Obituaries:  Judge R. W. Oglesby, 1963, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From:  January 31, 1963 Winn Parish Enterprise-News American

Judge Oglesby Succumbs Here At The Age Of 91

Judge R. W. Oglesby, 91, a resident of Winnfield for 63 years, died
Tuesday night after a brief illness.  He was a native of Tennessee.

Long a civic leader, he had served as District Court Judge and Court of
Appeals Judge, state senator and a member of the State Tax Commission
under the Governor J. Y. Sanders Administration, as well as state
representative of Obion County, Tenn., where he lived before moving to
Louisiana in 1903.

Mr. Oglesby was a member of the First Methodist Church, the Masonic Lodge,
a charter member of the Winnfield Rotary Club, and a member of the
Louisiana Bar Association.

Mr. Oglesby was keenly interested in civic, religious, and political
affairs, and during his  lifetime attended two National Democratic
Conventions in Baltimore and in San Francisco, two Rotary International
conventions in Minneapolis and Dallas, and one General Conference of the
Methodist Church South, held in Winnfield, at which time he represented
the Louisiana Conference.

Funeral services were conducted at the First Methodist Churh at 3 p.m.
Thursday, January 31, 1963, with the pastor, Rev. R. H. Staples
officiating.  Burial was in the Winnfield Cemetery.

Acting as pallbearers were Robert Heard, James Russell, Dalton Martin,
Tracy Harrel, all of Winnfield; Joe Kelly of Oak Grove; Thomas Leigh and
O. R. Lewis of Monroe; and Dan Flemming of Ferriday.  Honorary pallbearers
were members of the Winnfield Bar Association.

Survivors are a son, Jack E. Oglesby, Winnfield; three daughters, Mrs.
Elizabeth O. Long, Winnfield, Mrs. John Cahill and Mrs. Harry Gist, of
Covington; and five grandchildren.