ERA Leader (1970) Obits, Washington Parish LA Submitted by: Bonnie Dier Date: March 2, 2012 ************************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************** 1-1-1970 COMMODORE, Sonny Boy “Red”, 35. A resident of the Stoney Point community, was killed in a feed mill accident last Friday at the T & S Feed Company on the Amite Highway. COWAN, Emma Viola, 88, passed away Dec. 26th. Funeral services held in Knightstown, IN. She was a resident of Rt. 1 Franklinton and the mother of Walter Cowan. SEAL, Jeanette L., 56. She died Saturday at Bogalusa Medical Center. Funeral services held Dec. 28th at Monroe Street Baptist Church. Interment held in the Ponemah Cem. Wife of Murton Seal. ROBINSON, Julia, passed away Dec. 30th at Riverside Medical Center. Her body was returned to Upton-Mims Mitchell Funeral Home in Magee, MS for final rites and interment. She had made her home in Franklinton with her daughter, Mrs. Joe O. Poole since late summer. BEVERLY, Robert Lamar, 50 of Covington, was killed Christmas Eve in an auto accident on Hwy. 190 between Hammond and Covington. Funeral services were held Dec. 26th. 1-8-1970 TALLEY, Eldora Thomas, 81 of High Park. She died at her daughter’s residence in Baton Rouge. Funeral services were held Jan. 2nd. Interment in the Talley Chapel Cem. GOINGS, Major B., 73 of Mt. Hermon, died at his residence Dec. __. Interment in the Pleasant Hill Cem. GRIFFIN, Edward, 59, died Sunday. Funeral services were in Salem, MS on Jan. 5th, with burial in the Boyd Cem. Husband of Myrtle McKenzie Griffin. MCDOUGALL, Lindsey W., 88, died Jan. 2nd in Covington. Final rites held in Covington on Jan. 3rd. He was a Washington Parish native. Husband of Nurcelia Babington McDougall. BROCK, Bosia S. A native of Walthall County, MS, died Jan. 2nd at Ochsner’s Foundation Hospital in New Orleans. Final rites held Jan. 4th at the Bogue Chitto Baptist Church in Mt. Hermon with interment in the church cemetery. Husband of Blanche Brock. ROBINSON, Mrs. Hugh G. (Julia), 83. Funeral services conducted Jan. 1st in Magee, MS from the Presbyterian Church. She died Tuesday at Riverside Medical Center. RICKS, Aubrey. Final rites held Tuesday from McNeeley Funeral Parlor with interment in the Tangipahoa Cem. 1-15-1970 BORDSTEDE, Loyd, 58, died Wednesday at his residence in Franklinton. Funeral services were held Jan. 10th at State Line Pentecostal Church with interment in the State Line Cem. Husband of Mary Bordstede. CHANCELLOR, Mrs. J. W., 68. She was a native of Hattiesburg. Funeral services conducted Jan. 7th in Hattiesburg, MS. She is the grandmother of Mrs. Joe Baugh of Franklinton. VARNADO, Mrs. Talmadge “Alma” Ryne, 62. Funeral services held in Gulfport, MS on Jan. 13th. She died at her residence in Gulfport. Interment was in the Woodland Cem. Wife of Talmadge Varnado. MAGEE, Union, 72 , a native of the Lawrence Creek community and died Wednesday at Riverside Medical Center. Funeral services were held Jan. 8th, with interment in the Magee Cem. Husband of Lena Passman Magee. RITTER, Mrs. J. H. Final rites were conducted Wednesday in Many, LA. Sister of Mrs. J. T. Cook. BROCK, Bosia. Final rites held on Jan. 4th. 1-22-1970 DYSON, Bobby J., 18. He died Tuesday in a bus accident on the Bogalusa Highway. WATTS, Walter Lee, 76, died Jan. 17th at Riverside Medical Center. Final rites were held Jan. 19th at Poole Funeral Home. Interment was held in the Cedarlawn Cem. at Hammond, LA. Husband of Gladys Saint Watts. STAFFORD, William H. “Hezzie”, 71. He died Friday in the Bogalusa Medical Center. Funeral services were held Jan. 17th. Interment followed in the Ponemah Cem. He was a resident of the Ben’s Ford community. Husband of Bertha C. Stafford. 1-29-1970 YOUNG, Harvey. He died Sunday at his in Grand Bay, AL, and was a former resident of Bogalusa. Funeral services held Jan. 28th at Grand Bay. Interment was in the Pascagoula Cem. Brother of J. N. Young of Franklinton. BICKHAM, Noel, 81 of Mt. Hermon, died Jan. 25th at Riverside Medical Center. A native of Washington Parish and son of Abner and Ann Boyd Bickham. Funeral services held Jan. 26th at the Bogue Chitto Baptist Church in Mt. Hermon. Husband of Essie Burch Bickham. DICKERSON, Clarice Owens, 45, died Monday in the Riverside Medical Center. Funeral services held Jan. 28th at the Bonner Creek Baptist Church with interment in the church cem. Wife of Bruce Dickerson, and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Owens. 