Obituaries: Rev. R. H. Staples, 1973, Winn & Bienville Parishes, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: May 2, 1973 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Rev. Staples, Former Winn Minister, Dies

Funeral services for the Rev. R. H. Staples, 76, of Winnfield, were held at 3
p.m. Friday in the Castor Methodist Church with burial in the Old Castor
Cemetery.

Officiating were the Rev. Fred Flurry, the Rev. John Sewell, the Rev. Ed
Thomas, and the Rev. Bentley Sloane.

The Rev. Mr. Staples died about 6 a.m.  Thursday, April 26, 1973, in the
Highland Hospital after a short illness.  

He was a native of Castor and had been a resident of Winnfield for about six
months.  He was a member of the Methodist Conference and had been a Methodist
minister for 45 years.  He had pastored churches in Marion, Choudrant,
Trout, Coushatta, New Iberia, West Monroe, Bastrop, Winnfield, and Castor.

The Rev. Mr. Staples was one of the founders of the Louisiana Moral and Civic
Foundation.  He had retired after serving in Winnfield, but then pastored the
Castor Methodist Church for 10 years before moving to Winnfield for the second
time.

Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Myrtle Staples; one daughter, Myrna
Rickerson of Alexandria; and one sister, Mrs. W. M. Hamm, Sr., of Shreveport.

Pallbearers were Wayne Hall, Lexie Hall, Leo Hall, Bob Hamm, Bill Hamm, and
Edward Pickett.

The Methodist ministers of the Louisiana Conference served as honorary
pallbearers.