Obituaries:  Will Eagles, 1937, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Deanna Simmons Hess, RR 9, Box 1548, Livingston, TX 77351
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THE WINNFIELD-NEWS AMERICAN
Friday,  December 31, 1937

Will Eagles, Age 65, Veteran Employee of Post office, Dies

Operated First Rural Mail Route From Here in 1909

    Will Eagles, age 65, the first rural mail carrier of the Winnfield
post office, died at his home here Tuesday night, following an illness
of more than a year.
    Mr. Eagles was retired from the postal service January 31, 1936
after 25 years as a rural carrier and clerk in the local office.  He
entered the service in 1909 after rating highest in the competitive
examination for the first rural route out of Winnfield.  After three
months, he gave up the route and became a clerk in the office which
position he held until 1912 when he resumed the route service.  He
continued in this work until his retirement in January last year.
    He was born in Winn Parish January 30, 1882.  He was a member of the
First Methodist church and during his active years interested in the
religious and civic life of the community.
    He is survived by his widow, two step-sons, John Grigsby of
Winnfield and Tom M. Grigsby of Longview, Texas, one brother J. S.
Eagles and one sister, Mrs. Tinnie Stroud of Winnfield.
    Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon from the First
Methodist Church with The Rev. G. A. Morgan, pastor, officiating,
assisted by the Rev. Alwin Stokes, pastor of the First Presbyterian
Church and Rev. B.C. Land, pastor of the First Baptist Church.
Interment was in the Winnfield cemetery.
    Active pall bearers were P. Hugh Mercer, D. F. Shell, Charles Smith,
S. E. Jenkins, H. A. Cockerham and O. O. Dickerson.
    Honorary pall bearers included all employees of the local post
office, W. T. Norman, V. L. Brumfield, R. H. Fletcher, H. W. Bass, Dr.
J. F. Faith, Dr. S. C. Fittz, S. G. Jackson, W. W. Grisby, Guy Johnson,
Dan Page, A. W. Williamson, Troy Smith, B. W. Bailey,  P. K. Abel, H. A.
Dean, J. M. Hyde, Oscar Barton, Oscar Lattier, Joe Terrill, J. C.
Brooks, Jim Shelton,  W. W. Allen, N. M. Jackson, Maxwell Crowe, H. L.
DeBray, Lee J. Grisby, J. E. Carter.