetery at Kentwood, WWII veteran, wife survives Thomas Arthur Magee, 19, died 8-22-1965, son of Thomas Magee, Sr. Thomas Byron Conerly, 91, died 9-3-1965, buried Spring Creek Grover Cleveland Bahm, 73, died 9-9-1965, buried Bahm cemetery, husband of Rena Myles Mabel J. Renard, 81, died 9-9-1965, buried Ellis cemetery, wife of late Louis Renard Tom Foil, 70, died 9-11-1965, buried Memphis, TN Mrs. Herbert H. Lester of North Carolina, funeral held 9-11-1965 in Jackson, MS, husband survives Rosa Mae Corkern, 71, died 9-11-1965, buried Canaan cemetery Robert R. Jones, 70, died 9-17-1965, buried Bonner Creek cemetery, husband of Elvie Galloway Lela Jones Stafford, 67, died 9-27-1965, buried Enon Church cemetery, wife of H. A. Stafford, Sr. Joyce Lambert Sandifer, died 9-25-1965, buried Stoney Point cemetery, wife of late Marcus A. Sandifer Willia Artis Crain, 71, died 9-25-1965, buried Crain cemetery, husband of Ida Seal Crain J. Weston Burch, 87, died 9-29-1965, buried Mt. Pisgah cemetery Delis Wilson Pierre, 24 of New Orleans, died 9-24-1965 Juanita Smith Carlton, 75, died 9-31-1965, buried Mt. Hermon cemetery Glen Thigpen, died 9-31-1965, buried Seal cemetery, husband of Lucille Thigpen, son of Thomas T. Thigpen Clement E. Pierce, 76, died 10-6-1965, buried in the family cemetery Barney Newsom Schilling, 86, died 10-5-1965, buried Ponemah cemetery Jessie Bateman Davis, died 10-12-1965, buried Ellis cemetery, wife of J. R. Davis Sam Gay, 78, native of Foxworth, MS, funeral held 10-19-1965, buried Nobles cemetery, WWI veteran Frances Hines Crain, 87, died 10-13-1965, buried Hines cemetery, wife of late William Crain Nell Ott Ott, 74, died 10-25-1965, wife of Curtis D. Ott, daughter of late Walter T. and Leah Magee Ott Alfred D. Smother, 68, died 10-19-1965, buried Bethel cemetery, husband of Mildred Smothers Cleveland Dillon, 72, funeral held 10-21-1965, buried Ponemah cemetery, husband of Viola Jones Charles William Simmons, 18 of Slidell, funeral held 10-27-1965, buried Simmons cemetery, son of Ezra Simmons, grandson of Arlie Crain Willie Alton Jones, Sr., 65, died 10-20-1965, buried Morris cemetery, husband of Margie Ratcliff Rodney Esco Bankston, 76, funeral held 10-22-1965, buried Hayes Creek cemetery, husband of Stella Stewart Andrew D. Kemp, 91, died 10-26-1965, buried Fisher cemetery Nellie Walker Behrens, 70 of Baton Rouge, funeral held 10-30-1965, buried Stoney Point cemetery, wife of George Behrens Nola Leroy Smith, born 10-11-1894 in Warnerton, died 11-2-1965, buried Ellis cemetery, WWI veteran, husband of Edna Talbert, son of Jesse C. and Rosa Ellzey Smith Mrs. C. O. Conway, died 10-31-1965 in Nevada, MO, mother of Mrs. Lyle Killingsworth Tommy Warren Stephens, Jr., died 11-5-1965, buried Midway Pentecostal Church cemetery, son of T. W. Stephens, grandson of A. C. Smith and Curtis I. Stephens Clifford Evoritt of Eagle Lake, TX, died 11-11-1965, husband of Marjorie Wood Meacie M. Cooper, 85, died 11-11-1965, buried Nobles cemetery Vernon Smith of Cheyenne Wells, CO, funeral held 11-15-1965, buried McNeese cemetery, son of Archie W. Smith Alice S. Jordan, 75, died 11-17-1965, buried Brumfield cemetery, wife of late Lonnie Jordan Charlie M. Jones, 58, died 11-21-1965, buried Ellis cemetery, husband of Lillie Stevens Louis Phillips, died 11-19-1965 of Laurel, MS, buried Bay Minette, AL Nettie E. Wray, 83, native of Mayfield, KY, died 11-20-1965, buried Elbridge TN cemetery, mother of E. M. Wray of Mt. Hermon Taylor Griffin Corkern, Sr., 95, died 11-20-1965, buried Sunlight cemetery Rhoda Gerald Pace, 65, died 11-27-1965, buried Crain's Creek cemetery, wife of Lee Carl Pace Mrs. Grady Fagan, died 12-1-1965 in New Orleans, buried Lucedale, MS, sister of Mrs. J. E. Wright James W. Seals, 61, died 12-4-1965, buried Seal cemetery, husband of Eula Mae Seals Minnie Fendlason Sylvest, 80, died 12-3-1965, buried Bethel Cemetery Dudley Bennett, 46, died 12-7-1965, buried New Jerusalem Church at Pumpkin Center Mary Ann Magee Primes, 78, died 12-11-1965, buried Acey's Creek cemetery, wife of David Primes Margaret Sweeney Vlastos, died 12-11-1965, of Jennings, LA Wilbur W. Crain, 46, died 12-17-1965, buried Crain cemetery at Stateline, husband of Rosetta Crain A.G. Warner, 50, died 12-18-1965, buried Warner-Haley cemetery, unmarried Gertha Elizabeth Branch McMillan, 78, died 12-24-1965, buried Bonney cemetery Vivian McMillan Babington, 74, died 12-24-1965, buried Mt. Olive cemetery Joseph Hamilton Bickham, 21, died 12-25-1965, son of Dent Bickham Jimi Thomas, 51, died 12-25-1965, buried Nobles cemetery, husband of Ruth Lee Hunt