Obits, Washington Parish, Louisiana - Feb. 17, 1950 thru June 30, 1950 Submitted by Barbara Kennedy Taylor Excerts from the Enterprise and American Newspaper, Bogalusa, Louisiana This paper is no longer in existence. The paper was issued on Friday of each week. All spellings and grammar appears as it was printed in the articles. ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ February 17, 1950 PIGOTT’S FATHER DIED ON MONDAY C. E. Pigott, 74, father of H. E. Pigott of this city, died in a Tylertown, Miss., hospital Monday at 4:30 a.m. after suffering a heart attack a week earlier. Funeral services were conducted Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. in Tylertown, with burial following in a cemetery there. Besides his son from Bogalusa, Mr. Pigott is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Ed. Magee and Mrs. Dilly Richmond, both of Tylertown. March 3, 1950 FUNERAL HELD FOR MRS. A. WINDOM Funeral services were conducted Tuesday at 3 p.m. at the Semilousa cemetery near Covington for Mrs. Addrine Brooks Windom, 51, who died in a New Orleans hospital at 8:45 a.m. Monday. Mrs. Windom was a resident of the Lee Road of Covington. The Rev. E. T. Cooper officiated at the services, which were followed by interment in the same cemetery with Brown Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Windom is survived by her husband, J. B. Windom of the Lee Road, one daughter, Mrs. Nelson Joban of Covington; four brothers, William Brooks of Franklinton, Pierce Brooks of Pine, Oscar and Joe Brooks of Covington, and two grandchildren. March 3, 1950 FUNERAL HELD FOR E. W. LANGHURST Funeral services were conducted at 3 p.m. Tuesday for Edward W. Langhurst, 67-year-old Angie resident, who died at his home at 7:45 Monday after a lingering illness. Mr. Langhurst, who owned a small farm out from Angie, had recently sold his farm and moved closer to town, after remaining ill from several years. He was born in Illinois and had lived in the Angie vicinity for some 31 years. Funeral services were held at the Angie Baptist Church, with the Rev. J. W. Pinson officiating. Interment followed in the Angie Cemetery with Poole Funeral home in charge of arrangements. Mr. Langhurst is survived by his widow, Mrs. Gusta Foote Langhurst; one daughter, Mrs. Florence Kelley of Elgin, Ill., two brothers, Dr. Henry Langhurst of Elhurst, Ill., and Dr. Arthur Langhurst of Elgin, Ill.; two sisters, Mrs. Mary Baggett of Howard, Ill., and Mrs. Clara Collins of Elgin, Ill. March 3, 1950 MISSING NEGRO WOMAN IS BELIEVED TO HAVE DROWNED Several hundred persons, both white and colored, have spent many hours this week searching for Louisa Magee, 46-year-old Negro woman, who has been missing from her home since last Thursday about 5 p.m. The woman left her two children, one 14 months old and the other 3 years old, at the home of a friend last Thursday and said she would be back later. She roamed into the swamp along Pearl River below her home back of South Columbia Road. The woman had been the victim of the “pigeon dropping” game in which she was “gyped” of some $250, and had worried herself sick about losing the money. The day before she left home, officials of the sheriff’s office said the woman had attempted to commit suicide with nitrate of soda, but had failed. They believe that she probably committed suicide, but have been unable to find signs of suicide, foul play or drowning. Several hundred persons gathered last weekend to drag the backwaters of Pearl River in the search for the woman, but no trace has been found yet. Deputy Sheriff Alton Lang said that if the woman did drown the body should rise by this weekend. Follow-up March 10, 1950 NEGRO WOMAN’S BODY FOUND; CORONER PERFORMS AUTOPSY The body of Louisa Magee, 44-year-old Negro woman, who was missing from her home for more than a week, was found in the backwaters of muddy Pearl River Monday about 9 a.m. by two colored women who had obtained information on her whereabouts from a fortune teller in Collins, Miss. The fortune teller, according to the pair, told them that Louisa had drowned and that the body would be found near a ditch. “Search the bushes” was the soothsayer’s advice. Officials of the Washington parish sheriff’s office have been working on the case since the woman left her children at a neighbor’s home and wandered toward the high river waters. She was reported to have attempted to commit suicide on a short time before her disappearance two weeks ago this afternoon after she had been swindled of a sum of money in the “pigeon=dropping game.” Coroner R. R. Ward performed an autopsy, and the woman’s stomach, liver and kidneys were taken to New Orleans this week. The report from State Chemist Cassius Clay is expected to be forthcoming soon, Dr. Ward said. March 3, 1950 ‘GRANDMA’ PENTON DIED WEDNESDAY Mrs. Fannie Gray Penton, 88, known affectionately as “grandma,” died Wednesday at 5:20 p.m. at her home at 641 Avenue H after a lingering illness. “Grandma” Penton was born in Baton Rouge, but has lived in Bogalusa for many years. Funeral services are slated for 3 p.m. today (Thursday) at the chapel of the Brown Funeral Home with the Rev. P. M. Caraway officiating. Burial will follow in the Ponemah cemetery with Brown Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Survivors include five sons, Eddie and Freddie Penton of Bogalusa, Charles of Seattle, Wash., Harold of Ponchatoula, Floyd C. Penton of Sulphur, La.; two daughters, Mrs. E. L. Brewton of Bogalusa and Mrs. A. B. Welsh of New Orleans. She is also survived by 15 grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren. March 3, 1950 ELLIOT STANGA DIED ON SUNDAY Mrs. Karl L. Starns, Miss Mae Lasseigne and Mrs. Val Haaga have returned to this city after attending the funeral of Elliot Stanga, 30, who died at his home in Thibodaux Sunday at 6:20 p.m. after a lingering illness. Stanga, who was born in Covington, was a nephew of Mrs. Starns and Miss Lasseigne, and a cousin of Mrs. Haaga. Funeral services were conducted Tuesday at 8:30 a.m. at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Covington, following which interment was held in the St. Joseph’s Abbey. March 10, 1950 SYLVEST DIES OF HEART ATTACK Shell A. Sylvest, 50 year-old Franklinton restaurant owner, died suddenly Monday morning about 10 o’clock of a heart attack, Mr. Sylvest was stricken as he left his restaurant and died a short time later in the McGehee clinic. Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. Tuesday at the Fisher Methodist church with the Rev. B. A. Galloway, assisted by Dr. A. W. Robbins, officiating. Poole Funeral Home was in charge of funeral arrangements. Mr. Sylvest is survived by his widow, Mrs. Raye A. Sylvest; one son Robert Ray; four brothers, Marshall and Hezzie of Franklinton, Burl of Bogalusa and Earl of Kisatchie; two sisters, Mrs. W. H. Goings of Mt. Hermon and Mrs. Ida Jones of Isabel. March 10, 1950 WOMAN MET DEATH IN FIRE Mrs. Ida Evans, 75-year-old wife of Richard S. Evans, died this morning in a burning house, owned by Oreice Pierce, at Sun. The woman went back into the house, according to reports received late this morning, when the six-room frame structure caught fire about 10 o’clock. She never came out of the place again. Mrs. Evans was the mother of Leo of Sun, Richard of the Franklinton highway, J. W. of Kentwood, Miss Lilly Evans, at home, and Mrs. Andrew Jenkins of the Lee’s Creek vicinity. Mr. and Mrs. Evans and Lilly lived in the Lee’s Creek community for a number of years prior to moving to Sun. March 10, 1950 WILLIE CHILD DIES AT AGE 4 Melvin M. Willie, 4-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Willie, Jr., of Folsom, died in a New Orleans hospital at 9 p.m. Monday of an incurable illness. Funeral services were conducted at 3 p.m. Wednesday at the Willie cemetery near Folsom with the Poole Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Besides his parents, the child is survived by his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Willie, Sr.; one brother, Richard Willie, III; two sisters, Mildred Estelle and Linda Marie Willie. March 10, 1950 RODRIGUEZ DIES IN NEW ORLEANS Funeral services were conducted Wednesday afternoon at Folsom for Robert Lee Rodriguez, 25,who died in New Orleans at 2:45 a.m. Tuesday of a heart ailment. