Obituaries:  William Paul Wyatt, 1969, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From:  January 1, 1969 Winn Parish Enterprise-News American

Services Held For W. P. Wyatt Accident Victim

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Monday at St. Maurice Methodist Church
for William Paul Wyatt, 74, of St. Maurice, who was killed late Friday when he
wandered away from a nursing home.

According to city police, Wyatt was on his hands and knees crawling across U.
S. 167 when a car driven by ____________ of Winnfield struck him.  The
accident occurred less than two blocks from the nursing home where Wyatt
lived.

The accident was termed unavoidable since ________saw the victim too late to
avoid hitting him.

Rev. Ed Hinkle officiated at the funeral services Monday, assisted by Rev. Roy
Moore.  Burial was in the church cemetery under direction of Southern Funeral
Home.

He is survived by one son, John Paul Wyatt, with the U. S. Armed Forces; one
daughter, Mrs. Jeanette Ivy of Shreveport; two brothers, Glynn Wyatt of St.
Maurice and Charles Wyatt of San Angelo, Tex.; two sisters, Mrs. Ann Chandler
of St. Maurice and Mrs. Charles Canterbury of Florien and two grandchildren.