Obituaries: Iley Killingsworth, 1959, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: January 22, 1959 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

I. Killingsworth, Winn Native, Dies After Accident

Iley Killingsworth, 67, native of Winn Parish, and a member of the Hargis
Baptist Church, Grant Parish, died of a heart attack January 19 at Bush, La.,
shortly after he swam to shore when a boat capsized.  Mr. Killingsworth was
with a group in the boat, it was reported, but other details were not
available.

Last rites were held at 2 p.m. January 21 at the Hargis Baptist Church with
Rev. Rufus Kitchingham officiating.  Burial was in the Hargis Cemetery under
direction of Southern Funeral Home.

Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Maudie Killingsworth of Montgomery; two sons, R.
A. of Bogalusa and Karion of Key West, Fla.; two daughters, Mrs. Ruby Nutt and
Mrs. Norman Holiday, both of Montgomery; 13 grandchildren, three great
grandchildren; three brothers, Perry and Frank Killingsworth of Baton Rouge,
and Dewey of Ft. Worth, Texas; one sister, Mrs. Ruth Campbell of Baton Rouge.