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Plite Rodriguez of Folsom; four brothers, Joseph, Richard, Roy, and George; and one sister Delores Rodriguez all of Folsom. March 10, 1950 ATTENDED AUNT’S FUNERAL Mrs. Roland Breland, accompanied by Mr. J. B. Pierce of Eighth Street, attended the funeral of Mrs. Breland’s aunt, Mrs. Walter Tate, near Spring Creek, La. on Tuesday. Mrs. Tate died in Independence, La. Sunday evening. March 10, 1950 DEATH CLAIMS MRS. WALKER Mrs. Fannie Applewhite Walker, 84-yar-old widow of the late D. D. Walker, died at the Desporte Clinic at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday of an incurable disease that had kept her hospitalized for the past five months. She was the mother of Mrs. W. F. Simmons of this city, sister of Christman Applewhite of Columbia, Miss., and grandmother of Wilfred Simmons of Bogalusa. Mrs. Walker was born and reared in Columbia, Miss., and lived in Franklinton for a number of years before coming to this city with her late husband some 20 years ago. At the time of her death, she was the only living charter member of the Franklinton WMU. She was always active in church work, having been a member of the Baptist church at Franklinton, and being a member of First Baptist church of this city at the time of her death. She was a member of the local WMU and TEL Class, and had been active in the Eastern Star organization. The body is at rest at the Poole Funeral Home chapel until services at 10 a.m. Friday, with her pastor, the Rev. Russell McIntire, officiating. Interment following at the Ellis cemetery in Franklinton. March 10, 1950 MISS MICKENHIME EXPIRES SUDDENLY Miss Julia Mickenhime, 56, died suddenly at her home on Superior avenue at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday of a heart attack. Miss Mickenhime was cleaning bathroom fixtures when she was stricken and died within moments after summoning relatives. She was born in Mandeville and had lived in Bogalusa since 1908. Miss Mickenhime was a member of one of the most prominent families in this section, and was active in the affairs of the Annunciation Catholic church. She was faithful to her father, August Mickenhime, who died only a month ago after a 3-year illness. She was with him throughout his illness. Miss Mickenhime was in the best of health when she was stricken, and death came as a shock to her family and friends. Survivors include three brothers, Rudolph Mickenhime of this city, Louis of Jackson, Miss., and Charles Edward of New Orleans, as well as one sister, Mrs. Hillery Griffith. Funeral services will be conducted at 3 p.m. today (Thursday) at the Church of Annunciation, with Rev. Fr. Hubert Bordenave officiating. Interment following in Ponemah cemetery with Poole Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. March 17, 1950 LLOYD CHILD DIES WEDNESDAY NIGHT Stephen Lane Lloyd, 2-month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Lloyd of this city, died at Washington-St. Tammany hospital Wednesday night after an illness since birth. Funeral services were scheduled for 3:30 p.m. today (Thursday) at the chapel of the Brown Funeral Home with the Rev. Russell McIntire officiating. Interment was in Ponemah cemetery. Besides his parents, the child is survived by his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Thomas and Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Lloyd. March 17, 1950 FUNERAL HELD FOR JOSEPH HAYMAN Funeral services were conducted Tuesday at 3 p.m. at the Union Avenue Baptist Church for Joseph Oliver Hayman, 61, who died at 5:30 a.m. Monday at the Bogalusa Medical Center. Mr. Hayman was born in Pike County, Miss., and had lived in this city for some 35 years. The Rev. W. M. Melton, pastor of Union Avenue Baptist Church, officiated at the services, which were followed by interment in the Ponemah cemetery with Poole Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Mr. Hayman is survived by his widow, Mrs. Kyle Brown Hayman; three sons, Joseph Dallis, James Brown and Robert Milton Hayman, all of Bogalusa; two step-children, Leon Poole of Lake Charles and Mrs. Grace Day of Bogalusa; three sisters, Mrs. Fannie Moak and Mrs. Sally Baggett of Bogalusa, and Mrs. Rosa Moak of Jackson, Miss. March 17,1950 3 NEGROES DROP DEAD ON TUESDAY Parish Coroner R. R. Ward reported that he was called three times Tuesday in connection with the sudden death of three Negro men in the parish. Two died at Franklinton and one at Angie. All were elderly men, and the coroner attributed death in all three cases to heart trouble. March 17, 1950 76 SURVIVE MRS. HUNT A total of 76 survivors are listed for Mrs. George Ann Ball Hunt, 84, who died at 10:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Bogalusa Medical Center after a major operation. She had been a patient at the hospital for a week. Mrs. Hunt was born in Leaksville, Miss., and was the widow of Felix Hunt. She had lived in Bogalusa about 30 years, and was a resident of 1301 First Avenue. Funeral services were conducted at 10:30 a.m. today (Thursday) at the chapel of the Poole Funeral Home with the Rev. D. W. Nix officiating. Interment followed in Ponemah cemetery with Poole Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Hunt is survived by three sons, Charles of Birmingham, Ala., Albert and Wiley Hunt of Bogalusa; four daughters, Mrs. Florence Hilman of Leaksville, Miss., Mrs. Cora Stevens of Bastrop, Mrs. Leona Jennings and Mrs. Leroy Penton both of Bogalusa; one brother, Sam Ball of Leaksville. She is also survived by 31 grandchildren and 37 great-grandchildren. March 17, 1950 MRS. LOYD CAMP DIED ON MONDAY Mrs. Roma Lee Roberts Camp of 813 Fifth Street, age 29, died shortly after 5 o’clock Monday afternoon at the Bogalusa Medical Center after being confined there for some 24 days. Funeral serviced were conducted at the chapel of the Poole Funeral Home at 3 p.m. Wednesday with the Rev. J. W. Magee officiating. Interment was in Ponemah cemetery with Poole Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Camp is survived by her husband, Loyd Camp; one brother, Donald E. Roberts; one sister, Mrs. Edgar Roullier; and her mother, Mrs. Josephine Roberts all of this city. March 24, 1950 BRAVE, LITTLE CONNIE WHITE IS DEAD OF INCURABLE DISEASE A brave little brown-eyed girl who made a fight against an incurable disease for several months died at 7:04 p.m. Wednesday. Death claimed the life of little Connie Marie White, 7-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leo White of 626 Avenue E. Her condition has weakened gradually since last Christmas, and she was unconscious at the time of her death. She became unconscious at 1 a.m. Wednesday. Connie was the winner of the Enterprise Stork Derby in 1943, having been the first baby born in the New Year of 1943. She had started to school in the first grade at Annunciation Catholic School last September, but in the latter part of October, illness ended her school career forever. Little Connie never knew that she was not expected to live. She came close to death several times during her illness, but had battled for a little more life. She was treated by New Orleans specialists for some time. After the specialists had done all that medical science provided, the little girl with the light-brown hair was brought back to her home on Avenue E. The Washington Parish Library projector was put in Connie’s room so that she could read the smaller books. Her parents read some of the bigger books as the pages were projected against the ceiling of her room. A Requiem Mass will be said for little Connie at 8 a.m. Friday at the Annunciation Catholic church, with the Rev. Fr. Hubert Bordenave, pastor, officiating. Connie was very fond of Fr. Hubert, who has visited her almost daily since she became ill. Interment will be in Ponemah cemetery with Poole Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Little Connie is laid out at the chapel of the Poole Funeral Home. Besides her parents, the courageous little girl is survived by one sister, June White; one brother, William Leo White, Jr.; her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. O. V. Planche, Sr. and C. G. White, all of Bogalusa. March 24, 1950 W. L. PATTERSON DIES IN FLORIDA W. L. Patterson, brother of Mrs. J. A. Carr of Avenue D, died Tuesday evening at 8 o’clock at his home in Daytona Beach, Fla., following an illness for the past month. Mr. Paterson, who was 59 years of age at the time of his death, is survived by two sisters, besides Mrs. Carr, three brothers, his widow and three children. Mrs. Carr recently returned from Daytona Beach, where she had been at the bedside of her brother. March 24, 1950 W. YAWN, PAINTER, ELECTROCUTED Willie yawn, 47-year-old painter employed by the L. O. Stocker Company here, fell 40 feet to his death about 3:40 p.m. Wednesday. As he fell from a scaffold, Yawn’s body apparently came in contact with live electric wires. The accident occurred on the crane runway inside the plant of the Gaylord Container Corporation. Yawn was born in Poplarville, Miss in 1903, and has been a resident of Bogalusa for several years. He lived on Columbia Street. Survivors include three brothers, A. E. of Bogalusa, Mack of Hub, Miss. and Nathan Yawn of Pineburg, Miss.; five sisters, Mrs. N. C. Saucier, Mrs. Ruth Hill of Detroit, Mich., and Mrs. E. R. Smalley of Texas City, Tex. The body is at rest at the chapel of Poole Funeral Home. Funeral arrangements were being made this morning. March 31, 1950 MRS. WUESCHER’S NEPHEW IS FOUND The body of Tupper Drane, 43-year-old Jackson, Miss. businessman and nephew of Mrs. M. L. Wuescher of this city, missing since last Saturday in Gulf of Mexico waters, was found at 11:15 a.m. Wednesday floating in the waters off Lakeshore, Miss. A coroner’s jury returned a verdict of accidental drowning. Burial was scheduled for 10 a.m. today (Thursday) in Brookhaven, Miss. March 31, 1950 MRS. D. L. SHARP DIED ON SATURDAY Mrs. Delphine Sharp, 70-year-old widow of the late David L. Sharp, died at her home in Ward 2 of St. Tammany parish at 10:30 a.m. Saturday after a lingering illness. