Obituaries: Curtis L. Posey, Sr., 1969, 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: July 31, 1969 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American Final Rites For Curtis Posey, Sr., Held at Mars Hill Curtis L. Posey, Sr., 67, of Olla, died early Sunday morning at Urania Hospital after a short illness. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Monday in Riser and Son Funeral Home Chapel in Columbia with Rev. Dale Windham officiating. Burial was in Mars Hill Cemetery in Winn Parish. Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Mildred Calhoun Posey of Olla; two daughters, Mrs. Elaine Perkins of Fort Worth, Texas, and Mrs. Sue Craighead of Augusta, Ga.; two sons, Curtis L. Posey, Jr. of Columbia and John Dow Posey of Olla; two brothers, Rev. S. G. Posey of Riverside, Calif., and C. E. Posey of Arcadia; 10 grandchildren. Mr. Posey was the son of the late Rev. and Mrs. L. D. Posey who resided in Winnfield during the time that Rev. Posey served as pastor of the First Baptist Church of Winnfield on two separate occasions. He was also a graduate of Winnfield High School and is the brother in law of Miss Myrtle Calhoun of Winnfield.