Robert W. Oldham obit of Delhi, West Carroll Parish, Louisiana

Submitted by Margie Pearce JAN 1999





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Monroe (LA) Morning World 16 Feb 1954

ROBERT W. OLDHAM DIES IN DELHI    
DELHI, Feb. 15 

(Special)

Robert W. Oldham, 74, died Monday at 1:05 p.m. at the 
Delhi Clinic, following
a lengthy illness.
  He was a retired farmer 
and his daughter is the wife of State Agricultural
Commissioner Dave 
L. Pearce.
  He was a member of the Church of God at New Hope, LA, 
for a number of years. 
He was a resident of Darnell.  On Nov. 10, 
1953 he and his wife, who survives
him celebrated their golden 
wedding anniversary.
  He had been very active in farming projects
 until his recent retirement in
West Carroll Parish where he was 
born and reared.
  Oldham had been an enforcement agent for the 
LA Wildlife and Fisheries
Commission.
  The body will lie in state 
at the home about four miles west of Darnell,
where services will be 
held 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, with Rev. M. W. Kennedy, pastor
of Good Will 
Church of God, officiating, assisted by Mrs. M. W. Kennedy. 
Burial 
will be in Epps Cemetary.
   He is survived by his wife, Ida; three 
sons, Malcolm, Pioneer; John, Baton
Rouge; Edward, Baton Rouge; four 
daughters, Mrs. D. L. Pearce, Baton Rouge;
Mrs. W. L. Halley, Epps; 
Mrs. M. L. Vining, Oak Grove; Mrs. E. D. Pearce,
Baton Rouge; 26 
grandchildren, three great grand children.
  Pallbearers will be 
Capt. Edmond Smith, Clyde Scharock, Bildbo Ford, Frank
Burgess, 
Quinton Fortenbery, Chapman McGhee, Henry Albritton, all of them 
game
wardens.
  Catron-Gay Funerla Home in Delhi will be in charge 
of services.



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