Obituaries: William O. Estes, 1963, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: March 14, 1963 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

William O. Estes, Brother In Law Of H. Bozeman, Dies

William O. Estes, 68, brother in law of H. B. Bozeman of Winnfield, died at
his home in Uvalde, Texas, Thursday night, March 7.  He was the late Mrs. H.
B. Bozeman's oldest brother.

During World War I, he was a lieutenant in a machine gun company of General
Douglas MacArthur's famous Rainbow Division, that saw such bitter and bloody
action around Verdun.

After World War I, he went to Argentina and became one of the largest
cattlemen in that country, and a director of a bank in the City of Jupuy,
capitol of Jujuy Province.  After Juan Peron became dictator and confiscated
the property of all Americans, Mr. Estes and his family returned to the
United States in 1954, and since have made their home at Uvalde.

His funeral and burial was delayed until this Wednesday in order to permit his
eldest son, William T. Estes, a petroleum engineer in charge of drilling
operations of a major American oil company in Bolivia, S. A., to fly home.

Burial was in the National Cemetery at Fort Sam Houston, near San Antonio,
Texas.

Survivors, besides his widow and son, Douglas, of Uvalde, are sons, William T.
Of Bolivia, S. A., Thomas W. Estes of Amarillo, Texas; daughters, Misses Dee
and Peggy Estes, Dallas, Texas; sisters, Mrs. A. B. Pullen and Miss Tedd Estes
of Mexico City, and Mrs. S. D. Sumerford, Baton Rouge, La.; and a brother. T.
W. Estes of Argentina.