2-5-1970 PETERSON, Oscar Hunter, 80, died Jan. 3th in the St. Tammany Parish Hospital in Covington. Funeral services held Jan. 31st with interment in the Peterson Cem. He was a resident of Mt. Hermon. Husband of Eveline Bond Peterson. KNIGHT, Wilbur W., 76, died Thursday at Riverside Medical Center. Funeral services held Jan. 30th with interment in the Ellis Cem. He was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. M. T. Knight, and husband of Ethel Crowe Knight. VERGER, Virgil. He died in New Orleans Jan. 29th. Funeral services held in Folsom on Jan. 31st. Husband of Inez Verger. SEAL, John, 68 of Rt. 5 Franklinton, died Sunday at the Bogalusa Medical Center. Funeral services held at the State Line Baptist Church on Feb. 3rd. Interment was in the Seals Cem. GAYER, Amanda Theresa, 76 and a native of Franklinton, died Wednesday in Menard Hospital in Menard, LA. A private funeral service was held Friday in Fairmount Cem. She was a resident of San Angelo, TX for the past 12 years. She was born Feb. 24, 1893 in Franklinton. 2-19-1970 MCKENZIE, Ada Beard, 76, died Feb. 13th at Riverside Medical Center. Funeral services held Feb. 15th at the Salem Baptist Church. She was a native and resident of Tylertown, and daughter of the late Courtney Alexander and Chris Beard of Tylertown. Interment was held in the Boyd Cem. BULLOCH, W. S., 60 of Baker, LA. Funeral services held Feb. 14th at Poole Funeral Home. He died Feb. 12th at Lane Memorial Hospital in Zachary, and was a former resident of Franklinton and a veteran of World War II. Husband of Mildred Ricks Bulloch. Interment was in the Ellis Cem. COOPER, Claude Ellis, 41 of Franklinton, died at his residence Thursday morning. Funeral services held Feb. 13th at Grace Baptist Church, with interment in Nobles Cem. Husband of Fannie Creel Cooper and son of Ernestine Cooper. 2-26-1970 CAVES, Jake C., 87 of Rt. 4 Franklinton, died Feb. 19th at his residence. Funeral services held Feb. 20th at Poole Funeral Home, with interment in the Corkern-Caves Cem. SMITH, Infant son. Graveside rites were conducted Sunday at the Bonner Creek Cem. for the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Smith of Fort Sumpter, NC. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Earmon Smith of Mt. Hermon and Bruce Dickerson of Franklinton, great grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Fred Owens of Franklinton and Mrs. Fleet Miller of Mt. Hermon, and great grandfather, Fleet Smith of Mt. Hermon. MILLER, Rev. J. W. A former pastor of Canaan Baptist Church died in Mobile. Funeral services held today in Mobile, AL. BABINGTON, Ada Magee. A native of Washington Parish and lifelong resident of Franklinton, and was born Sept. 18th, 1883 to Robert Daniel and Clotilde Wood Magee. Mrs. Babington passed away at Heritage Manor on Feb. 20th. Interment was held in the Ellis Cem. She married Robert Hugh Bateman in April, 1904. RUSHING, Nora, 93, died Tuesday at the home of her granddaughter, Mrs. Robert Davis of Franklinton. Funeral services held in the Chapel of Capps Funeral Home in Tylertown today (Thursday). MULLINGS, John S., died Feb. 18th in the Columbia, MS Hospital. Funeral services were conducted from the Methodist Church in Columbia on Feb. 19th. On June 21, 1921 he married Velma Magee of Franklinton, who preceded him in death on Aug. 11, 1966. 3-5-1970 CRAIN, James Earl. Funeral services held March 3rd at the Sweet Home Church in Franklinton. Mr. Crain died in the Veterans Hospital in New Orleans. He was a former teacher in the Washington Parish Schools and a veteran of World War II. Interment was in the Sweet Home Church cem. Son of Albert Crain. BROCK, Lloyd L., 65, of Richardson Road, Franklinton, died March 1st in McGehee Clinic. Funeral services held March 4th with interment in the Sunny Hill cem. Husband of Leone Schilling Brock. FUSSELL, Minnie Hughes, 72, died in Amite on March 2nd. Funeral services held March 3rd at the McNeilly Funeral Home Chapel in Amite. Wife of Delma Fussell. MILLER, Maude B., 79, died Friday in the Bogalusa Community Medical Center. Funeral services were held March 1st at the Bogue Chitto Baptist Church, with interment in the church cem. BURCH, Milford H., 62, of Hammond, died Feb. 28th in the Parkview Nursing Home in Hammond. He was a former resident of Rt. 1 Mt. Hermon. Funeral services were held March 2nd, with interment in the Mt. Pisgah Cem. Son of Mima Foil Burch. TERRELL, Edna Toney, 75, died Tuesday at Riverside Medical Center. She was a resident of Rt. 4, San Pedro Community. Final rites held March 5th at the San Pedro Baptist Church, with interment in the San Pedro Church cem. Wife of Ansel N. Terrell. ALFORD, Tina, 87, died Wednesday at Heritage Manor Nursing Home. Funeral services held Feb. 27th at the Bogue Chitto Baptist Church with interment in the church cem. 3-12-1970 MILLER, William Frank, a was a native of Washington Parish, died March 10th at his residence in Bogalusa. Funeral services will be held today, March 12th at the Bogue Chitto Baptist Church with interment in the Bogue Chitto Cem. Husband of Mary Pittman Miller. 