Obituaries: Lawrence Hardy 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 13, 1988 Winn Parish Enterprise

Lawrence H. Willis

Services for Lawrence Hardy Willis of Oak Grove, La. were held at 3 p.m.
Wednesday, April 6, at First United Methodist Church in Oak Grove with the
Rev. George Sherman officiating.  Burial was in the Oak Grove Cemetery under
direction of Fox Funeral Home of Oak Grove.

Mr. Willis, 80, died Monday, April 4, 1988, at Schumpert Medical Center
in Shreveport, La., following a long illness.

He was a member of the Oak Grove Town Council and the Oak Grove Zoning
Commission, a member of First United Methodist Church of Oak Grove and a
former Sunday School teacher and Sunday School superintendent.

Mr. Willis received a bachelor of science degree from La. Tech and a master of
arts degree from L. S. U. from 1924-28.  He was a member of the La. Tech
baseball and football teams.  Mr. Willis served from 1928-29 as assistant
principal and coach at Arcadia High School; 1929-33 as assistant principal and
coach at Trout-Goodpine High School; 1933-1949 as principal at Kilbourne High
School; 1949-66 as supervisor of West Carroll Parish Schools and 1966-70 as
superintendent of West Carroll Parish Schools.

He was also past president of West Carroll Principals Association; past
president of the West Carroll Teacher Association; past president of La.
School Supervisors Association and past vice president of the 5th District
Supervisors Association.

Mr. Willis was a past master and member of the Oak Grove Masonic Lodge No.
284 F. & A. M. and was past president and member of the Oak Grove Lions Club.

He was predeceased on February 9, 1984 by his wife, the former Valerie Baker
of Winnfield.  Both Mr. and Mrs. Willis were retired simultaneously from the
public school system, he as superintendent of West Carroll Parish Schools and
she as a third grade teacher.

Survivors are a son, William L. "Bill" Willis of Winnfield; a daughter,
Valerie W. Kimbell of Tallulah, La.; four grandchildren, including Lawrence
James "Larry" and Laura Ann Willis of Winnfield.

Memorials may be made to the Lawrence H. Willis Scholarship Fund, West Carroll
Parish School Board, Oak Grove, La.