Obituaries: Mary Emmaline Brister Willis, 1974, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: December 18, 1974 Winn Parish Enterprise

Contributed by Tommy Joe Willis

Mrs. W. A. Willis Dies; Rites At Hurricane Grove

Mrs. Mary Emmaline Willis, 75, of Sikes, died at 10:30 p.m. Saturday, December
14, 1974 in a Ruston hospital.

She is survived by her husband, W. A. Willis of Sikes; four sons, William
Lloyd Willis and Arlis Willis, both of Monroe, Wiley Willis of Shreveport and
Johnny Willis of Bossier City; five daughters, Mrs. Gertrude Parker of Sikes,
Mrs. Oleta Campanelli of Springfield, Mo., Mrs. Mary Ellen McCartney of
Gretna, Mrs. Janelle Schwab of Warsaw, N. Y., and Mrs. Gloria Jean Brerman of
Walla Walla, Wash.; two brothers, Houston Brister of Seiper and Lawson Brister
of Minden; two half-brothers, Carl Brister of West Monroe and John Brister of
Gardner; four half-sisters, Mrs. Jettie Hahn of Houston, Tex., Mrs. Mary Ellen
Walden of Gardner, Mrs. Dorene Gray of Alexandria, and Mrs. Ava Dyess of
Pineville; 32 grandchildren and 23 great grandchildren.

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Hurricane Grove Baptist Church
with Rev. Edward Smith and Rev. Ernie Yocum officiating.  Burial was in the
church Cemetery under direction of Southern.