Obituaries: Robert Lester Corbett, 1964, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: June 18, 1964 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

R. L. Corbett, 70, Is Buried June 16 In Verda Cemetery

Robert Lester Corbett, 70, died Monday, June 15, 1964 in a Winnfield hospital
after a long illness.  He was a native and resident of Grant Parish and a
retired timber worker.

He is survived by his wife, Mrs. R. L. Corbett of Verda; one son, Arnold
Corbett of Winnfield; one daughter, Mrs. John (Myrtis) Poisso of Winnfield;
two brothers, Walter Corbett of Verda and B. H. Corbett of Colfax; four
sisters, Mrs. R. J. Sermons and Mrs. R. S. Maxwell of Colfax, Mrs. Ida
Anderson of Shreveport, and Mrs. Wessie Feazel of Jena; and four
grandchildren.

Funeral services were held Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. in Verda Baptist Church with
Reverends Walter Barnard, James Ganey, and Kenneth Wall officiating.

Burial was in the church cemetery under direction of Hixson Brothers Funeral
Home of Winnfield.

Acting as pallbearers were Huey and Grady Lasyone, Raymond Rogers, Wilmer
Fletcher, Bobby Sanders, and Robert Wallace.