Obituaries: William Brewster Puckett, 1946, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: April 18, 1946 Winn Parish Enterprise

W. B. Puckett, Former Sikes Resident, Dies

William Brewster Puckett, 74, merchant of Georgetown, la., died suddenly
Sunday, April 14, as a result of a heart attack.  Funeral services were held
Monday at Georgetown with Rev. Dennis of Oberlin, La. giving the last rites. 
Burial was made in Georgetown Cemetery where the Masonic Lodge conducted the
services at the grave.  The Edmonds Funeral Home of Jonesboro was in charge of
arrangements.

Mr. Puckett was a merchant of Georgetown for 20 years.  For five years prior
to moving to Georgetown he was a resident of Sikes where he also owned and
operated a mercantile establishment.  He was born in Alabama and reared in
Jackson Parish.

He is survived by three daughters, Mrs. E. C. Willis of Sikes, Mrs. A. R.
Bennett of Lake Village, Ark., and Mrs. O. A. Long of Georgetown; one son, C.
F. Puckett of Pineville; eleven grandchildren and four great grandchildren;
two sisters, Mrs. W. T. Hawthorn of Quitman, La., and Mrs. W. L. Nesbit of
Biloxi, Miss., and one brother, Tom Puckett of Delhi, La.

Pallbearers were his grandsons, Edward and Willard Puckett and William Long,
all of Georgetown; Lamar Bennett of Lake Village, Ark.; Puckett Willis of
Sikes, and Ross Willis of Baton Rouge.