Obituaries:  Clarence Clayton Watson, 1961, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From:  July 13, 1961 Winn Parish Enterprise-News American


Funeral services for Clarence Clayton Wasson, 70, whose death occurred
July 6, 1961, at 824 Hope Street, Shreveport, were held July 8 at 10 a.m.
in the Chapel of Wellman's Funeral Home with the Rev. Jerry Smacker
officiating.  Burial was in the Vivian Cemetery, Vivian, La.

Survivors include two sons:  C. C. Wasson, Jr., Shreveport; Walter J.
Wasson, Oakland, Calif.; two daughters, Mrs. Ad Goringer, Fresno, Calif.;
Mrs. Virginia Pecori, Shreveport, and five grandchildren.

Also surviving are four brothers, J. M. "Mack" Wasson, Charlotte, N. C.,
Herbert S. Wasson, New Orleans, George Wasson, Little Rock, Shelton
Wasson, New Orleans; five sisters, Mrs. Ida Finlay, and Mrs. M. L. Meador,
both of Olla, Mrs. Laura D. Henderson, Santa Maria, Calif., Mrs. Eula
Curry, Winnfield, and Mrs. Steve Norris, Bossier City.

Mr. Wasson, the son of the late John M. Wasson and May McBride Wasson, was
born and reared in Winn Parish, left Winnfield when a young man and for
many years was employed by an oil company near Vivian, where he lived.  He
was a member of the Calvary Baptist Church, Shreveport.