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Sheppard Fold church, following which interment will be in the Fussell cemetery near Folsom with Brown Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Sharp is survived by five sons, Ellzey of Baton Rouge, Arlie of Folsom, Ernest of Hammond, Nelson of Lee Road, Covington, and Nathan of Covington; three daughters, Mrs. Harry Achee of Lee Road, Mrs. Wesley Mixon of Baton Rouge and Mrs. W. A. Beaudreaux of Lee Road. She is also survived by 22 grandchildren. March 31, 1950 FUNERAL TODAY FOR MRS. LELA K. GAY Funeral services were set for 3p.m. today (Thursday) for Mrs. Lela Knight Gay, 52-year-old resident of Route 2, Franklinton, who died at the Washington-St. Tammany hospital at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday. The funeral was scheduled to be at the Nobles Cemetery in the Pine vicinity with the Rev. Johnny Sones officiating and Poole Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Gay is survived by her husband, Sam Gay; her father, Kenzie Knight; seven sons, Loyd, Charlie, Alton, D. L., James Ray, Floyd and Horace Gay, all of Franklinton; five daughters, Mrs. Inez Lancy, Mrs. Irene Jenkins, and Mrs. Ida Mae Miller, all of Franklinton; two sisters, Mrs. Modez Knight of Bogalusa and Mrs. Lute Crain of Pine; one half-brother, J. D. Knight of Covington. April 7, 1950 MRS. LAURA LITTLE DIED ON TUESDAY Mrs. Laura Ann Spence Little, 86-year-old widow of the late M. F. Little and a former resident of this city, died at 2:45 p.m. Tuesday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Latimore Carter, in Baton Rouge. Funeral services were conducted Wednesday a 2 p.m. at the chapel of the Poole Funeral Home with the Rev. Charlie Webb, pastor of Superior Avenue Baptist Church, officiating. Interment was in McGehee cemetery with Poole Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Little is survived by five sons, Hulon of Arcola, La, L. M., J. B. and Marshall Little of Bogalusa and Edward of Bush; three daughters, Mrs. Latimore Carter of Baton Rouge, Mrs. Garrett of Arm, Miss., and Mrs. Will Brooks of Franklinton; one sister, Mrs. Leander Pearson of Carriere, Miss. Also surviving are 28 grandchildren and 25 great grandchildren. April 7, 1950 GIVENS INFANT DIED THIS MORNING David Givens, 3-month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Givens of the Thomas vicinity, died this morning at its home. The body is at rest at the family home until time for services at 2 p.m. Friday. The funeral will be at Thomas cemetery with the Rev. Buck Thomas officiating. Interment will be in the same cemetery with Brown Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Besides its parents, the child is survived by three brothers, Billy, William and Jimmy, and four sisters, Cora Mae, Norma Jean, Carrol and Minnie. April 7, 1950 MRS. KING DIED OF LONG ILLNESS Mrs. Jenetia Taylor King, 77, Route 1, Bush, died at the home of her son, Barney E. King, on Sunday at 2:30 a.m. following a long illness. Funeral services were conducted Monday at the Sheppard Fold Church of God on the Lee Road near Covington. The Rev. Kendall officiated. Interment was in the church cemetery with Brown Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Mrs. King is survived by three sons, John of Lacombe, Barney E. and Oscar of Route 1, Bush; one daughter, Mrs. Beulah Fitzgerald of Route 1, Bush; two sisters, Mrs. Lozane King of Route 1, bush, and Miss Lona Taylor of Bogalusa. Some 23 grandchildren and 1 great grandchild also survive. April 7, 1950 J. D. MYLES, 66, DIED ON MONDAY John David Myles, 66-year-old Franklinton resident, died at his home at 2:15 a.m. Monday of a heart ailment and complications. Funeral services were conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Magee cemetery. Officiating was the Rev. Buford Phillips, assisted by the Rev. B. A. Galloway, Dr. A. W. Robbins, Rev. Cecil Knight and Dr. T. W. Gayer. Brown Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Marchieal Roberts Myles; two sons, Delma and T. J., both of Franklinton; one daughter, Mrs. G. C. Baham of Franklinton; two sisters, Mrs. Mellissa Crowe and Miss Lillie Myles, both of Franklinton, as well as 5 grandchildren. April 7, 1950 WARREN WILKES DIED ON FRIDAY Samuel Warren Wilkes, life-long resident of Washington Parish, died Friday night in Monroe at the age of 75, after a four-year illness. “Uncle Warren,” as he was affectionally known to his many friends and relatives in Washington Parish, was born at Angie on March 30, 1875. He attended preparatory schools in this parish, as well as Louisiana State University where he majored in agriculture. After returning to Washington Parish, Uncle Warren settled at Mt. Hermon, where he introduced many new farming techniques. He lived at Mt. Hermon for about 40 years, being active in business and agriculture. He was married to Minnie Kemp of this parish in January, 1900. She died in 1946. Survivors include one son, Durward O. Wilkes, refinery manager of the Creole Petroleum Company of Caracas, Venezuela; two daughters, Mrs. W. J. Veazey of Monroe and Mrs. Robert B. Tucker of Baton Rouge; three sisters, Mrs. W. E. Crain and Mrs. A. C. Bankston of this city and Mrs. C. B. Bankston of Mt. Hermon; one brother, Lucian Wilkes, also of Mt. Hermon. Funeral services for Uncle Warren were held Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Mt. Pisgah Baptist church, eight miles west of Franklinton. Dr. A. W. Robbins, his nephew and pastor of First Baptist church in Franklinton, and Rev. Monroe Wilkes, Methodist minister, officiated at the services. Pallbearers were W. J. Veazey, Robert B. Tucker, W. H. Robbins, Carl Robbins, Benton H. Robbins, and Earl Wilkes. The body arrived here Saturday about 4 p.m. and lay at rest at the Brown Funeral Home. April 7, 1950 FUNERAL SERVICES HELD FOR HUNTING ACCIDENT VICTIM Funeral services were conducted at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Varnado Baptist church for Donnie O. Varnado, 20-year-old Varnado man who fell from a tree while hunting in December, 1948, and never recovered from the accident. Young Varnado died in a New Orleans hospital about 11:30 p.m. Monday of a broken back suffered in the fall from a tree limb while climbing to get a squirrel he had shot on a hunting trip. The story of young Varnado’s stay in the woods and his faithful dog’s refusal to leave him attracted considerable attention at the time of the accident. He was not found for several hours after the accident as a searching party was formed and some 50 men began to comb the woods in a search for the missing hunter. The dog was still beside him when he was found. At the funeral Wednesday, the Rev. M. W. Melton, pastor of the Union Avenue Baptist church, officiated, assisted by the Rev. J. Smith of New Orleans. The flag-draped casket was carried to nearby Seals cemetery at Varnado, where the American Legion took charge of military rites in the honor of the veteran of World War II. Varnado became known for his long-suffering and patience. From the beginning, his accident was one that required patience and endurance. He was paralyzed from the waist down at the time of his death. The deceased is survived by his widow, Mrs. Joyce Lang Varnado; one daughter, Juanda Jeanenne Varnado; his mother, Mrs. T. E. Varnado; three brothers, Clinton, Tommy and Gary Varnado, all of Varnado; three half-brothers, Theodore and Eugene of Pritchard, Ala., and Otto of Bogalusa; two sisters, Mrs. Jody Evans of Monroe City, Mo., and Miss Marie Varnado of Varnado; four half- sisters, Mrs. Myrtle Hall, Mrs. Ruby Lawrence, both of Bogalusa, Mrs. Inez Nobles of Pascagoula and Mrs. Eula Seals of Varnado. April 14, 1950 KENNEDY CHILD DIED ON MONDAY Glynn Kennedy, four-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Dalco Kennedy of the State Line Community, died at the Bogalusa Medical Center at :30 Monday only a few minutes after admission. The child had been ill through-out most of his life with a progressive muscular disease. Funeral services were conducted at the State Line Baptist Church at 10 a.m. Wednesday, with the Rev. Enos Branch officiating. Interment followed in the Kennedy cemetery with Brown Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Besides his parents, Glynn is survived by his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Thomas of State Line, two brothers, Daulton and Nelson, and one sister, Jerry Ann. April 14, 1950 MRS. H. PFISTERER’S BROTHER IS DEAD Mrs. Hugo Pfisterer of Avenue J, left Bogalusa Tuesday morning for St. Louis, Mo., where her brother, Edward McQuitty, 41, died suddenly at 3 a.m. Tuesday of a heart attack suffered Monday afternoon. Funeral services were expected to be conducted the latter part of this week, Mrs. Pfisterer was the only relative in this vicinity. April 14, 1950 MRS. L. O. REVERE BURIED MONDAY Funeral services were conducted at 2 p.m. Monday for Mrs. Louise O. Revere, 79, who died at Walheim at 9:10 a.m. Sunday after a lingering illness. The Rev. Earl Minzengio officiated at the services at the Walheim Church of God Monday afternoon. Interment followed in the Revere cemetery with Poole Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements. Mrs. Revere is survived by her husband, H. L. Revere; four sons, L. H. of Bogalusa, Louis of Bush, Ed of Folsom, and Benjamin F. Revere of Bush; two daughters, Mrs. Hilda Seals of New Orleans and Mrs. Margaret Revere of Bush; two brothers, Dave Olmann of Bush and Ernest Olmann of Bogalusa; one sister, Mrs. Rose Moinet of New Orleans. She is also survived by 31 grandchildren and 27 great grandchildren. April 14, 1950 WALKER DIES OF SPIDER BITE Joel Marshall Walker, 69-year-old native of Washington parish, died at 6 p.m. Tuesday in a Delhi, La. clinic of a poisonous spider bite, only seven hours after admittance to the clinic for hospitalization. Mr. Walker was born and reared at Varnado and was a retired farmer. The body arrived here Wednesday at 5 p.m. and was laid to rest at the Poole chapel until 3 p.m. today (Thursday) when services were scheduled to be held at the Varnado Baptist Church with Rev. J. M. Stuart officiating. Interment will be in Seal’s cemetery with Poole Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Lorena Seal Varnado of Delhi; three brothers Mike, Quincey and Dudley Walker, all of Varnado. April 21, 1950 A. G. MAGEE, SR. DIED WEDNESDAY Albert George Magee, Sr., 85 years of age and life-long resident of Franklinton, died Wednesday at 5:40 p.m. at his home, after having been confined to his bed for the past 18 months. Funeral services were scheduled for this afternoon (Thursday) at 2 o’clock at the Clifton Baptist church, with the Dr. J. Hardee Kennedy, pastor, officiating, assisted by the Rev. Dr. A. W. Robins and the Rev. Dr. B. A. Galloway, of Franklinton, with burial in the Ellis cemetery in Franklinton. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Mary Bateman Magee, one daughter, Mrs. J. M. Toney of New Orleans, and four sons, Willie J., Claude, John H., and A. G., Jr., all of Franklinton. Eight grandchildren and two great- grandchildren also survive. Pallbearers were Truett Jones, Dannie Magee, Claude A. Magee, Jr., Rufus Bateman, Fred Thomas and A. McDaniel. Mr. Magee was a retired farmer, and very-well known through-out Washington Parish. April 21, 1950 BENJAMIN CASE DIED WEDNESDAY Benjamin Hudson Case, 57-year-old resident of 910 Avenue F, died at the Washington-St. Tammany hospital at 10:40 a.m. Wednesday of a heart attack. He had been a patient in the hospital for only two hours when death came. Mr. Case had lived in Bogalusa for 41 years, and was the head of a well- known and prominent family. He was a member of the American Legion, having served in World War I. Mr. Case was a lumberman and superintendent of the Williams Lumber Company at Franklinton in recent years. Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Myrtle East Case; three sons, J. C., Julius and Marcus Case, all of Bogalusa; one daughter, Mrs. Emily May of Bogalusa; one brother, Harvey Case of Houston, Texas, three sisters, Mrs. Lula Wahl and Miss Bessie Case of New Orleans, and Mrs. J. W. Smith of Bogalusa. Funeral services are scheduled for 4 p.m. today (Thursday) at the Poole Funeral Home chapel. The Rev. J. M. Stuart will officiate. Interment will be in Ponemah cemetery with the American Legion in charge of graveside rites. April 21, 1950 FUNERAL HELD FOR M. L. FOSTER, 65 Funeral services were conducted Saturday at 3 p.m. at the chapel of the Brown Funeral Home for Martin Luther Foster, 65, of 717 Avenue I, who died at the Bogalusa Medical Center at 12:28 p.m. Friday of a heart ailment. The Rev. Russell McIntire was assisted in officiating at the funeral by the Rev. W. M. Melton. Interment was in Ponemah Cemetery with the Brown Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Mr. Foster is survived by his widow, Mrs. Audrey Womack Foster; three sons, Benny Milton and Marvin Edward Foster, both of Bogalusa, and Howard Luther Foster of Montgomery, Ala.; three brothers, J. M. of Natchez, H. I. of Magnolia, and W. R. of Mobile; two sisters, Mrs. Joe Newman of Magnolia, and Mrs. Myers Newman, also of Magnolia, Miss. He is also survived by six grand- children. April 28, 1950 MRS. J. CHAPMAN BURIED SUNDAY Funeral services were held Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at the Pettitt Memorial Baptist church for Mrs. Jennie Duncan Chapman, 78, who died Friday. Mrs. Chapman had been in ill health for some two years with a heart condition. The end came at 9:35 a.m. Friday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. A. E. Stafford of Avenue K. The deceased was born and reared in Washington parish and headed on of the largest and oldest families in this vicinity. She was a member of the Pettitt Memorial church, and her former pastor, the Rev. J. M. Stuart, and the present pastor of the church, the Rev. Lochte Tynes, will have charge of this afternoon’s service. Burial will be in the Mizell cemetery at Isabel with Poole Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. All of Mrs. Chapman’s family was reared here in the Bogalusa vicinity. She is the mother of 8, grandmother of 47 and great-grandmother of 41 and great- great-grandmother of 6. Survivors include her husband, John Chapman of this city; three daughters, Mrs. A. E. Stafford and Mrs. Warren E. Hill, both of Bogalusa, and Mrs. T. E. Holland of Baton Rouge; five sons, Austin Duncan of Bogalusa, T. C., Curtis, Dewitt and Esco Duncan all of Denham Springs; one brother, Wiley Lott of Varnado; one sister, Mrs. Steve Mizell of Isabel. April 28, 1950 WILLIE STEWART IS FOUND DEAD IN BED Walter David “Willie” Stewart, 49, who was born and reared in this vicinity, was found dead in bed of a pistol wound in a New Orleans rooming house Friday afternoon at 4:30 p.m. Stewart had been seen by neighbors during the morning Friday, and he was not believed to have been dead for a long period when he was found. The body was brought here and prepared for burial. Services were held at the Poole Funeral Home chapel Sunday at 3p.m. with the Rev. D. W. Nix officiating. Interment was in the Magee cemetery near Talisheek. Stewart was a half-brother of Dan, Donice and Marion Williams of Hammond, brother of Mrs. Lula Stewart Boudreaux of New Orleans, and a nephew of J. C. and Wilson Stewart of the Ben’s Ford vicinity. He had been employed in New Orleans as a dock patrolman for the past two years. April 28, 1950 FALLING LOG KILLS NEGRO ON FRIDAY Walter Brumfield, 25-year-old Negro who lives in the Franklinton vicinity, was fatally injured about 3 p.m. Friday when a log rolled off the truck on which he was attempting to fasten the binder chain. The accident occurred in the woods about 10 miles west of Franklinton. Coroner R. R. Ward stated that Brumfield had thrown the binder chain across the load and was attempting to reach under the truck for the other end of the chain when the top log on the load rolled off, striking him in the back. Brumfield’s back and legs were crushed and death was instant. Friday, April 28, 1950 27-YEAR-OLD BOGALUSAN STICKS WITH DROWNING BROTHER TO COMPLY WITH LAST REQUEST Complying with the request of his younger brother to “stick with me,” a 27- year-old Bogalusan and his 15-year-old “kid brother” drowned holding to each other in the treacherous waters of Pearl River Sunday morning as their father watched while clinging to an overturned boat. Joint funeral services were held at the New Home Missionary Baptist church nine miles from Mendenhall, Miss. Monday for Martin Lavelle Roberts, 27, of Bogalusa and A. G. “Jiggs” Roberts, 15, of Mendenhall. Four other members of the fishing party narrowly escaped the same fate when the boat in which they were traveling down stream failed to ride the waves of another motor boat traveling up the river. As the 16-foot motor-powered cypress hull in which they were riding was swamped with water shortly before 8 a.m. Sunday, “Jiggs” asked his older brother, who was described as a good swimmer, to “stick with me” when he left the boat. All six of the men hit the water, the boat overturning as the last stepped into the cold waters. The 15-year-old was unable to swim. The heroic struggle and attempt to save the boy’s life was described by Max J. Tucker, manager of the packing house of the Merchants Company, one of the four survivors. As the brothers struggled in the water, the younger frantic over the fact that he was unable to swim, George Williams, their brother-in-law of Jackson, Miss., swam out about 20 feet from the overturned boat to aid M. L. in reaching “Jiggs.” “I thought everything was going to be all right,” Tucker said. He and the father of the drowning victims, A. G. Roberts, Sr., were clinging to the side of the boat, watching the attempted rescue. “George was on one side of Jiggs and M. L. was on the other,” Tucker related. “They were about 35 or 40 feet from the Louisiana side of the river.” But - just as he thought the three would swim safely to land - the boat overturned again. The father kept trying to climb atop the overturned boat, causing it to continue to turn. Tucker estimated that the boat turned over and over again for at least half a dozen times while they were in the chilling waters. “George was swimming back to the boat. Something had happened. M. L. was holding Jiggs by the hair of the head as he went under” for the last time. Tucker believes that the boy grabbed his brother’s legs and thus prevented their reaching shore safely. Just as the two drowned, another boat which had been traveling behind the party reached the overturned boat. A sixth member of the fishing party, R. G. Files, and uncle of the drowned men from Jackson, Miss., was going under the water about 100 yards away - diagonally down the river. He had attempted to swim to the Mississippi side of the river - the longest distance to shore, but became “exhausted.” The other boat left Tucker, Mr. Roberts, Sr., and Williams hanging to the overturned boat and headed for Files. A crippled fisherman, Percy Smith and his son, Lavell, were credited with saving Files’ life. “I saw him go under four times,” Smith told the Enterprise. “He had gone under for the last time when we got to him. My son reached down into the water arm’s length and caught his hand.” Files, who remained at the river until the last body had been pulled out, said that he had “given up,” never realizing that the boat was attempting to save him. “Suddenly, I realized that I was above the surface and that somebody was holding my hand. In just a thought’s time, my mind changed from death to life,” he declared. “I remember reaching for a twig,” Files added. “I missed and went under. When I came up,” he continued, “I reached for an overhanging tree branch, but missed again.” It was then that Smith’s son caught Files hand and pulled him from the water. They placed him on the bank of the river as the boat headed to the overturned boat to bring the other three to safety. “I was exhausted,” Files related. He lay down on the banks of the river with his head hanging downward toward the river so that any water in his lungs might flow out “in case I passed out,” he said. The crippled fisherman and his son picked up the other three and brought them to safety; then, they headed up the river to overtake the boat that had created the waves that were credited with the accident. The two boats began the search for the bodies, as Williams headed to Bogalusa to spread the news of the tragedy. The six men - most of whom were visiting here in the M. L. Roberts home at 411 Superior Avenue - had enjoyed an overnight camping and fishing trip at Tom Williams’ camp about 17 miles north of here. About a mile and a half above the Wheat Field Landing, the accident had occurred. Williams informed Police Chief W. E. Boyd of the accident and then went to Roberts’ home to break the news to family members. Officers from Bogalusa, the Washington Parish sheriff’s office, State Troopers Clarence Wagner and Jerry Autin, Pearl River County sheriff’s office, and scores of volunteer workers soon started the search for the bodies. As the volunteer workers in a dozen or more boats were beginning their tireless efforts to find the bodies, deputy sheriffs recalled that the last body which was dragged from Pearl River required 96 hours of constant searching. As news of the tragedy spread, automobiles filled the highway between Bogalusa and Cross Roads, Miss, and the blacktopped 2 miles north of Cross Roads. Dozens of Parked cars lined the rugged dirt road leading to the Wheat Field Landing. Hundreds stood on the banks at the Wheat Field as motor boats chugged up the river to search for the bodies. In record time, the first body, that of “Jiggs” Roberts, was pulled from the river about 100 yards from the scene of the tragedy with grappling hooks fastened between two boats (one of which was run by the crippled fisherman, Percy Smith and his son). The body was brought into the Wheat Field Landing before l p.m. By 3 o’clock, M. L. Roberts’ body had been pulled from the water 200 yards below the accident. Both were prepared for burial by the Poole Funeral Home and carried to Mendenhall Sunday night. “Jiggs” Roberts was a student at Mendenhall High School. His faithful elder brother, M. L. Roberts, was assistant manager of the packing house of the Merchants Company and had lived here for nearly two years, coming here from Jackson, Miss. M. L. was married to Marzie Castine Edwards, and they were the parents of two boys, John Billy and Martin Stanley. The drowning victims were brothers of Billy Frank Rogers of Jackson, Miss., Mrs. Ester Lee Williams of Jackson and Mrs. Bobbie Cathering Cole of Mendenhall. Their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew G. Roberts, Sr., of Mendenhall, also survive. May 5, 1950 MRS. W. F. KRONE DIED WEDNESDAY Mrs. Martha Williams Krone, 68-year-old resident of Ninth Street, died at the Washington-St. Tammany hospital at 4 p.m. Wednesday. The body is now at rest at the old family homestead in St. Tammany Parish near Bush, from where services will be conducted at 10 a.m. Friday with Poole Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Burial will be in the Williams cemetery at Bush. Mrs. Krone is survived by her husband, W. F. Krone; one daughter, Miss Ruby Jean Krone; five brothers, Nixon Williams of Bogalusa, Frank of Monroe, James of Bush, Robert of Golden Meadow and Hubert of Mandeville; two sisters, Mrs. Fount Galloway of Bush and Mrs. Frank Artus of Covington. May 5, 1950 JOHN B. BOYINGTON DIED ON TUESDAY John Benjamin Boyington, 76-year-old resident of the Middle Franklinton Road, died suddenly Tuesday at 8:30 a.m. Mr. Boyington, a retired blacksmith, had been in ill health for some time, but the end came suddenly. Survivors include four sons, Eddie on Ponchatoula, E. C. of Jackson, Miss., Louis of Natchez and Frank Boyington of Bogalusa; three daughters, Mrs. Velma Hurst and Mrs. Mary Lee Dutch of Bogalusa and Mrs. Lucille Smith of Macon, Ga.; one brother, Henry Boyington of Magnolia, Miss.; four sisters, Mrs. Mattie Drane, Mrs. Hattie Boyington, Mrs. Mollie Prestridge, all of Bogue Chitto and Mrs. Susie Marks of Prichard, Ala. Also surviving are 12 grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted at 3 p.m. Wednesday at the chapel of the Brown Funeral home with the Rev. Marvin Haire officiating. Interment was in the Ponemah cemetery. May 12, 1950 MRS. AUGUSTINE’S SISTER IS DEAD Mrs. Emma Baham Holton, 76-year-old sister of Mrs. Fred Augustine and F. H. Baham of this city, died at her late residence on Monday near Amite. Funeral services were conducted from the residence at 10 a.m. Wednesday, with religious services at the Friendship Baptist church. Interment was in the adjacent cemetery. Mrs. Holton was the widow of the late Henry L. Holton and was the mother of Mrs. H. L. Varnado, Mrs. O. E. Strickland, Mrs. R. W. Tycer, Mrs. Ted Ladner, and R. W. Holton, all of Amite, and F. A. Holton of New Orleans. She is also survived by three sisters, Mrs. Augustine of this city, Mrs. Lulu Melito of New Orleans and Mrs. Cornelia Wilson of Amite, and three brothers, Mr. Baham of Bogalusa, Timothy and Ivy Baham of Amite, as well as 26 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren. May 12, 1950 GAME WARDEN DIES SUDDENLY Game Warden Eugene Livingston Magee, 74-year-old resident of the Terrace, died suddenly at his home at 3:10 p.m. Sunday as his wife paid last respects to a fellow law-enforcement officer, Wallace Davidson, at the chapel of the Brown Funeral Home. Mrs. Magee received a call that her husband had been stricken with a heart attack, but by the time she arrived at his bedside, he was dead. The game warden was a life-long resident of Washington parish and had served as deputy sheriff under four parish sheriffs. He was in business in Franklinton prior to coming to Bogalusa 12 years ago. He had been serving as game warden for the past five years. Funeral services were conducted at 2 p.m. at the Mt. Pleasant Baptist church with the Rev. Horatio Mitchell officiating. Interment was in Ellis cemetery at Franklinton with Brown Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Besides his widow, Mrs. Nancy Whittington Magee, the game warden is survived by four sons, T. J. of Mansfield, Greenlaw of McComb, Miss., Dallas of New Orleans and Joe of Bogalusa; two daughters, Mrs. Ralph McCarty of Baton Rouge and Mrs. William Oalmann of Bogalusa; one sister, Mrs. D. A. Self of Franklinton, as well as 13 grandchildren. May 12, 1950 TERREL INGRAM BURIED TUESDAY Funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon at the Louis Crain cemetery at Pine for William Terrell Ingram, Sr., 57-year-old resident of 1515 Jackson Street, who died in a Tylertown, Miss. hospital at 6:45 a.m. Monday. The Rev. Enos Branch and the Rev. M. W. Melton officiated at the services and Brown Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Mr. Ingram is survived by his widow, Mrs. Inez Crain Ingram of this city; three sons, Newton of Franklinton, H. W. and W. T., Jr. of Bogalusa; five daughters, Mrs. H. R. Young, Mrs. D. A. Young, Mrs. Tony Nastasi and Miss Elsie Ingram of Bogalusa and Mrs. Elmer Crain of Franklinton; one sister, Mrs. Nick Crain of Bogalusa; two half-sisters, Mrs. Delia Dykes of Bogalusa and Mrs. Becky Wilson of Biloxi; three half-brothers, Tilman of Isabel, Okla., B. T. Ingram of Bogalusa, and Allen Ingram of Franklinton. In addition, he is survived by 18 grandchildren. May 12, 1950 JACKIE TALLEY, 9, DIED IN FLORIDA Jackie Talley, 9-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Talley who have been living in Cantonment, Fla., for the past two years after being residents of Washington Parish for a long time, died at a Pensacola, Fla. hospital Friday morning at 7:55 of a kidney ailment. The child’s body was at rest at the home of Jewel Parker in the Isabel community. Services were conducted at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Talley Chapel. Burial followed in the adjacent cemetery