Obituary:  Ray Eagles, Winn Parish
Submitted by Karen Reaves Moss, 948 Vintage Drive, Kenner, LA 70065 
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(From the May 16, 1979, Enterprise-News-American)

Ray Eagles

Services for Ray Eagles, 83, of Winnfield were held at 10 a.m. Wednesday in
the First Presbyterian Church of Winnfield with the Revs. Robert Gage, Eugene
Love, and John Moore officiating.

Burial was in the Garden of Memories Cemetery under the direction of Hixson
(unreadable) Brothers Funeral Home of Winnfield.

Mr. Eagles died Tuesday, May 15, 1979 in the local hospital after a long
illness.

He was a Winnfield native, a retired clerk-accountant for the T&G Railroad,
and a correspondent for the Monroe Morning World, the Shreveport Times and the
Alexandria Town Talk.

He served two terms on the Winnfield City Council, was a member of the First
Presbyterian Church of Winnfield and a former member of the Winnfield Kiwanis
Club.

Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Rabie Reid and Mrs. Peggy Wood, both
of Winnfield, and Mrs. Guinivere Allen of Joyce; two sisters, Mrs. Mable Scott
of Winnfield, and Mrs. Nancy Jones of Longview, Wash; four grandchildren; five
greatgrandchildren; and one great-greatgrandchild.

Pallbearers were Richard H. Watts, E.J. Buchanan, Byron Powell, Willie
Doherty, Reid Moss, and Steve Wood.


(Submitted by Karen Reaves Moss, 948 Vintage Drive, Kenner, LA 70065,
RosyRoja@aol.com)