Obituaries: Archie F. Singletary, Sr., 1966, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: November 10, 1966 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Final Rites For A. F. Singletary In Shreveport

Funeral services for Archie F. Singletary, Sr., 83, who was a resident of
Winnfield most of his lifetime, but moved to Shreveport three years ago, were
held at 2:30 P.M. Sunday, November 6, 1966 in the Osborn Funeral Home Chapel
in Shreveport.

Burial was in Centuries Memorial Park.  Acting as pallbearers were J. W.
Fleshman, William Crow, Chester Derr, W. L. Walker, J. M. Rains, and Manning
Naquin.

Officiating at the last rites were the Rev. Gerald Trussell, pastor of the
Southside Baptist Church, and the Rev. Bobby Anderson, pastor of the Ford Park
Baptist Church.

Mr. Singletary, a native of Sugartown, La., was a 1941 graduate of Louisiana
State University and spent his early career as agriculture instructor in
Louisiana schools.

Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Lula Love Singletary; three sons, Archie F.
Singletary, Jr., and Dr. Ben B. Singletary, all of Shreveport, and Charles L.
Singletary, Seattle, Wash.; and two sisters, Bell Singletary and Tamar
Singletary, both of Oberlin.