Obituaries: Claude E. Billings, 1975, Winn Parish, LA Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** From: March 5, 1976 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American C. E. Billings Dies; Burial At Atlanta Claude E. Billings, 72, of Trout, died Friday, February 28, 1975 in a Urania hospital after a long illness. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Sunday inh the Searcy Baptist Church with the Rev. Mickey Bounds officiating. Burial was in the Atlanta Cemetery. Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Hattie Barton Billings of Trout; four sons, the Rev. Max Billings and Jimmy R. Billings, both of Trout, Lt. Comm. Bennie Billings of New Orleans and Bruce D. Billings of De Ridder; four daughters, Mrs. Helen Dean of Trout, Mrs. Judith Jenelle Russell of Alexandria, Mrs. Brenda Ford of Midway, and Mrs. Donna Sue McKinzy of Silsbee, Texas; three brothers, Clem Billings of Baytown, Texas, Carl Billings of Baytown, Texas, Carl Billings of Kilgore, Texas, and Ivy Billings of Glenmora; three sisters, Mrs. Annie Mae Sherwood, Mrs. Minnie Lee Miller, and Miss Evelyn Billings; his stepmother, Mrs. B. F. Billings, all of Winnfield; 28 grandchildren, and five great grandchildren.