Obituaries: James DeWitt Shively, 1991, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: August 7, 1991 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

J. DeWitt Shively

Services for James DeWitt Shively of Gansville Community, Dodson, La., were at
2 p.m. Friday, August 2, in the chapel of Edmonds Funeral Home in Jonesboro,
La., with the Revs. Louis Moffett and Robert Leach officiating.  Burial was in
Siloam Cemetery in Gansville.

Mr. Shively, 73, died Tuesday, July 20, 1991, at Oschner Foundation Hospital
in New Orleans after a short illness.

Born November 21, 19__, Mr. Shively was a native of Winn Parish, a veteran of
World War II, a retired radio operator for the La. Dept. of Highways and a
member of Siloam Baptist Church.

Survivors include his wife, Oleen Temple Shively of Gansville Community; three
sons, Buford Shively of DeSoto, Texas, Marvin Shively of Jonesboro, and Vernon
Shively of Shreveport; one daughter, Mrs. Joe Lynn (Pam) Browning of
Gansville; three brothers, Leroy Shively of Winnfield, Simon Shively of
Shreveport, and Jerry Shively of Jonesboro; two sisters, Ethel Jolley and
Margie O'Neal, both of Shreveport; and 10 grandchildren.

Pallbearers were Harold Earls, Butch Brouillette, Andre Derr, Darwin Gates,
Von Boyett, and Gary Browning.