Obituaries: Charlie P. Risher, 1964, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483

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From: April 30, 1964 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Final Rites For Chas. P. Risher Held April 27

Funeral services for Charlie P. Risher, 58, of Winnfield, were held Monday at
2 p.m. in the Sharon Baptist Church near Sikes with the Rev. Willie James,
Rev. Alson Jeter, and Rev. E. W. Evans officiating.  Burial was in the church
cemetery under direction of Southern Funeral Home.

Mr. Risher, a carpenter, died Saturday, April 25, at his home on North Grove
Street, after a brief illness.

Survivors include his widow; two sons, Horace Risher of California and Terry
Lynn Risher of Winnfield; a daughter, Mrs. Nadine Clark of California; a
brother, Lee Neal of Logansport; a sister, Mrs. Mattie Lawhorn of Carthage,
Texas; a half sister, Mrs. Mildred Molton of Houston, Texas; his mother, Mrs.
J. R. Risher of Winnfield; six grandchildren and four great grandchildren.

Active pallbearers were Coy Miller, Earl Bates, Jr., Ralph Dawson, Henry
Nugent, John Porter, and Henry Bates.

Honorary pallbearers were Louie James, Lehman Sullivan, Sonny White, Jim
Madden, Bill Owens, G. N. Simmons, James Skains, Troy Kyson, Roy Malone, Roy
Bates, Jack Watts, Roy Waxley, Bill Edmonds, Flarce Sanders, Thomas Waxley,
Curtis Bishop, Dallas Varnell, Charles Bishop, Lester Carpenter, O. B. Skains,
Alton Carpenter, James Thomas, Jerry Gorham, Nick Price, R. W. Daughtry, Gary
Higgs, Albert Slater, and others.