Obituaries: Homer Brister, 1972, Winn Parish, LA
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From: July 19, 1972 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Homer Brister, Sikes Native, Dies Friday

Funeral services for Homer Brister, 75, of Choudrant, were held Sunday at 2
p.m. in First Baptist Church of Choudrant with the Rev. Paul Johnson
officiating.

Burial was held at Sikes Cemetery at 4 p.m.

Mr. Brister died Friday, July 14, 1972 at Lincoln General Hospital in Ruston
after a short illness.

Mr. Brister, a native of Sikes, was a retired lumberman and a member of First
Baptist Church of Choudrant.

Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Yancy Brister of Choudrant; six sons, Lewis
Brister and Arshal Lee Brister, both of West Monroe, Stanley R. Brister of
Monroe, Homer D. Brister of Bastrop, Bobby C. Brister and W. E. "Pete"
Brister, both of Choudrant; three daughters, Mrs. Vetoile Gates of Urania,
Mrs. Virginia Savage of Fountain Valley, Calif., and Mrs. Audra Fay Pesnell of
Choudrant; four brothers, Houston Brister of Sieper, Lawson Brister of
Quitman, J. W. Brister of Boyce, and Carl Brister of West Monroe; five
sisters, Mrs. Emaline Willis of Sikes, Mrs. Jettie Hahan of Houston, Texas,
Mrs. Ellen Waldon of Boyce, Mrs. Eva Dyess and Mrs. Loraine Gray, both of
Alexandria; 27 grandchildren, and 15 great grandchildren.

Grandsons served as pallbearers.