with Poole Funeral Home in change of arrangements. Besides her parents, Jackie is survived by a sister, Sandra Talley. May 12, 1950 MRS. MARY GIBSON DIED WEDNESDAY Mrs. Mary Rester Gibson, 85-year-old grandmother of Willie and John Harper of this city, and a long-time resident of the Pearl River community, died at a New Orleans hospital at 3:30 a.m. on Wednesday. Funeral services were held this morning (Thursday) at the J. J. Harper residence at Pearl River, with the Rev. Mack Adams of Bogalusa and the Rev. George Riley officiating. Interment was in St. Joe cemetery with Brown Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Gibson is survived by one son Zeno Gibson, of Alton, LA., three daughters, Mrs. Laura Prevost of Slidell, Mrs. Birdie Harper and Mrs. Doshie Harper of Pearl River; three brothers, Jepp and Tom Rester of Poplarville, Miss., and Lin Rester of McNeil, Miss.; one sister Mrs. Louise Smith of Poplarville. May 19, 1950 MRS. MCMAHON DIES IN WISCONSIN Mrs. P. F. McMahon, of Kaukauna, Wisc., former resident of Bogalusa, died at her home in Kaukauna Sunday morning of a heart attack. Mrs. McMahon was well-known in Bogalusa and had a number of friends living here. Mr. McMahon, by whom she is survived, was former head of the old Paper Bag Factory in Bogalusa. Funeral services will be held tomorrow (Friday) in Kaukauna. May 19, 1950 MRS. MARY BROWN DIED ON FRIDAY Mrs. Mary Miller Brown, 87-year-old resident of this city for many years, died in a convalescent home in Covington Friday morning after a three-year stay there. Funeral services were conducted Saturday afternoon at Second Baptist church with the Rev. D. W. Nix officiating. Interment was in Ponemah cemetery with Brown Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Brown is the widow of the late H. T. Brown, who died some 21 years ago. She has no living survivors. Her body was at rest Friday night at the home of her friend, Mrs. Margie Castelenia, 933 Front Street. May 26, 1950 LAWRENCE SPERIER DIED ON MONDAY Lawrence Sperier, 58, employee of Kivett and Reel, Inc. of Sun, died at 4 o’clock Monday morning at the Bogalusa Medical Center, where he had been a patient since May 6, following an accident in which he was critically injured. Mrs. Sperier, who had worked at the Kivett and reel gravel pit for the past several months, was over run by a truck driven by Jack Mizel, while at work at the pit. Mr. Sperier is survived by his wife, Mrs. Sarah Gro Sperier of Sun; six brothers and two sisters, all of New Orleans. May 26, 1950 ASSESSOR OTTO BURRIS DIES IN HOSPITAL THIS MORNING Washington Parish Assessor Otto Burris, one of the parish’s most prominent citizens and who had served as assessor since Jan. 1932, died this morning (Thursday) at 10:10 o’clock following a severe heart attack last Saturday. The assessor’s condition had been regarded as critical since he was stricken shortly after noon Saturday en route to his home from the assessor’s office in the Court House in Franklinton. He was treated in Franklinton and immediately transferred to the Bogalusa Medical Center. He spent a restful night last night, but his condition took a sudden turn for the worse at 10 a.m. Ten minutes later, he died. Mr. Burris was born and reared in Franklinton, and attended the public schools in that city. He was graduated from the Soule Business College in New Orleans. During his early days, the assessor had worked in sawmills in Rockport and Tylertown, Miss. During World War I, Assessor Burris served in the infantry. He was later put in limited service as a clerical worker. When he came out of the Army, Mr. Burris had a slight heart condition. He had suffered slight heart attacks earlier, but none had been so severe as the fatal attack. Assessor Burris has been active in politics since he was first elected to office. He was known for his fairness in dealing with assessments, and tax- payers could be assured of a sympathetic ear from Otto Burris when they wanted to consult him about assessment of their property. Despite what his political opponents or friends might think, Otto Burris held to his own convictions. Earlier this year, he appeared before the parish police jury and sought their support in his plan to re-assess the property in Washington parish outside the city limits of Bogalusa and Franklinton. The police jury first agreed and finally two months later withdrew their support when criticism developed. Burris continued his plan to re-assess the property, and was in the process of completing that task at the time of his death. Property had not been reassessed since before Burris took office. The assessor was an active member of the Franklinton Methodist church, and had served on the church’s board of stewards for a number of years. He was a Mason and a Shriner. Mr. Burris was also extremely active in civic affairs around Franklinton. He was a director and treasurer of the Washington Parish Free Fair, a member of the Franklinton Chamber of Commerce and had headed a number of fund-raising campaigns for such organizations as the American Red Cross. Assessor Burris was married to the former Eunice Foil. They were the parents of two sons, Shelby of Baton Rouge and Joe of Franklinton, and one daughter, Mrs. Hal Kilbourne of Clinton, LA. He is also survived by two sisters Mrs. F. D. Cooper and Mrs. W. A. Page, both of Bogalusa; and two brothers, Walter and Benton Burris, both of Franklinton, as well as four grandchildren. Funeral services for the 57-year-old assessor have been set for 2 p.m. Friday at the Methodist church in Franklinton with the Rev. B. A. Galloway, pastor, in charge of the services. Interment will be in Ellis cemetery with Poole Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. May 26, 1950 MRS. MARY TALLEY DIED ON TUESDAY Mrs. Mary Castolena Talley, 43 died at her home in the Sun community at 6:40 p.m. Tuesday. Funeral services were conducted at the Talley Chapel in Sun, with interment following in Talley cemetery. Brown Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Talley is survived by her husband, Oscar Talley; two sons Herbert and Ronald of Sun; four daughters, Mrs. Sedgie Vincent of Bogalusa, Mrs. J. D. Miller of Rio, Mrs. W. R. Pounds of Lee’s Creek, and Linda Sue Talley of Sun; four half-brothers, Virgil Castolenia of Louise, Texas, James C. Castolenia of Bogalusa, Robert and Delbert Castolenia, both of Beaumont, Texas; one half-sister, Mrs. Leland LeBlanc of New Orleans and four grandchildren. May 26, 1950 ROBERT SMITH DIED WEDNESDAY Robert Edgar Smith, 60-year-old resident of Avenue I, died at 3:50 p.m. Wednesday in the Baptist Hospital in New Orleans after remaining a patient thee for some two weeks. Mr. Smith was born in Lawrence County, Miss., and has lived in Bogalusa for a number of years. Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Eula Mae Smith of this city; five sons, Horace of Murphyboro, Ark., David of Brownsville, Tex., Sam, Jim and Erwin Smith of Jackson, Miss, three daughters, Mrs. Helen Starns, Mrs. J. H. Craft and Mrs. Bessie Wright, all of Jackson, Miss. In addition, Mr. Smith is also survived by one brother, Hollis Smith of Corinth City, Tex.; two half brothers, Latt Smith of Texas, and J. L. Smith of Wesson, Miss.; one sister, Mrs. Jennie Girault of Natchez, Miss.; two half-sisters, Mrs. Joseph Purvis of Panama City, Fla., and Mrs. Inez Currier of Kyser, W. Va. The body is at rest at the late residence, and funeral services are set for 2:30 p.m. Friday at the First Baptist church with the Rev. Russell McIntire, pastor, officiating. Interment will be in the Adams Cemetery with Poole Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. May 26, 1950 FUNERAL SATURDAY FOR THOMAS BOY Funeral services were held Saturday for Allen Ray Thomas, six-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Grover C. Thomas of Bush, who died at his parents home of a heart ailment at 2 a.m. Friday. Besides his parents, Allen Ray is survived by two brothers, Hall and James Thomas; two sisters Shirley and Rita Mae; three half-brothers, Glenn of Varnado, Franklin and Nelson Thomas of Bush; one half-sister, Mrs. Vera Fornea of Varnado. Friday, June 2, 1950 JOHN MYRES DIED SUNDAY MORNING John Myres, 65-year-old farmer of Route 2, died Sunday at 1:53 a.m. at the Washington-St. Tammany hospital of a stroke. Funeral services were conducted at 11 a.m. Monday at the Mizell cemetery at Isabel with the Rev. D. T. Evans officiating. Survivors include one son, Earl of Covington; six daughters, Mrs. Lilly Parker of Isabel, Mrs. Amon Carter of Covington, Mrs. James Ezell of Tyler, Tex., Mrs. D. P. Evans of Pearl River, Mrs. Corbert Hunt of Bogalusa, Mrs. Merle King of Bush. Twenty-four grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Friday, June 2, 1950 FUNERAL HELD FOR MRS. SADYE RESTER Funeral services were conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday for Mrs. Sadye Cooper Rester, 37, who died at the home of her parents. Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Cooper of the Lee’s Creek community, at 7 p.m. Tuesday after a four-week illness with an incurable brain disease. Mrs. Rester was born and reared in Bogalusa and attended the public schools of this city, having graduated from the Bogalusa High School. Until her illness, she was a valued employee of J. C. Penny Company, having been regularly employed there since 1937. Mrs. Rester worked on Monday, May 8, but was taken ill the following day. She was suddenly stricken with a paralysis, and was advised by her family physician to see a specialist. She underwent a minor operation in New Orleans on the following Saturday and was sent home to recuperate. She lapsed into a coma the following Saturday. Last week, she was taken back to a New Orleans hospital for further treatment but was brought back to Bogalusa when specialists “gave up hope,” Her sudden illness and death came as a shock to her many friends, who had known Sadye Rester as a most energetic worker, self-sacrificing individual who was faithful to her family and her friends. She was an active member of the ESM Methodist church, having been a Sunday School teacher, active in young people’s work and in the ladies organizations of the church. She was married to H. E. Rester four years ago, and the Resters had recently completed a new home in the Lee’s Creek vicinity. The funeral Tuesday was held at the chapel of Brown Funeral Home with the Rev. P. M. Caraway officiating, assisted by the Rev. W. F. Hutson and the Rev. Horatio Mitchell. Interment was in the McGehee cemetery with Brown Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Besides her husband, Mrs. Rester is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Cooper, four sisters, Mrs. Ruth Hosey, a teacher in the public schools of Bogalusa, Mrs. Christine Murdock of Long Beach, Calif., Miss Betty Jane Cooper of this city and Miss Elaine Cooper, a student at Southeastern Louisiana College in Hammond; and one brother, James Ray Cooper of Clearwater, Fla. A niece and two nephews also survive. Friday, June 2, 1950 MRS. WHEAT DIES OF HEART ATTACK Mrs. E. M. Wheat, mother of several well-known Bogalusans, died of a heart attack Saturday evening at 8:45 o’clock at her home in Pearl River County, Miss. Mrs. Wheat was 81 years of age at the time of her death. Survivors include ten children. They are Mrs. Bruce Boone, Mrs. Talmadge Corkern, Otto Wheat, Ward Wheat, Houston Wheat, all of Poplarville, Miss.; Mrs. S. J. Ainsworth, Mrs. Harry Holliday, A. C. Wheat, Hubert Wheat and Odis Wheat, all of Bogalusa. Also surviving are 42 grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren and 3 great-great grandchildren. Funeral services were held Monday with the Rev. Upton Reynolds officiating. Friday, June 2, 1950 MRS. MARY SEAL DIED ON TUESDAY Mrs. Mary Amacker Seal, 76-year-old resident of Varnado, died at her home at 8:45 p.m. after a lingering illness. Mrs. Seal was born and reared in the Buck Branch, Miss. Community, and has lived in Varnado since her marriage to Joe D. Seal 57 years ago. Last rites will be at the Varnado Baptist church, of which she was a member, at 2 p.m. Friday with the Rev. J. M. Stuart and the Rev. C. A. Webb officiating. Interment will follow in the Seal Cemetery at Varnado with the G. F. Poole Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. The body will be at rest at the late residence until funeral time. Mrs. Seal has been ill for the past several years, and had been bed-ridden for the last two years. She was a member of a large and well-known family in this section of Louisiana and Pearl River County, Miss. Besides her husband, Mrs. Seal is survived by three sons, Murray of Varnado, Harvey of Cincinnati, Ohio, and John of Columbia, Miss.; five daughters, Mrs. E. W. Boone and Mrs. Leo Pettitt of Varnado, Mrs. Jesse Ward of Jackson, Miss., Mrs. Denny Young of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Mrs. J. Russell Cooper of Bogalusa; one foster son John D. Hillhouse of Jackson, Miss. Also surviving are one brother, William Amacker of Cross Roads, Miss., five sisters, Mrs. T. Moody and Mrs. Walter Stewart of the Buck Branch community, Mrs. Dora Byrd of New Orleans, Mrs. Nancy Williams and Mrs. Luther Thompson, both of Bogalusa; 15 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren. Friday, June 2, 1950 MRS. EDNA KEATON DIED ON SUNDAY Mrs. Edna Parker Keaton, 42, of Talisheek, died at 7:07 a.m. Sunday at the Bogalusa Medical Center of complications after a lingering illness. Mrs. Keaton was the wife of Varadman Keaton and the Keaton family formerly lived in Bogalusa. Besides her husband, Mrs. Keaton is survived by two sons, J. V. and Daniel R. Keaton of Talisheek; four daughters, Mrs. Bertie Anderson of this city, Mrs. Doris Geneau and Mrs. Jean Richardson, both of Kansas City Mo., and Miss Ouida Keaton of Talisheek; three sisters, Mrs. Ellen Jenkins of Talisheek, Mrs. Etta Brooks of Orange, Tex., and Mrs. Iona Frazier of Varnado; her father, Rudolph Parker of Talisheek. Funeral services were conducted at the Holmes cemetery at Talisheek at 3 p.m. Monday with the Rev. E. G. Earnard officiating. Interment was in the same cemetery with Poole Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. June 9, 1950 Betty Harvey, 14, Died on Tuesday Betty Marie Harvey, 14, year-old daughter of Mr. And Mrs. A. C. Harvey of Route 1,Varnado, died in a New Orleans hospital at 8:55 a. m. Tuesday of a cerebral hemorrhage, Miss Harvey had been ill only 30 days. Besides her parents, she is survived by one brother, Anthony Harvey, three sisters, Patsy Jean, Rosalie and Mary Elizabeth, all of Route 1, Varnado. Funeral services were conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Union Avenue Baptist Church with the Rev. W. M. Melton, pastor, officiating. Interment followed in the Seal Cemetery in the State Line community, with Brown Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. June 9, 1950 MRS. ROBT. COOPER BURIED TODAY Mrs. Otera Carpenter Cooper, 58 year old wife of Robert C. Cooper of the Sun vicinity, died in a New Orleans hospital at 11 p.m. Tuesday after remaining a patient there for five days. Funeral services were conducted this morning at 10 o=clock at the Carpenter cemetery between Bush and Talisheek, with the Rev. S. E. Nix officiating. Poole Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Cooper is survived by her husband, six sons, Walter of Baton Rouge, Joe D. of Baton Rouge, John D. of Sun, Orie of Slidell, Lasley of Doyle and Homer of Sun; five daughters, Mrs. Ray Talley of Slidell, Mrs. Bert Byles of Franklinton, Mrs. Dave Davis of Talisheek, Mrs. Ernie Breland of Bogalusa and Mrs. Edsel Jones of New Orleans. She is also survived by one brother, Beryle Thomas of Rio, and three sisters, Mrs. Emma Parker of this city, Mrs. H. N. Jones of Albany and Mrs. Alice Jenkins of Covington. June 9, 1950 FUNERAL RITES HELD FOR THAD MAGEE Funeral services were conducted at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Clifton Baptist church, with the Rev. J. Hardee Kennedy officiating, for Thad Magee, 44 year- old Clifton resident, who died in New Orleans at 11:50 p.m. Monday of a paralytic stroke. Magee was a retired army man, and lived with his father, Fred M. Magee. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Dorothy Magee of Savannah, Ga., four children, Thad, Jr., Sam, Sally and Susan, all of Franklinton; two brothers, Tate M. (of) Franklinton and Hubert of Clifton; three sisters, Mrs. Ellen Levy, Mrs. Margaret Rogers and Mrs. Brock Moore, all of New Orleans, and his father. Poole-Simmons Funeral Home was in change of arrangements. June 9, 1950 ARTHUR BRELAND BURIED SATURDAY Funeral rites were held Saturday at 10 a.m. for Arthur Delos Breland, Sr.,47, of 425 Avenue U, at Calvary Baptist Church with the Rev. H. L. Courtney and the Rev. M. W. Melton officiating. A Masonic ceremony was carried out at the graveside with L. H. Simmons conducting. Mr. Breland died Thursday at 8:45 p.m. at the Bogalusa Medical Center, where he had been a patient only five hours with a heart attack. Pallbearers for the funeral were J. R. Mulford, Jeff Fournet, Charles Price, George Price, Carl Freemin and Yancey White, all of whom worked with the deceased at the Gaylord Container Corporation. Mr. Breland, a well-known resident of this city, is survived by his widow, Mrs. Jewel Breland; three sons, Arthur D., Jr.., Gerald and Donald Breland all of Bogalusa; six brothers, Ottis of Bastrop, Herbert, Emmett, Ernest, Ray and M. L. all of Bogalusa; three sisters, Mrs. Luther Jones, and Mrs. Herman Adams, both of Bogalusa, and Mrs. O. E. Simmons of Franklinton; his mother, Mrs. M. L. Breland of this city. Interment was in Ponemah cemetery with Poole Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. June 9, 1950 IRVIN WEINSTEIN BURIED IN N. Y. Irvin Israel Weinstein, owner of United Liquor Store in Bogalusa, died Sunday about 5:15 p.m. at the Desporte Clinic of a sudden heart attack. Mr. Weinstein had been in ill health for some time, but had been active in the management of his business. Poole Funeral Home handled local arrangements for shipping the body by cargo plane to Albany, N. Y. Monday evening. His widow, Mrs. Irene Weinstein boarded a plane, and was planning funeral services for Tuesday afternoon in Albany. Besides his widow, other known survivors are one daughter who lives in California, and a brother in Albany. The Weinsteins lived on Georgia Avenue during their approximate eight years in this city. June 9, 1950 MRS. SCHEXNAYDER DIES AT DESPORTE’S Mrs. Martha Alice Vial Schexnayder, 69 