3-19-1970 FORTENBERRY, Mrs. C. C. (Grace Hobgood), 84 of the Hackley community, died Thursday at Riverside Medical Center. Funeral services held March 13th at Poole Funeral Home, with interment in the Ellis Cem. THOMAS, Noah, 77 of Rt. 5 Franklinton, died Friday in Riverside Medical Center. Funeral services held March 15th at Lawrence Creek Baptist Church with interment in the Thomas Cem. Husband of Dora Thomas. RICHARDSON, Zoe C., 84, a native of Washington Parish, and the daughter of the late Judge Prentiss B. Carter, died Thursday at Heritage Manor. Funeral services held March 13th in the Poole Funeral Home Chapel, with interment in the Ellis Cem. MORGAN, Dewey Daniel, 62, a resident of Amite, died March 11th at Riverside Medical Center. Final rites were conducted March 12th at the Poole Funeral Home with interment in the Star Hill Cem. Husband of Beulah Toney Morgan. 3-26-1970 MANNING, S. W. “Wilkes”, 93, died Monday at Riverside Medical Center. Funeral services held March 25th at Poole Funeral Home, with interment in the Morris Cem. Husband of Maggie Jenkins Manning. OTT, Victor Leggett, 83, a former resident of Mt. Hermon, died March 20th at the Pike Memorial Hospital in Kentwood. Funeral services were held March 22nd, with interment in the Ott Cem. at Mt. Hermon. KNIGHT, James Nicholas, 79, died Sunday at Riverside Medical Center. Funeral services were held March 23rd at Pine Missionary Baptist Church with interment in the church cem. Husband of Emma Stogner Knight. FOIL, J. Ernest, 68, died March 19th at Touro Infirmary in New Orleans. Funeral services held March 21st at Superior Avenue Baptist Church in Bogalusa, with interment in Hillview Cem. Husband of Hazel Sweeney Foil. 4-2-1970 MAGEE, Cleve Monroe, 61, resident of Bogalusa, died Friday. Funeral services held March 29th at the Stateline Pentecostal Church, with interment in the Stateline Cem. Husband of Harriet C. Magee. SCHILLING, Ret. Maj. R. O., resident of Denver, CO, died. Brother of Mrs. Lloyd (Leone) Brock and husband of Jo Ann Stout Schilling. 4-9-1970 WILLOUGHBY, Bessie Foil, 77, died Saturday at Riverside Medical Center. Funeral services were held April 5th with interment in the Foil Cem. TALLEY, Calvin Lane “Buddy”, 85, died April 7th at Heritage Manor Nursing Home. Funeral services will be held today, Thursday, in Bogalusa. Interment will be in Talley’s Chapel Cem. near Sun. SCHILLING, Theodore Guy, Sr., 68, of Rt. 2 Franklinton, died Saturday at Riverside Medical Center. Funeral services held April 5th at Pine Missionary Baptist Church, with interment in the Schilling Cem. at Pine. Husband of Minnie Schilling. 4-16-1970 GIVENS, Exie Carson, 79, expired Friday in Our Lady of the Lake in Baton Rouge. Funeral services held April 12th at the Fisher Methodist Church. She was a resident of Rt. 3 Franklinton. Interment was in the Fisher Cem. POOLE, Mrs. G. F. (May K.), 82, died Monday. She was president of G. F. Poole Mortuaries of Bogalusa, Franklinton and Slidell. She was a native of Covington and resided in Bogalusa. Interment followed in the Sanctuary of Peace Mausoleum. COX, Philon, 73, resident of Amite and native of Covington, died at Harvest Manor Nursing Home in Denham Springs on April 8th. Funeral services held at Wilmer Baptist Church, east of Amite on April 10th. MCINTYRE, Bettye Corkern, 38, died Friday at her residence on Rt. 4 Franklinton. Funeral services were conducted April 11th at Enon Baptist Church, with interment in the Enon Cem. Wife of Rev. Harry McIntyre. CROWE, David, 53, former Washington Parish resident. Funeral services held April 14th at Foster Road Baptist Church in Baton Rouge. He died at his home at Moss Point, MS. Interment in Gardens of Memorial Cem. in Baton Rouge. 4-23-1970 MORGAN, Effa Bennett, 80 of Folsom, died April 16th in St. Tammany Hospital in Covington. Funeral services held April 18th at Live Oak Missionary Baptist Church in Folsom, with interment in Bennett Cem. in Folsom. BRADLEY, Charles J., 68, died April 17th. Funeral services held at Schoen Funeral Home in Covington on April 19th, with interment in the Covington Cem. He was a native of Covington. SYLVEST, Atwell. Final rites were conducted from the Poole Funeral Home in Franklinton, followed by interment in Bethel Cem. 4-30-1970 SYLVEST, Walter Atwell, 56 of Rt. 3 Franklinton, died April 23rd at Lallie Kemp Hospital in Independence. Funeral services held April 24th from Poole Funeral Home with interment in Bethel Cem. Husband of Rosalie Dickens Sylvest. SIMMONS, Emerson W., Sr., 66 of New Orleans, died April 25th. He was a Washington Parish native. Funeral services were held April 27th in the Jacob Schoen and Son Funeral Home Chapel in New Orleans, with interment in the Gardens of Memories. Husband of Pricilla Cuccio Simmons. HUSSER, David, 63 of Rt. 3 Franklinton, died May 2nd in Franklinton. Funeral services were held May 4th at Canaan Baptist Church, with interment in the Canaan Cem. Husband of Myrtle Corkern Husser. 