Obituaries: Raiford E. Bonnette, Jr., 1972, 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: October 4 & 11, 1972 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American Son of Local Resident Dies in Shreveport Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Wednesday for Raiford E. Bonnette, Jr., 43, of Shreveport, at the Southern Funeral Home in Winnfield with Rev. Grafton Shaw officiating. Burial was in Garden of Memories Cemetery in Winnfield. Mr. Bonnette died at 11 a.m. Monday, October 2, 1972 at his residence in Shreveport after a lengthy illness. He was a native of Atlanta, Louisiana, a hardware salesman, and a Mason. Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Marie Bonnette of Shreveport; two sons, Ronald Bonnette of Monroe and Terry Ray Bonnette of Shreveport; and one granddaughter, Miss Amy Michelle Bonnette of Monroe; his mother, Mrs. Minnie Lee Bonnette of Winnfield; one brother, David Bonnette of Brevard, N. C.; and five sisters, Mrs. Doris Spires of Montgomery, Mrs. Eleanor McKenzie of Homer, Mrs. Hazel Neal, Mrs. Marjorie Whittington, and Mrs. Evelyn Ellis, all of Shreveport.