Obituaries: Ben R. Hamilton, 1964, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: April 16, 1964 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Last Rites Held April 14th For Ben R. Hamilton

Funeral services for Ben R. Hamilton, 52, were held Tuesday in the chapel of
Southern Funeral Home of Winnfield with the Rev. C. C. Martin and the Rev. W.
C. Jones officiating.

Burial was in the Garden of Memories Cemetery.

Acting as pallbearers were Ben and James Harvelle, John William Smith, G. W.
Jones, John W. Gorham, and Albert Kelly, Jr.

Mr. Hamilton, a disabled World War II veteran, died unexpectedly at his  
residence on the Atlanta Road Monday at 1:30 a..  He was a native of  
Arkansas, and a member of the Baptist Church and had been residing in
Winnfield for the past nine years.

Survivors are his wife; two sons, Thomas and Joe Hamilton; two daughters,
Patricia and Ruby Hamilton, all of Winnfield; two brothers, Thomas B. of
Castor, La., and Marshall Hamilton of Baton Rouge; two sisters, Mrs. Ann Jones
of West Monroe and Mrs. Joe Curry of Wisner.