Obituary of R. L. Wilson, Winn Parish, La.
Submitted by Kathy LeMay Kelly, P.O. Box 219, Trout, La. 71371

Copied from Micro Film located at the Winn Parish Library in Winnfield,
Winn Parish, La. Film from Winn Parish Enterprise, Thursday, Oct. 3, 1957.
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R.L. Wilson, 74, Succumbs; Buried Gorham Cemetery

Robert Luther Wilson, 74, Winn native and retired carpenter succumbed in a
Winnfield hospital Monday at 11 p.m.

Final rites were conducted at the Laurel Heights Baptist Church at 11 a.m.
Wednesday with the Rev. Waynon Mott and Rev. Eugene Langford officiating.
Burial was in the Gorhamtown cemetery under direction of Hixson Funeral
Home.

Acting as pallbearers were James Austin Jordan, R. M. Thompson, Elton
Mixon, Louis LaCase, Cecil Taylor and Virgil Barton.

The deceased is survived by his wife, Mrs. R.L. Wilson, Winnfield; a son,
R.L. Wilson of Alexandria; four daughters, Mrs. Charles Reed of Baton
Rouge, Mrs. Homer Waites of Shreveport; Mrs. Dollie Bery and Mrs. Lottie
Newsom both of Winnfield; one sister, Mrs. Annie Trott, New Orleans; nine
grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.