Obituaries: John William Oglesby, 1968, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: July 25, 1968 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

John W. Oglesby Dies; Interment At Iatt Cemetery

John William Oglesby, 69, died at 1 a.m. Sunday, July 21, 1968 in a Winnfield
hospital after a long illness.  He was a native of Grant Parish.

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Monday in Dartigo Church of God with Rev.
J. W. Blow officiating.  Burial was in Iatt Cemetery near Verda under
direction of Hixson Brothers Funeral Home of Winnfield.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Mazie D. Oglesby, Colfax; three sons, John
Allen Oglesby, Tyler, Texas; and Joseph Earl Oglesby and Huey Oscar Oglesby,
both of Colfax; four daughters, Mrs. Leona Dubois and Mrs. Dora Hattaway, both
of Colfax, La., Mrs. Betty Mae Lashley, Atlanta, La., and Mrs. Mary Joe
Hosner, New Orleans; one half-brother, Henry Oglesby, Winnfield; five sisters,
Mrs. Myrtle McManus, New Verda, Mrs. Leunia Poisso, Pineville, Mrs. Ethyl
Lashley, Atlanta, Mrs. Eva Pervis, Verda, and Mrs. Alice Lincecum, Winnfield;
and a number of grandchildren.