Obituaries: Wilton Prestridge Deen, 1967, Winn Parish, LA Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** From: April 20, 1967 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American Wilton P. Deen, 96, Dies; Rites At Liberty Chapel Funeral services for Wilton Prestridge Deen, 96, were held at 2 p.m. Friday in Liberty Chapel at Williana with the Rev. W. R. Gage and Rev. Richard Walton officiating. Burial was in the Liberty Chapel Cemetery under the direction of Southern Funeral Home. Mr. Deen, a native of Grant Parish, and a lifelong member of the Liberty Chapel Church, died Wednesday, April 12, 1967 in the home of his daughter, Mrs. E. J. Buchanan. Survivors are his son, J. M. Deen of Gulfport, Miss.; five daughters, Mrs. E. H. Hyde, Mrs. E. G. Guilliams, both of Williana, Mrs. Julia Smith of Pineville, Mrs. Maggie McBride of Jonesboro, and Mrs. E. J. Buchanan of Winnfield; seven grandchildren, sixteen great grandchildren, and three great- great grandchildren. Pallbearers were Lonnie Deen, Eulos Deen, Lee Deen, Robert Slayter, Bob Buchanan, Eugene Buchanan, Arnold Buchanan, and Ivy Nugent.