5-7-1970 WALKER, Lula, of the Stoney Point Community, died Wednesday in Riverside Medical Center. Funeral services will be held today at the Stoney Point Baptist Church with interment in the church cemetery. KEALHOFER, Infant. Infant of Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Kealhofer of Selma, AL died. Final rites conducted Tuesday at the graveside. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. V. E. Kealhofer and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Smith, great grandparent is Mrs. I. C. Simpson of Reform, AL. 5-14-1970 MILLER, Bobby Earl, 30 of Franklinton, died Wednesday at Baptist Hospital in New Orleans. Funeral services held May 8th at the Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church, with interment in the church cem. Husband of Dolly Mae Miller, son of Mr. and Mrs. Milford Miller of the Mt. Pisgah community. SEAL, Lenora, 78, of Rt. 2 Amite, died May 8th in the Riverside Medical Center. Funeral services held May 10th at the Sharon Baptist Church on the Amite Hwy, just west of the Tangipahoa Parish line. Interment in the Seal Cem. 5-21-1970 ALFORD, Willis, 78 of the Bogue Chitto Community, Rt. 1 Mt. Hermon, died Monday. She is the last surviving member of the Willis and Clarissa Alford family. Final rites held May 19th at the Bogue Chitto Baptist Church with interment following in the church cem. Husband of Velma Smith Alford. FOIL, William Lloyd “Billy”, 14 of Bogalusa was killed in an accident near the Pearl River Waterway on Sunday. Funeral services held May 19th. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe F. Foil of Bogalusa and the grandson of Mrs. W. R. “Essie” Foil of Franklinton, and Mr. and Mrs. Huey Miller of Mt. Hermon. 5-28-1970 WASKOM, Kenneth Wayne, 11 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. John Waskom of Stoney Point, drowned Friday in Amite. Funeral services held May 24th at the Stoney Point Baptist Church with interment in the Stoney Point Cem. He is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Faires Waskom of Stoney Point, Mr. and Mrs. Charlie McDaniel of Rt. 2 Kentwood, and great grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Ansil Waskom, Sr., Mrs. Dora Pittman and Mrs. Tina Bond of Franklinton. SCHILLING, Minnie Swain, 72 of Mt. Hermon, died Monday in the Slidell Memorial Hospital. Funeral services were held May 27th at the Mt. Hermon Baptist Church, with interment in the church cem. KNIGHT, Susan. Funeral held Friday at the Pine Grove Missionary Baptist church at Varnado. 6-11-1970 EDMONSON, Rev. Thomas E. Final rites were conducted June 9th from the First National Funeral Home in Minden, LA, followed by interment in the Rocky Springs Baptist Church in Lisbon, LA. He served as pastor in various churches in this area. Husband of Mrs. Thomas E. Edmonson. EDMONSON, Mrs. Thomas E. Final rites were conducted June 9th from the First National Funeral Home in Minden, LA, followed by interment in the Rocky Springs Baptist Church in Lisbon, LA. Wife of Rev. Thomas E. Edmonson, daughter of Mrs. J. A. Bennett of New Orleans. MILLER, Ila, 67 of Jackson, LA and native of Mt. Hermon, died June 6th at the Clinton Infirmary. Funeral services were held June 8th at the Pentecostal Church in McManus, with burial in the Midway Pentecostal Church Cemetery, Sunny Hill. Husband of Della Miller. 6-28-1970 SMITH, Paul L., pastor of the Bogue Chitto Baptist Church, passed away Saturday in Bessemer, AL. Funeral services were conducted Saturday. 6-25-1970 BRUMFIELD, Mrs. W. J. “Lena”, 75, of the Hayes Creek community, died Monday in Riverside Medical Center. Funeral services held June 23rd in the Poole Funeral Home, with interment in the Brumfield Cem. FREEMAN, W. A. “Allie”, 94 of Varnado. Funeral services were held June 24th at the Pine Missionary Baptist Church, with interment in the Nobles Cem. Husband of “Bea” Freeman. 7-2-1970 SCHILLING, Albert M., 74, died Friday at Methodist Hospital in New Orleans. He was a native of Mt. Hermon and a veteran of World War I. Funeral services were held June 28th at the Midway Pentecostal Church, with interment in the Schilling Cem. at Mt. Hermon. Husband of Alma Miller Schilling. BATEMAN, J. L. (Jim), 93, a native and lifelong resident of Washington Parish, died June 26th in Riverside Medical Center. Funeral services will be held in Poole Funeral Home Friday with interment in the Ellis Cem. Husband of Allie Toney Bateman. 