Obituaries:  Wiley Austin Swilley, 1963, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From:  April 18, 1963 Winn Parish Enterprise-News American


W. A. Swilley, 69, Retired Railway Agent Succumbs

Funeral services for Wiley Austin Swilley, 67, were held Monday, April 15,
in the chapel of Southern Funeral Home, with the Rev. R. H. Staples and
Dr. W. L. Holcomb officiating.  Burial was in the Garden of Memories
Cemetery.

Pallbearers were:  Don Dunkleberger, E. J. Buchanan, C. C. Taylor, Lloyd
Trawick, Harper Terrell,  J. R. Harrison, Louie James, and James Watts.

Swilley, a retired agent for the Rock Island Railway, died Saturday at 7
a.m. in a Winnfield hospital after a brief illness.  He was a native of
Union County, Arkansas.  He was a member of the First Methodist Church and
was quite active in teaching in his early years.

Survivors are his widow; seven sons, Wiley A. Swilley, Jr., Warren Robinns
Air Base, Georgia; Harold Swilley, Orland Swilley, Conrad Swilley, and
Wilson Swilley, all of Winnfield; Durwood Swilley of Garden City, Kansas;
Waymon Swilley of Houston, Texas; two daughters, Mrs. Willard Fuller of
Waco, Texas, and Mrs. Malvin Peters of Houston, Texas; five brothers, John
W. Swilley, Earnest Swilley, James Swilley, all of El Dorado, Ark.; W. R.
Swilley of Smackover, Arkansas; Jack Swilley of Detroit, Michigan; five
sisters, Mrs. Vivian Hammonds, Licksburg, Missouri; Mrs. Ruby Gulley of
Kilgore, Texas; Mrs. Elva Slaughter, Mrs. Alene Ruter and Mrs. Loyce Jones
of El Dorado, Arkansas; 23 grandchildren and one great grandchild.