Obituaries: Willie Octavia Bright, 1970, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: December 17, 1970 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Mrs. Bright, 77, Succumbs; Rites Thursday

Mrs. Willie Octavia Bright, 77, of Winnfield died at 5:45 p.m. Tuesday,
December 8, 1970, in a hospital here.

Widow of the late Arthur Bright, she was a native of Stamps, Ark., and a
member of Lakeside Church.

Survivors include a son, Clarence Edward Bright of New Orleans; four
daughters, Mrs. Walter Killen of Winnfield, Mrs. Murrell Barton of Joyce, Mrs.
Betty Boatwright of Visilia, Calif., Mrs. Delton Varnell of Hammond; three
brothers, George Harrison and Alvin Harrison, both of Stamps, Ark., Mark
Harrison of Miami, Fla.; four sisters, Mrs. Gracie Shelton and Mrs. Lillie
Bright, both of Winnfield, Mrs. Grady King of Shreveport, and Mrs. Otho
Kennedy of Buckner, Ark., 11 grandchildren and three great-great
grandchildren.

Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Thursday in New Jerusalem Baptist Church
with Revs. Homer Ivy and Roy Moore officiating.  Burial was in the church
cemetery under the direction of Hixson Brothers Funeral Home.