Obituaries: Leslie Courtney Billings, 1966, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: September 15 & 29, 1966 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

No. 1

L. C. Billings, 59, Is Buried Sept. 13th At Atlanta

Leslie Courtney Billings, 59, a retired oil field worker, died Sunday,
September 11, 1966 in a Winnfield hospital after a long illness.  He was a
native of Atlanta.

Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Tuesday in the Atlanta Baptist Church
with the pastor, Rev. Ray Teal, and Rev. Ben Billings of Lake Charles and Rev.
Max Allen Billings of Iowa, La., officiating.

Burial was in the church cemetery under direction of Southern Funeral Home.

He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lady Lee Billings, Atlanta; two sons, Earl
Billings of Houston, Texas and Don Billings of Orange, Texas; a daughter, Mrs.
H. N. Quast of Orange; four brothers, Clem Billings of Baytown, Texas,
Claude Billings of Kilgore, Texas, (only two listed); three sisters, Mrs. Roy
Miller of New Iberia, Mrs. C. E. Sherwood and Miss Evelyn Billings of
Winnfield; and ten grandchildren.

No. 2

L. C. Billings, 59, Succumbs Sept. 11; Burial at Atlanta

Leslie Courtney Billings, 59, died Sunday, September 11, 1966, at 7 p.m. in a
local hospital.  He was a retired oil refinery worker and native of Atlanta,
La.

Funeral services were held Tuesday, September 13, at 10:30 a.m. in the Atlanta
Methodist Church with Rev. Ray Teal of the Atlanta Baptist Church, Rev. Ben
Billings of Lake Charles, and Rev. Max Allen Billings of Iowa, La.,
officiating.

Burial was in the Atlanta Cemetery under direction of Southern Funeral Home
of Winnfield.

Pallbearers were Cloy Shelton, David Shelton, John T. Porter, Douglas
Weatherford, of Winnfield Douglas Sherwood of Alexandria, Gerald Carrier of
Alexanderia, David Billings of Glenmora, and James L. Billings of Kilgore,
Texas.

He is survived by his wife, Lady A. Billings, one daughter, Mrs. Joy Quast of
Orange, Texas; two sons, Earl Bilings of Houston and Donald R. Billings of
Orange, Texas; five granddaughters, five grandsons, three sisters, Miss Evelyn
Billings of Winnfield, Mrs. Roy Miller of New Iberia, La., and Mrs. C. E.
Sherwood, Winnfield; four brothers, Clem of Baytown, Texas, Carl of Kilgore,
Texas, Claudie of Trout, La., and Ivy of Glenmora, La.