Obituaries: Bessie Upchurch Willis, 1988, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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Contributed by Tommy Joe Willis

From: April 20, 1988 Winn Parish Enterprise

Bessie U. Willis

Graveside services for Mrs. Bessie Upchurch Willis of Shreveport, La., were
conducted at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, April 13, at Centuries Memorial Park. 
Arrangements were under direction of Centuries Memorial Funeral Home at 8801
Mansfield Road.

Mrs. Willis, 86, died Tuesday, April 12, 1988 at Virginia Hall Nursing Home in
Shreveport.

She was a native of Mineral Springs Community near Jonesboro in Jackson Parish
and had been a resident of Shreveport for 64 years where she was a member of
the Southside Baptist Church and was a retired postal clerk.

Mrs. Willis was predeceased by her husband, Fred Willis, whom she met and
married while teaching in the Sikes are of Winn Parish.

She is survived by a daughter, June Willis Culpepper and her husband, Jack, of
Shreveport; seven grandchildren, Donald L Willis, Jr. of Redwood, Calif.; W.
Fred Willis of Strasburg, Va.; Carol Keasler of Lake Charles, La.; Jack H.
Culpepper, Jr., Melissa W. Burford, Amanda Owens and Sarah Elizabeth Coradini,
all of Shreveport; and 13 great grandchildren; also a niece and nephew of the
Winnfield area, Mrs. Margorie Fordham May of Winnfield and Puckett Willis of
Sikes.