Obituaries: Richard Leon Colvin, 1969, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: May 22, 1969 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

R. L. Colvin, Local Pharmacist, Dies In Houston

Richard Lee Colvin, 33, of Winnfield, died at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, May 17, 1969
in St. Luke's Hospital at Houston, Texas, after a brief illness.  He was a
pharmacist and a native of Taylor, Ark.

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Sunday in First Baptist Church in
Winnfield with Rev. Thomas Cox officiating.  The body was transported to his
parents home in Taylor, Ark.  Funeral services were held there at 2 p.m.
Monday.  Burial was in Forest Grove Cemetery at Taylor under direction
of Hixson Brothers Funeral Home of Winnfield.

Survivors are his wife, Wilmadeen Colvin of Winnfield; a daughter, Lisa Renee
Colvin of Winnfield; a brother, Thurston Colvin of Minden; four sisters, Mrs.
Elvis Bernard and Alva Null, both of Springhill, Mrs. Kermit Caswell of
Hampton, Ark., and Mrs. Harold Tyler of Homer; and his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Floyd Colvin of Taylor, Ark.

Pallbearers were Jerry Fullerton, Tommy Straughan, Joe Dosher, Dennis Shell,
Tommy Bankston, and Dr. Billy Floyd.