Obituaries: Stennis Oglesby, 1930, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: January 9, 1930 Winn Parish Enterprise

Funeral Services For Stennis Oglesby Held Wednesday

Son of Judge and Mrs. R. W. Oglesby Is Victim of Spinal Meningitis

Funeral services for Stennis Oglesby, 24, year old son of Judge and Mrs. R. W.
Oglesby, who died Tuesday, January 7, were held at the Winnfield Cemetery
Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock.  The Rev. C. C. Wier, pastor of the First
Methodist Church was in charge of the services.  Stennis died after an illness
of about ten days of spinal meningitis.

He was born in Winnfield December 29, 1905, being the second son of his
parents who had come here from Tennessee soon after their marriage.  His
parents are members of two of the oldest and most prominent families of
Bolivar and Obion, Tenn., and Judge Oglesby served as judge of this district
and is prominent in all civic, religious and political affairs of this
section.  Stennis was a member of the First Methodist Church.  He attended
school at Centenary College, Shreveport, L. P. I., Ruston, and L. S. U., Baton
Rouge, after graduating from the Morgan School, Petersburg, Tenn.  He is
survived by his parents, Judge and Mrs. R. W. Oglesby, one brother, Jack;
three sisters, Misses Elizabeth, Alice Stuart, and Dorothy Oglesby.