Obituaries: Mrs. Robert L. Wilson, Sr., 1970, 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 23, 1970 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American Mrs. R. L. Wilson Succumbs; Rites Held Saturday Mrs. Robert L. Wilson, Sr., 79, a resident of Winnfield, died at 9:45 a.m. Thursday, April 16, 1970 in a Shreveport hospital. She was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. William Sanford Kelly, pioneer residents of Winn Parish and a member of the Laurel Heights Baptist Church. She is survived by a son, Robert L. Wilson, Jr., of Pineville; four daughters, Mrs. Dolly Berry and Mrs. Lottie Tullos, both of Winnfield, Mrs. Charles Reed of Baton Rouge, and Mrs. Homer Waites of Monroe; a sister, Mrs. Mary Mott, California; and a number of grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Saturday in the chapel of Hixson Brothers Funeral Home here. Burial was in the Gorham Cemetery. Pallbearers were Lee Berry, Charles Reed III, Jame Jordan, Ronnie Hemphill, Gene Terral, and Rick Wilson, all grandsons and great grandsons of the deceased.