7-9-1970 MULINA, Jewel J., 68, of Rt. 3 Franklinton, died July 1st at Riverside Medical Center. Funeral services were held July 3rd at Canaan Baptist Church, with interment in the Canaan Cem. Husband of Athalee S. Mulina. SIMMONS, Lawrence J., 60, died Friday. Funeral services held July 4th in St. Maria Goretti Church in New Orleans. Brother of Mrs. Wilton Pettit of Franklinton and husband of Marion Babin Simmons of New Orleans. BOND, Ivy Esco, 86, of the Stoney Point community, died at his residence June 25th. Funeral services held June 26th at the Stoney Point Baptist Church with interment in the Stoney Point Cem. Husband of Stella Corkern Bond. GERALD, Jop Oneal, 76 of Pine, died July 6th in the Baptist Hospital in New Orleans. Funeral services held July 8th at the Pine Missionary Baptist church, with interment in the new Gerald Cem. Husband of Ida Seal Gerald. He was a veteran of World War I. TONEY, William Adnell, 77 of Rt. 3 Franklinton, died July 3rd in the Bogalusa Medical Center. Funeral services were held July 4th at the Poole Funeral Home, with interment in the Wallace Cem. Husband of Carrie Wallace Toney. 7-23-1970 PASSMAN, Maude Burch, died Monday in a Baton Rouge Hospital. Funeral services were held July 22nd at the First Baptist Church in Franklinton, with interment in the Ellis Cem. She was formerly of Franklinton and the daughter of Eli Felix and Florence Self Burch of Franklinton. MOAK, Percy Ezra, 79 of Hancock Street, died July 18th at Riverside Medical Center. Funeral services were held July 20th at the Grace Missionary Baptist Church, with interment in the Ellis Cem. Husband of Era Moak. CONDALARY, James Wilford, 81 of Rt. 3 Franklinton, died Saturday at Riverside Medical Center. Funeral services were held July 19th at Canaan Baptist Church. He was a World War I veteran. Husband of Ozzie E. Condalary. 7-30-1970 SMITH, Mrs. Benton “Mandy”. She was a native of Mt. Hermon and died in Waynesboro, MS. Funeral services were held July 24th at the Bogue Chitto Baptist Church. JONES, Kyle Karson, 6 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Willie Kyle Jones. Funeral services held on July 27th at the Enon Baptist Church, with interment in the church cem. He died at Ochsner Foundation Hospital in New Orleans. JENKINS, Clabe A., 90, of Franklinton, died Friday in New Orleans. Funeral services were held July 26th at Acey’s Creek Baptist Church, with interment in the Nobles Cem. JENKINS, Leroy, of Covington. Funeral services held July 21st from the First Baptist Church in Covington, with interment in the Covington Mausoleum. He died in Turo Infirmary in New Orleans on July 19th. Husband of Donis Jordan Jenkins. MILLER, Thad Lampton, 73 of Mt. Hermon, died July 24th at the Walthall County General Hospital in Tylertown. Funeral services were held July 25th at the Bogue Chitto Baptist Church. He was a World War I veteran and native of Mt. Hermon. 8-6-1970 SLAVEN, James Fletcher, 59 of Mt. Hermon, died July 31st. Funeral services were held August 3rd at the Mt. Hermon Baptist Church, with interment in the Mt. Hermon Cem. Husband of Gertrude Slaven. 8-13-1970 LILLY, Ruby Bell. Died August 5th at Rest Haven Nursing Home in Bogalusa. Funeral services held August 7th from the Pleasant Hill Pentecostal Church in Foxworth, MS, with interment in the church cem. Wife of Dudley Lilly. BRADLEY, Toy Otis, 67 of Franklinton, died Friday in a Bogalusa Hospital. He was a former resident of Independence. Funeral services were held August 8th, with interment in the Enon Cem. Husband of Rosa Mae Creel. TALLEY, Jacob Joshua, 80 of Rt. 2 Franklinton, died Monday. Funeral rites were held August 18th at the Oak Grove Baptist Church, with interment in the church cem. Husband of Euna Mae Hunt. 8-27-1970 FOIL, Henry E., 75 of Lee Street, Franklinton, died Tuesday at Riverside Medical Center. Funeral services were held Wednesday at Fisher Methodist Church, with interment in the Fisher Cem. Husband of Hattie Scott Foil of Salem, OR. 9-3-1970 PETTITT, Glenn W., 73 of 13th Ave. Franklinton, died Monday. Funeral services held Sept. 1st at the Second Baptist Church in Franklinton, with interment in the Pleasant Hill Cem. Husband of Jessie Fortenberry Pettitt. SHARP, David. Infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Murphy Sharp of Rt. 3 Franklinton, died Thursday in Lallie Kemp Hospital in Independence. Graveside rites were held August 28th at the Sharp Cem. MCCARTY, Evie Townsend. Funeral conducted Sunday in Baton Rouge at the Welsh Funeral Home. 9-10-1970 MAGEE, Cora Evelyn. Graveside rites were held Saturday, Sept. __ at the Magee Cem. in Enon. WATSON, __nie P., resident of Rt. 1 Mt. Hermon, died at Riverside Medical Center. Funeral services were held Sept. 9th at Poole Funeral Home Chapel, with interment in the Pleasant ____ Cem. Wife of Ed W. Watson. JONES, Frank Wiley. He was a native of Franklinton, but resided in Covington for years. He died Sept. 5th. Funeral services were held Sept. 7th in Covington. He was the son of the late Dr. W. J. Jones and Mary Jones. Interment held in the Ellis Cem. Husband of Louise Babington Jones. 