Obituaries: Edgar Perkins, 1963, Winn Parish, LA Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** From: October 24, 1963 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American Final Rites For Edgar Perksins Held Near Sikes Oct. 21 Funeral services for Edgar Perkins, 53, native of Sikes and retired salesman and technician, who died in a Ringgold Clinic Saturday after a brief illness, were held at 10 a.m. Monday in the Robbins Funeral Home chapel at Ringgold, with the Rev. Hoyt Gibson officiating. Burial was in the Wright Cemetery near Sikes. Mr. Perkins had been making his home in Ringgold following his retirement because of ill health. He was the brother of Mrs. Lucille McCarty, instructor in the Dodson High School. Survivors include his father, Andrew Perkins of Bastrop; two brothers, Carl Perkins of Shreveport and Dayton Perkins of Fort Worth; four sisters, Mrs. Lucille McCarty, Dodson, Mrs. Eunice Scroggs, Monroe, Mrs. Carrie Beaver, Pineville, and Mrs. Katie White, Bonita.