year-old resident of 701 Avenue H, died at the Desporte Clinic at 5 a.m. Monday after remaining a patient there for about a week with a serious heart ailment. Funeral services were conducted at the Catholic church of the Annunciation at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday with the Rev. Fr. Hubert Bordenave officiating. Interment followed in Ponemah cemetery with Poole Funeral Home in change of arrangements. Mrs. Schexnayder is survived by four sons, Earl, Alton, Edwin, and Adolph, all well-known residents of Bogalusa; three daughters, Mrs. Winona Magee of Franklinton, Mrs. Amile Simm of Bogalusa, Mrs. Doris Bristling of Bogalusa; four brothers, M. C. Vial of Lafayette, Richard and Melville Vial of Hahnville and E. O. Vial of New Orleans; four sisters, Mrs. J. B. Martin and Mrs. P. D. Loria, both of Hahnville, Mrs. A. L. Melancon of Jennings and Mrs. E. L. Boudoin of Destrehan. June 9, 1950 FINAL RITES HELD FOR H. J. FORET Funeral services for Harris J. Foret, 55 year-old brother of Joe Foret and Irenee Foret of this city, who died in New Orleans shortly before midnight Sunday, where conducted Tuesday. Mr. Foret was district manager of the New Orleans sales area for the Ohio Match Company. He was a veteran of World War I, and a member of the American Legion. Services were at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday from the funeral home of Tharp-Sontheimer- Tharp, Inc., 4127 S. Claiborne, New Orleans, with a requiem mass following in Mater Delorosa church. Remains were brought to Bogalusa for interment in Ponemah cemetery, with the Rev. Fr. Hubert Bordenave, pastor of Annunciation church, officiating at a short graveside service. Mr. Foret is survived by his widow, the former Xina Alford; two brothers, Irenee and Joe of Bogalusa; four sisters, Misses Louise and Rita Foret of New Orleans, Mrs. Lelia Castanier of Saginaw, Mich., Mrs. James Wells and his mother Mrs. P. Foret of this city. June 9, 1950 MRS. SMITH DIED SUNDAY MORNING Mrs. Eugenie Wallace Smith, 83, who made her home with her daughter, Mrs. H. B. Scruggs on Route 1, Bogalusa, died Sunday morning at 10:30 at the Washington-St. Tammany hospital. The body was at rest at the chapel of the Brown Funeral Home until 2 p.m. Monday when the funeral cortege left Emmanuel Baptist Church on the Plainview road, where services were conducted with the Rev. R. E. Glaze, pastor of Enon Baptist Church officiating. Interment was in the adjacent cemetery. Mrs. Smith is survived by two sons, N. W. Smith of Angie, and John Smith of Saundersville, Miss.; five daughters, Mrs. H. B. Scruggs of this city, Mrs. J. A. Tisdale of Walker, La., Mrs. P. C. Richard and Mrs. J. W. Hickson, both of Saundersville, and Mrs. H. B. McCraney of Ellisville, Miss., one sister, Mrs. J. J. Bullock of Bogalusa. In addition, Mrs. Smith is survived by 41 grandchildren and 43 great-grandchildren, making a total of 91 survivors. June 16, 1950 HORACE SHARPE DIES SUDDENLY Horace Rusaw Sharpe 50-year-old St. Tammany parish farmer, dropped dead while working in the field at his home in the Bush vicinity at 2:10 p.m. Monday. Funeral services were conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Galloway cemetery at Bush with the Rev. Evans and the Rev. Cooper officiating. Interment was in the same cemetery with Brown Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Survivors include the widow, Mrs. Lillie Talley Sharpe; one son, Halborn R. Sharpe; his mother, Mrs. Julia Sharpe; and one sister Miss Inez Sharpe, as well as two grandchildren. June 16, 1950 MOORE INFANT DIED TUESDAY Funeral services were conducted at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Brown Funeral Home for Billy Wayne Moore, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Wilford Moore, 1405 Van Buren Street, who died at the Washington-St. Tammany hospital at 12:40 p.m. Tuesday, Rev. W. F. Bullock officiated, and interment followed in Buck Branch cemetery. June 16, 1950 MRS. WHITTINGTON DIED ON SUNDAY Mrs. Emma James Whittington, 90-year-old resident of the State Line community, died at the some of her daughter, Mrs. John J. Crain, Sunday at 8:15 a.m. Funeral services were held Monday at 2:30 p.m. at Crain Creek Baptist church with the Rev. Enos Branch and the Rev. Huey Byrd officiating. Burial was in War Crain cemetery with Brown Funeral Home in charge. Mrs. Whittington is survived by two daughters, Mrs. John J. Crain, and Mrs. H. W. Thomas of Route 2, Franklinton, as well as seven grandchildren and fifteen great-grandchildren. June 23, 1950 DILLON FUNERAL HELD ON SUNDAY Funeral services were conducted at 9 a.m. Sunday at Thomas for Eugene Dillon, 59-year-old native of Washington Parish, who died here Saturday at 4:50 a.m. The funeral procession left at 8 o’clock for Thomas cemetery from the home of Mrs. Dillon’s daughter, Mrs. Reuben Hartfield, 1071 Avenue D. The Rev. Johnnie Sones officiated at the 9 a.m. services and Brown Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Dillon is survived by his widow, Mrs. Tellie Mooney Dillon; two sons, Denman of Sheridan and Hezzie of Bogalusa; two daughters, Mrs. Tressie Hartfield of Bogalusa and Mrs. Zellie Thomas, also of this city; six half- brothers, Rob, Jesse, Houston, Matthew, Alverice and Wes Thomas, all of the Thomas vicinity; two half-sisters, Mrs. Rosetta Nelson and Mrs. Dilla Taylor, both of Thomas; and his step-father, Math Thomas, also of Thomas. June 23, 1950 FRED WARNER, 61, DIES SUDDENLY Fred Warner, 61-year-old native of Washington Parish died suddenly at 2:40 p.m. Saturday as an ambulance pulled up in front of his home at 518 Union Avenue to carry him to the hospital. Mrs. Warner, who was employed at the Bogalusa Lumber Company, was on the job Friday, and the end came fast. Funeral services were conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Poole Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. G. V. Hamilton officiating. Interment will be in Seal cemetery at Varnado. Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Inez Gann Warner; three sons, Colon E., John C., and Emmett J. Warner, all of Bogalusa; two daughters, Mrs. Arthur N. Brown of Lake Charles and Mrs. Clarence Rawls of Bogalusa; one brother, Sam Warner of Varnado; four sisters, Mrs. Julia Crain of State Line, Mrs. T. T. Thigpen and Mrs. Gabie Walker of Varnado; and Mrs. M. Kennedy of Monroe. June 30, 1950 MRS. C. TYRONE’S MOTHER IS BURIED Mrs. Alice Bass, mother of Mrs. C. B. Tyronne, former resident of Bogalusa and director of the First Baptist church choir, was buried in the Bassfield, Miss. cemetery Sunday. The Rev. Hudson of Mt. Olive, Miss. conducted the funeral services. Mrs. Bass was an aunt to Mrs. R. E. Lee of Bogalusa, Miss Clotee Womack and Miss Fransie Smith were among those who attended the funeral. June 30, 1950 BRELAND CHILD DIES OF INJURIES Michael Breland, three-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Breland of Byrd Avenue, died at 10:35 a.m. today (Thursday) at Desporte Clinic of a fractured skull sustained Wednesday shortly before noon when he darted in front of an oncoming car, driven by Samuel B. Knapp, 29 of Plainview. Police termed the accident unavoidable. The body will be carried to the home of the child’s grandmother, Mrs. Carley Penton, Burgetown, Miss. Brown Funeral Home is in charge of funeral arrangements. Besides his parents, Michael is survived by a brother, Clifford Breland, and a half-brother, Nelson Penton. June 30, 1950 ‘JAKE’ PURVIS FUNERAL HELD THIS MORNING Funeral services were conducted this morning (Thursday) at 10 a.m. for Jacob Baxter Purvis, 63-year-old will-known resident of this city for more than 40 years. Mr. Purvis died at his home on Beall Street in Little Buffalo at 10:20 p.m. Tuesday after suffering a severe stroke two months ago. He had been in a coma for the past 61 days prior to his death. The services were conducted at the Poole Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. Russell McIntire and the Rev. M. W. Melton officiating. Interment in Ponemah cemetery. Mr. Purvis was born and reared in Purvis, Miss. and came to Bogalusa in 1907 prior to the incorporation of the city. He set up a confectionery at the present location of the First State Bank Building on the Northside. When he sold his confectionery, Mr. Purvis entered the life insurance business, and was one of the city’s first life insurance agents. In recent years, he had been retired. “Jake” Purvis, as he was known to his hundreds of friends in Bogalusa, was extremely active in civic affairs, and one of his “pet projects” was the old Football Boosters Club in which he was an active member throughout the years of the club’s existence. He was also a one-time member of the board of directors of the YMCA and was a member of the First Baptist church. He was a member of the Elks Club during its years of existence here. Mr. Purvis is survived by his widow, Mrs. Alice Purvis; three sons, J. J. and G. E. Purvis, both of Bogalusa and R. H. Purvis of Covington; one daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Jones of New Roads; three brothers, Henry of Purvis, Joe of San Antonio, Tex., and Bob Purvis of Bogalusa; three sisters, Mrs. Dolly McNair and Miss Eulla Purvis of Purvis and Mrs. Sarah Thomas of Hattiesburg, Miss. Ten grandchildren also survive.