Obituaries: William Edward Shumake, 1960, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: October 6, 1960 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Last Rites Held For W. E. Shumake Here October 1

William Edward Shumake, 79, died at his residence at 505 South Street,
Winnfield, Friday, September 30, 1960.  He was a retired farmer and was a
native of Winn Parish.

Funeral services were conducted at 3 p.m. Saturday, October 1, at Southern
Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Coleman and the Rev. E. B. Barton
officiating.  Burial was in Sardis Cemetery under direction of Southern
Funeral Home.

Acting as pallbearers were Ray Taylor, Sam Barton, Charles Shirley, Charlie
Thornton, DeWitt Collins, and Leon Hanson.

Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Lena Shumake; four daughters, Mrs. Mary D.
Shirley, Baton Rouge; Mrs. Louise Huckaby, Bridgeport, Texas; Mrs. Cherry
Estes, Kenner, La.; and Mrs. Bertie Ray Walters, New Orleans; eight sons, J.
E., Jack, and James L. Shumake, Winnfield; Vernon of Los Angeles; Jessie of
New Orleans; Lyndon of the U. S. Navy; Harvey and Robert of Baton Rouge; one
sister, Mrs. Floyd Long of Winnfield; two brothers, Fred Shumake of Rt. 1,
Winnfield, and Dee Shumake of Victoria, Texas; 26 grandchildren and two great
grandchildren.