Obituaries: John Francis Whitley, 1969, Winn Parish, LA Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** From: April 3, 1969 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American Francis Whitley Succumbs; Final Rites In Shreveport Funeral services for John Francis Whitley, 68, of Lake Charles, formerly of Shreveport and Winnfield, were held last Saturday in Lake Charles with burial following in Forest Park Cemetery, Shreveport. Mr. Whitley died in a Houston, Texas hospital last Thursday. He was the son of the late J. F. Whitley, who was associated with the Whitley-Teddlie Drug Store in Winnfield between 1910 and 1919, when the family moved to Shreveport. For the past 15 years he has been residing in Lake Charles. Surviving are his wife; two brothers, Harry Whitley of New York City and Asher Whitley of Baton Rouge; and a sister, Mrs. Melroy Thompson of Longview, Texas.