Obituaries: Fred Willis, 1964, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: January 9, 1964 Winn Parish Enterprise

Contributed by Tommy Joe Willis

Fred Willis, Sikes Native Is Buried In Shreveport

Fred Willis, 68, of Shreveport, died at 3 p.m. Saturday in a Shreveport
hospital after a long illness.

Services were held Monday at 10 a.m. at the Rose-Neath Chapel with the Rev.
Gerald D. Trussell, pastor of Southside Church, officiating.  Burial followed
in Centuries Park Cemetery.

Mr. Willis, a native of Sikes, was a retired painter and had been a resident
of Shreveport for the past 40 years.  He was a member of South Side Baptist
Church, Painters Local No. 485, and Cedar Grove American Legion Post 6.

He is survived by his widow; one son, James M. Willis of Las Vegas, Nev.; one
daughter, Mrs. J. H. Culpepper of Shreveport; six brothers, James of Longview,
Tex., Lloyd of Baton Rouge, P. J. of Bossier City, S. J. and Jack Willis of
Shreveport, and E. M. Stringer of Monroe; three sisters, Mrs. T. D. Hunter of
Mountain Home, Ark., Mrs. Alpha Kidd of Woodstock, Ill., and Mrs. N. D.
Fordham of Winnfield.