Obituaries: W. P. Spillers, 1965, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: July 22, 1965 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Funeral Services Held For W. P. Spillers July 16

Funeral rites for W. P. Spillers, 59, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. E.
Spillers of Atlanta, were held at 10 a.m. Friday, July 16, at Atlanta Baptist
Church with Rev. Ray Teal officiating.  Burial was in Mount Zion Cemetery near
Atlanta under direction of Southern Funeral Home of Jonesboro.

Mr. Spillers died at 4 a.m. July 14, 1965 in a Shreveport hospital after a
brief illness.  He was a mechanic and a member of the Atlanta Baptist Church.

Survivors include two sons, William P. Spillers of Shreveport and Allen R.
Spillers of Houston, Texas; two daughters, Mrs. Rita Davis of Shreveport and
Mrs. Beverely Phipps of Atlanta; one brother, Clyde Spillers of Chicago, Ill.;
three sisters, Mrs. Carmen McLain, Mrs. Gladys Bandy, of Atlanta, and Mrs. W.
S. Ates of Lansing, Mich.; and nine grandchildren.

Pallbearers were Ashton Collier, Ed Shumake, Tritus Ferguson, Prentice
Ferguson, Herbert Mixon, and J. W. Barr.