Obituaries: Jack Emerson Oglesby, 1967, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: January 5, 1967 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Jack E. Oglesby, Past City Judge, Dies Sunday

Jack Emerson Oglesby, 62, Winnfield civic leader and retired lawyer, died at
midnight Sunday, January 2, 1967 in a Winnfield hospital after a long illness.
He had practiced law in Winnfield for 30 years, being associated with his
father in the firm of Oglesby & Oglesby.

Mr. Oglesby was a member of the First Methodist Church, chairman of the
Winnfield Democratic Executive Committee, a member of the Eighth District Bar
Association and the Louisiana State Bar Association, a former Winnfield city
judge, a past commander of Payne-Johnson VFW Post No. 3800, and a past
president of the Winnfield Rotary Club.

He was the son of the late Judge and Mrs. Robert W. Oglesby and was a graduate
of Winnfield High School, LSU, and Cumberland University of Tennessee.

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Southern Funeral Home chapel
by Rev. Richard Walton.  Burial was in the Winnfield Cemetery.

Survivors include three sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth O. Long of Winnfield, Mrs.
Harry Gist and Mrs. John Cahill, both of Covington, two nieces, three nephews,
and one great niece.

Pallbearers were Layton Long, Harry G. Gist, jr., Maurice King, John
Devereaux, Myron Fleming, and Thomas W. Leigh.  Honorary pallbearers were
members of the Eighth District Bar Association and members of Payne-Johnson
VFW Post.