Obituaries: William Arthur Bright, 1969, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: January 30, 1969 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

W. A. Bright, 76, Succumbs; Rites At Jerusalem

William Arthur Bright, 76, of Route 3, Winnfield, died at his home at 8 p.m.
Friday, January 24, 1969.  He was a native of Kentucky and a retired railroad
man.

Funeral services were held at 4 p.m. Sunday in New Jerusalem Baptist Church
near Winnfield.  Rev. E. B. Barton and Rev. Ernest Evans officiated.  Burial
was in the church cemetery under direction of Hixson Brothers Funeral Home in
Winnfield.

Survivors are his wife, Willie H. Bright of Route 3, Winnfield; a son,
Clarence Bright of New Orleans; four daughters, Beatrice Killen and Dorothy
Barton, both of Winnfield, and Betty Ruth Boatwright of Visalia, Calif., and
Lorene Varnell of Hammond; two brothers, Charlie Bright of Winnfield and I. N.
Bright of Sarasota, Fla.; 11 grandchildren and two great grandchildren.

Pallbearers were John Hubbard, Roger Barton, Joseph Bright, Elic Roberts,
Jerry Drewett, Rev. Thomas Cobb.