9-17-1970 PASSMAN, Wilton L., 58, a former resident of Franklinton, died in Baton Rouge Saturday. Funeral services held Sept. 13th at the New Hope Baptist Church, with interment in the New Hope Cem. MAGEE, Hampton J., 73 of the Fisher community, died Wednesday at Riverside Medical Center. Funeral services held Sept. 11th at the Poole Funeral Home with interment in the Fisher Community cem. Husband of Altha Stafford Magee. 9-24-1970 MANNING, Azzie D, 62 of Franklinton, died Wednesday at Riverside Medical Center. Funeral services were held Sept. 18th with interment in the Morris Cem. Wife of Charlie G. Manning. NEWMAN, Dewitt, 61 of Rt. 2 Franklinton, died Saturday at Washington St. Tammany Hospital. Funeral services were held Sept. 20th at the Mt. Zion Pentecostal Church, with interment in the church cem. Husband of Eunice Newman. 10-1-1970 GREEN, Lawrence B., 58 of Enon, died Wednesday in Greensburg. Funeral services were held Sept. 25th at the Poole Funeral Home, with interment in the Ellis Cem. Husband of Margaret C. Green. 10-8-1970 SULLIVAN, James Charles. Funeral services held yesterday at Crain Creek Baptist Church. Husband of Eloise Sullivan. BAHM, Della Steward, 75, a resident of the Mt. Pisgah community passed away in a nursing home in Jackson, LA Sunday. Final rites were held Oct. 6th at the Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church with interment in the church cem. Wife of Clay Bahm. GERALD, Ouida Thomas, 72 of Franklinton, passed away Saturday in Heritage Manor Nursing Home. Funeral services were held Monday at Pine Missionary Baptist Church with interment in the Gerald Cem. CRAIN, William Lafayette “Bill”, 85. Funeral services were held Monday at Sweet Home Church of Christ with burial in the church cem. Crain was Franklinton’s first newspaper carrier. Husband of Inez Amacker Crain. 10-15-1970 MILLER, Fleet R., 90, passed away Oct. 12 in the Stoney Point community. Final rites were held Oct. 13th from the Mt. Hermon Baptist Church with interment in the Ott Cem. Husband of Bessie Ott Miller. 10-22-1970 PENTON, Martin Kenzie, 74 of Franklinton died last Thursday at the Veterans Administration hospital in Alexandria. He was a veteran of World War I. Funeral services were held last Saturday at Bonner Creek Baptist Church with interment in the church cem. RILEY, Joe J., 61, died last Wednesday at Riverside Medical Center. Funeral services were conducted last Friday at the Mt. Hermon Baptist Church. Husband of Frances Blackwell Riley. 11-5-1970 RABORN, Mary Jane Bateman, 25 and native of Spring Creek, died Nov. 1st in Baton Rouge General Hospital. Funeral services were conducted Tuesday in the Brown Funeral Home Chapel in Kentwood, with interment in the Spring Creek Cem. Wife of Mike Raborn and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Bateman of Kentwood. YARBOROUGH, Clinton Edward, 58, died Nov. 2nd at Riverside Medical Center. Final rites were held Wednesday in the chapel of Capps Funeral Home in Tylertown, with interment in the Tylertown Cem. He was the son of the late Clinton E. and Eloise Rimes Yarborough, pioneer citizens of Walthall County. NIELSON, Joe, Sr., 68, died Nov. 1st in Riverside Medical Center. Funeral services were held Tuesday at State Line Pentecostal Church with burial in the church cem. Husband of Susie Hill Nielson. MAGEE, Michael. He was killed in an auto accident last weekend with his wife, JoAnn Nielson Magee. Joint funeral services were held Monday, with burial in the Magee Cem. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Magee. MAGEE, Joann Nielson. She was killed in an auto accident last weekend with her husband Michael Magee. Joint funeral services were held Monday, with burial in the Magee Cem. