Obituaries: James Earl Wilson, 1966, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: February 3, 1966 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Joyce Youth Dies; Autopsy Report Ordered

The Winn Parish Sheriff's Office said Tuesday that an investigation was being
conducted into circumstances surrounding the death of 18 year old James Earl
Wilson of Joyce.

According to the youth's grandfather, Troy Harper, and the sheriff's office,
the boy was brought home in an auto about 1:20 a.m. Tuesday by "neighbor boys"
and was put to bed, presumably alive.  Harper said the boy's mother, Mrs.
Bessie Wilson, discovered he was dead about 4:30 a.m. and called the sheriff's
department.

Acting Winn Parish Coroner Dr. E. C. Meyers said the cause of death was
undetermined pending the outcome of an autopsy and a coroner's jury inquest. 
An autopsy was performed on the body in Shreveport Tuesday.  The results were
expected several days from now.

Funeral services for the youth were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Crossroads
Baptist Church near here with the Revs. Kenneth Wall and Hardy Beaubouef
officiating.  Burial was in the church cemetery by Hixson Brothers Funeral
Home of Winnfield.

Other than his grandfather and mother, he is survived by one brother, R. D.
Wilson of Tullos; six sisters, Mrs. Louis Curry of Tullos; Mrs. Marlene Ford
of Winnfield; Mrs. Edith Banks of West Monroe, and Mrs. Marthat Maloy, Miss
Maxine Wilson, and Miss Opal Wilson, all of Joyce, and the maternal
grandmother, Mrs. Troy Harper.