Obituaries: Y. S. Fuller, 1927, Winn Parish, LA
Submitter: Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
Source: Winnfield News-American
Date: November 11, 1927

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Father of Local District Attorney Dies Mon. Nov. 7

Y. S. Fuller Prominent Bernice Banker Dies After Brief Illness

The following clipping taken from the Shreveport Times gives a brief account
of the death of the father of Mr. Harry Fuller, our District Attorney, which
occurred at the family home in Bernice Monday.

"Y. S. Fuller, president of the Bank of Bernice, died at 5 o'clock Monday
morning following a stroke of paralysis Sunday night.  Mr. Fuller was one of
the foremost citizens of the state.  He was cashier of the Bank of Bernice for
24 years and its active president for three years.  He leaves a widow, Mrs. Y.
S. Fuller, three sons and two daughters, Harry Fuller of Winnfield, James
Fuller of Bernice, R. D. Fuller of Shreveport, Miss Hilda Fuller of Lisbon,
Mrs. Dewey Landers, Marion; two brothers, Duke Fuller of Memphis, Tenn., and
Guy Fuller of California, and one sister, Mrs. G. E. Lindsey of Bernice. 
Services will be at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday with interment in the local
cemetery."

Mr. Harry Fuller left early Monday morning in response to a message telling of
his father's serious illness.  His many friends sympathize deeply with him in
the loss of his father.

The following local citizens attended the funeral service held Tuesday 
afternoon at the Baptist Church of Bernice of which Mr. Fuller had been a
faithful member for many years.  Messers J. E. Carter, Mack Branch, E. E.
Kidd, Joe Heard, P. M. Caraway, C. F. Walsworth, C. O. Garriss, W. C.
Cookston, and W. H. Peters.