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Nielson Jr. 11-12-1970 TIPPENS, Ozzie Sylvest, 88, a native of Washington Parish. Funeral services were conducted in Auburn, AL on Oct. 29th. She is the daughter of the late Joe E. and Frances Erwin Sylvest. Her husband, Joe Tippens, preceded her in death many years ago. WALLACE, Ruth Ott, native of Washington Parish and the daughter of the late David Jackson and Rose Powell Ott, died in the Community Medical Center in Bogalusa on Nov. 10th. The funeral was conducted from the Chapel of the Poole Funeral Home in Bogalusa on Nov. 11th, with interment in the Ponemah Cem. DANIEL, Tera, 88 and life-long resident of Franklinton, died Nov. 5th in Heritage Manor. Funeral services were held Saturday, with interment in the Daniel Cem. SHIRLEY, J. A., 52. Funeral services were conducted from the Pleasant Hill Baptist Church in DeRidder, LA on Nov. 9th. Father of Mrs. Andy Johnson. BULLOCK, Bena Bass, 80 of Georgetown, LA. Funeral services were conducted from Hixon Funeral Home in Alexandria, LA on Nov. 10th with interment in the Forest Park Cem. She was a native of Louisiana and passed away Sunday in Heritage Manor in Franklinton. 11-19-1970 WILLIAMS, Murphy R., Sr., 70, passed away Friday at Ochsner Foundation Hospital. Funeral services were conducted Nov. 15th in the Chapel of Poole Funeral Home. Husband of Ethel Jordan Williams. LOWE, Lamar T., died in a Vicksburg Hospital on Nov. 16th. Funeral services were conducted Nov. 18th from First Baptist Church in Tallulah, LA, with interment in the same city. Husband of Lillian Magee Lowe, a native of Washington Parish. LUPER, Dock, 56 of Franklinton, died Sunday at the New Orleans Veterans Hospital. Funeral services were conducted Nov. 17th from the Poplar Head Baptist Church, with interment in the church cem. Husband of Wilda McCain Luper. He was a native of Washington Parish and was awarded the Bronze Star during World War II. BATES, Bunya Eugene, 26, of Pine drowned Nov. 13th in New Orleans. His body has not been recovered. Husband of Mildred Jenkins Bates, and son of Mr. and Mrs. Bunyan Bates of Thomas. CHANCELLOR, J. W., of Hattiesburg, MS. Grandfather of Mrs. Joe Baugh and father of Mrs. Robert Spencer. MILEY, Richard “Dick”, 33, of Bogalusa, passed away Nov. 13th at the Veterans Hospital in New Orleans. Final rites were conducted Saturday from the Chapel of Poole Funeral Home. Husband of Diane Webb Miley and son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred C. Miley. 11-26-1970 MAGOVIRK or MAGOURIK, Delilah Corinne, 84 of Bogalusa, died last Friday in the Washington-St. Tammany Hospital. Funeral services were held last Sunday in Bogalusa in the chapel of the Brown Funeral Home. She was buried in the Schilling Cem. in Pine. FORTENBERRY, Evelyn Alford, 53, was killed in an auto crash Nov. 21st east of Kentwood. Funeral services were conducted Monday at the Mt. Hermon Methodist Church, with burial in the Mt. Hermon Cem. She was a teacher at Mr. Hermon High School. SYLVEST, Joseph Virgil, 69 of Ponchatoula and a native of Washington Parish, passed away last Tuesday. Funeral services were held at the Thomas Funeral Home chapel Nov. 18th, with burial in the Ponchatoula Cem. He was the son of the late J. E. and Frances Erwin Sylvest. Husband of Dell Sylvest. GRAVES, William Seaburn, 74 of Mt. Hermon, died in an auto accident. Joint funeral services were held last Saturday at the Star Hill Baptist Church for William Graves, Delinda Dugins and Robert Dean Burch. Burial was in the Star Hill Cem. Husband of Nancy Barnes Graves. DUGINS, Delinda, 9, died shortly after an auto accident. Joint funeral services were held last Saturday at the Star Hill Baptist Church for William Graves, Delinda Dugins and Robert Dean Burch. Burial was in the Star Hill Cem. Mr. Graves is the grandfather of Delinda. Parents are Mr. and Mrs. Robert Burch of Avondale, LA. Maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Claudie Graves. BURCH, Robert Dean, 3, died last Friday in the Ochsner Foundation Hospital. Joint funeral services were held last Saturday at the Star Hill Baptist Church for William Graves, Delinda Dugins and Robert Dean Burch. Burial was in the Star Hill Cem. Mr. Graves is the grandfather of Delinda. Parents are Mr. and Mrs. Robert Burch of Avondale, LA. Maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Claudie Graves. SMITH, Murray, 81, died Saturday at his home in Mt. Hermon. Funeral services were held Monday at the Mt. Hermon Baptist Church, with burial in the Simmons Cem. Husband of Emmie Simmons Smith. SNELL, Mrs. Carey Ellzey, 81, passed away Nov. 15th in Metairie. Funeral services were conducted Nov. 17th from the chapel of Muhleisen Funeral Home in Metairie, with burial in the Mt. Hermon Cem. She was preceded in death by her husband, Carey Charles Snell. She was a native of the Silver Springs community in neighboring Pike County. Her late husband was a native of Mt. Hermon. SHAW, Mrs. M. L. (Eula Fussell), died last Tuesday at her home in Yazoo City. Funeral services were held Nov. 18th in the chapel of the Stricklin-King Funeral Home. Mrs. Shaw was buried in the Lakewood Memorial Cem. in Jackson, MS. She was a native of Washington Parish. 12-3-1970 MILLER, Manie, 73, a resident of Mt. Hermon, died Nov. 28th in Riverside Medical Center. Funeral services were conducted Nov. 30th from Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church, with interment in the church cem. Wife of Otis A. Miller. INGRAM, Donna, 7 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Ingram of Franklinton, died in a tractor accident on Nov. 25th. Funeral services were held Nov. 26th at the Lawrence Creek Baptist Church, with interment in the Nobles Cem. She is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Knight of Bogalusa and Mrs. Molly Ingram of Franklinton. TAYLOR, Lillie M., 80, died Nov. 29th at Riverside Medical Center. Funeral services were conducted Nov. 30th from the Chapel at Poole Funeral Home in Franklinton, with interment in the Ellis Cem. MCCLENDON, Arlie E., 63, died Nov. 25th at the Community Medical Center in Bogalusa. Funeral services were conducted Nov. 27th from the Pleasant Hill Baptist Church in Mt. Hermon. Son of Mrs. Ely McClendon of Mt. Hermon. YATES, Jesse Leon, 67, resident of Rt. 4 Franklinton, passed away Nov. 23rd at St. Tammany Parish Hospital in Covington. Graveside rites were held in the Sharp Cem. on Nov. 25th. DELANCEY, Thomas W., 74, died Nov. 24th at Riverside Medical Center. The body lay in state at the family home in Pine until final rites Nov. 26th from the First Baptist Church in Pine, with interment in the Pine Cem. Husband of Letha Pittman. 12-10-1970 COYLE, Command Sergeant Major Laverne, 40, died Dec. 1st in a helicopter crash while serving in the U. S. Artillery in Vietnam. His body arrived in Franklinton Dec. 6th and lay in state at the Poole Funeral Home until final rites on Dec. 7th. Interment was in the Spring Hill Cem. with full military honors. Husband of Emmie Coyle of Tacoma, WA and son of Mr. and Mrs. William T. Coyle. DIXON, Delmus D., 64, a resident of Rt. 2 Mt. Hermon died Dec. 3rd at McGehee Clinic. Final rites were conducted at the Baptist Church in Mt. Hermon with interment in the Mt. Hermon Cem. Husband of Thelma B. Dixon. JOHNSON, Mrs. A. T. (Barbara), died in Carrizo Springs, TX in an automobile accident. Final rites were conducted Thursday from the Episcopal Church in Carrizo Springs with interment in the cemetery there. Mrs. Delos R. Johnson and Mr. and Mrs. A. Griffith Johnson enplaned Tuesday of last week at the New Orleans International Air Port enroute to TX. KYZAR, Mary Helen, 15, of Watson, LA and a native of Baton Rouge. Funeral services held Tuesday in the Amite Baptist Church, with interment in the church cem. Daughter of James A. Kyzar, Sr. of Baton Rouge and Mrs. Helen Moore of Watson, step-father, L. E. Moore of Watson, step-mother, Mrs. Hattie Kyzar of Baton Rouge. She is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Kyzar of Ponchatoula. Mrs. Harry Holmes was notified Dec. 6th of the automobile accident which took the life of her niece. 12-17-1970 MIXON, Annie, 89 and resident of Franklinton, died Dec. 8th at Heritage Manor Nursing Home. Her body lay in state at Poole Funeral home until final rites on Dec. 10th at the Franklinton First Baptist Church with interment in the Ellis Cem. PENNY, Osa D., 63, native of Franklinton, died Dec. 13th at the Community Medical Center in Bogalusa. Funeral services were held Dec. 14th from the Brown Funeral Home chapel, followed by interment in the Ponemah Cem. Husband of Hazel Penny. WATSON, Mrs. Mardessia, 57, native of Franklinton, died Dec. 19th at Southern Baptist Hospital in New Orleans. Her body was at Sweet Home Holiness Church in Franklinton until final rites on Dec. 12th. Wife of Hamilton Watson and daughter of Endia Long. 12-24-1970 FORTENBERRY, Ruffin G., 54, native of Washington Parish, resided in Petal, MS. He passed away Dec. 18th in the Veterans Hospital in Jackson, MS. Funeral services were held Dec. 20th at the Poole Funeral Home Chapel, with interment in the Ellis Cem. Husband of Doris Pace Fortenberry. PREISS, Lillian McDaniel, 72, a resident of New Orleans passed away Dec. 22nd at Riverside Medical Center in Franklinton. Funeral services were conducted Dec. 23rd from the Mt. Hermon Baptist Church with interment in the Mt. Hermon Cem. Wife of George Preiss. PITTMAN, Louis Calvin, 46, veteran of World War II, died Friday in the New Orleans Veterans Administration Hospital. He was a resident of Rt. 5. Last rites were conducted from the Chapel of the Poole Funeral Home, with interment in the Ellis Cem. Husband of Alma Ward Pittman, ,son of George H. Pittman. MCCAIN, Lizzie B., 71, a resident of Franklinton, passed away Dec. 26th in Riverside Medical Center. Her body lay in state at Poole Funeral Home until time for final rites on Dec. 27th. Interment was in Poplar Head Cem.