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Magnolia 1 one sisl er, Mrs. Clara Pierce of Dyess one brother, Johnny Christie of Emerson; and five grandchilden and eight great 11VA Aug. .7. im THE SHREVEPORT TIMES DEATHS grandchildren. O.

D. Dollar Carl Wright PINELAND, Tex. Carl Lafayette Wright, 75, died Tuesday, Services will be at 3 p.m. today in the Centerview Methodist Church with the Rev. Jack Wood officiating.

Burial will be in the Wood Cemetery under the direction of Starr Funeral Home. Surviving are his widow; one daughter, Mary Falk of Houston; two sons, Carl L. Wright Jr. of Houston and Alton Wright of Pineland; three sisters, Mrs. Ophelia Lane of Nederland, Mrs.

Ethel Marquart of Houston and Mrs, Thelma P. Ferrell of Groves; 13 grandchildren, and four greatgrandchildren. ARKANSAS MAGNOLIA, Ark. O. B.

Dollar, 64, died Tuesday morning. Funeral services be at 3 p.m.. today in Lewis Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Norris Steel officiating, assisted by the Re. Chester Jones.

Burial will be, in Magnolia Memorial Park Survivors include his widow; one son, James Roy Dollar of Little Rock; one sister, Mrs. Bessie Logan of Sweetwater, one brother, Norman Dollar of Sweetwater, and one grandchild. I Johnnie Wilkins Funeral services far Johnnie Hall Wilkins, 68, of Rte. 1, Haughton, will be held at 4 p.m. today at the Bossier City Chapel of Rose-Neath Funeral Home.

Mr. WUkins died Monday at his residence in Haughton after long illness. He had been a resident of Haughton since 1958. He was a native of Ivan and was a retired policeman. Mr.

WUkins was a member of Belle Park Baptist Church and was a member of the Louisiana Police Officers Association. Burial, will be In Bellevue Cemetery. Survivors Include the widow, Mrs. Mary E. Wilkins of Haughton; three sons, Johnnie Wilkins Jr.

of Plain Dealing, Billy Joe Wilkins of Bossier City, and Steven Wilkins of Haughton; a sister, Mrs. Lorene Crawford of Dallas, three brothers, Huey Wilkins of Benton, Cornelius Wilkins of Haughton and J. W. Wilkins of Toledo Bend, and six grandchildren. Serving as honorary pallbearers will be members of the Bossier City police force and the Bossier sheriff's office.

FUNERAL SERVICES MRS. SHIRLEY JAMISON 11:30 A.M. Wednesday' Southside Chapel Interment Homer, La" Mrs. Eula Wheatley MAGNOLIA, Ark. Mrs.

Eula Christie Wheatley, 93, died Monday. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. today in Lewis Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Dr. Francis Christie officiating.

Burial will be in Christie Chapel Cemetery. Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Myrtle Bishop of Minden, La. one son, Prentis Wheatley of Rush season slated MR. CURRY THOMAS SR.

M. II. Thomson CONVERSE M. B. 67, died at his home Monday.

Services will be at 2 p.m. today In the Drewett Memorial Chapel with Revs. Jerry Schmucker and Bob Miller officiating. Burial will be in Oak Grove Cemetery. Surviving are his widow; three daughters, Mrs, Virginia McDonald of Benton, Mrs.

Jeanette English of Shreveport and Mrs. Mildred Blankenship of Noble; one son, Henry Carr Thompson of Beau-, mont, one brother, Johnnie Thompson of Converse; three sisters. Mrs. Lucille Brown, Mrs. Lllia Carroll and Mrs.

Marie Nicholas, all of Mansfield; eight grandchildren, and two greatgrandchildren. Horace Stewart LEESVILLE Horace A. Stewart, 71, died Monday morning in a hospital here. Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday in the Hixson Chapel, Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Surviving are his widow; one daughter, Mrs.

Lilli Nowlin of England; three brothers, Ford Stewart and James Stewart, both of Leesville, and Chris Stewart of Shreveport; one sister, Mrs. Ora King of Tucson, and one granddaughter. Mrs. Willie Davis JONESBORO Mrs. Willie OdeU Davis, 79, died Monday in a Baton Rouge hospital.

Services will be at 2 p.m. today in Ebeneezer Baptist Church with the Rev. C. C. Milstead officiating.

Burial will be in Ebeneezer Cemetery under the direction of Southern Funeral Home. Surviving are her husband, William Henry Davis Sr. of Baton Rouge; two sons, William Henry Davis Jr. of Baton Rouge and Louis M. Davis of Greenwells Springs; one daughter, Mrs.

Edwina Pool of Baton Rouge; six sisters, Mrs. Jessie Kitz, Mrs. Surlena Gregory, Mrs. Connie Lee Watts and Mrs. Lorene Smith, all of Jonesboro, Mrs.

Blanch Walsworth of Baton Rouge and Mrs. Lucille Loe of Quitman: one brother, Scott Wyatt of Jonesboro; nine grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren. John F. Shirley A native of Stonewall Mrs. Slawson was a longtime Shreveport resident and a bookkeeper for W.

Stoddard. She was a charter member of Highland Baptist Church and the T. E. L. Sunday School Class at the church.

Mrs. Sawson died at her residence Tuesday after a sudden illness. Officiating at the services will be Dr. James Taylor, pastor of Highland Baptist Church. Burial will be in Forest Park Cemetery.

Survivors include two sisters, Mrs. Eary Carney and Mrs. Mat tie Mae Pennywell, both of Stonewall. Pallbearers will be Wayne Stoddard, Charles Wilbanks, Pugh Pennywell, Thomas Carney and Henry Gene Carney. Lee Evelyn Bell Mrs.

Lee Evelyn Bell, 57, of 1020 Wanda in Bossier City died Monday in Bossier City General Hospital after a lengthy illness. Mrs. Bell, a native and 41-year resident of Bossier City, was a former resident of Homer. She was a member of first Baptist Church in Bossier. Services will be at 11 p.m.

today in Rose-Neath Funeral Home's Bossier City Chapel. Officiating will be the Rev. L. B. Canterbury, pastor of Ruple Baptist Church in Haynesville and the Rev.

Tom Cole, associate pastor of First Baptist Church in Bossier. Burial wui be in Whitehall Cemetery in Haynesville. Mrs. Bell is survived by her husband, H. S.

Bell of Bossier City; three daughters, Mrs. Elizabeth L. Joslyn, Mrs. Joy B. Massie and Peggy Louise Bell, all of Bossier City; one sister, Mrs.

James W. Monzingo of Haynesville; two brothers, Grady E. Braselton of Shreveport and J. Vernon Braselton of Alvin, and five grandchildren. Pallbearers are Jimmy Monzingo, Billy Simms, Lonny Jeter, Randal Braselton, Dale Bell and Walter Doucet.

LOUISIANA Darius Hofmann WINNFIELD Darius Louis "Duffy" Hofmann, 73, died Monday. Services will be at 3 p.m. today in the Southern Funeral Home Chapel with the Revs. W. R.

Gage and Jerry Squires officiating. Burial will be in the Gardens of Surviving are his widow; two brothers, Alvin Hofmann and Victor Hofmann, both of Toledo, Ohio; two nieces and two nephews. Mrs. Shirley Daniels COUSHATTA Mrs. Shirley.

Daniels, 60, of Campti died Monday in a Terrebonne Parish hospital following a mobile home fire. Services will be at 1 p.m. today, in the Union Hall Baptist Church with Rev. John MacAlexander officiating. Burial will be in the Union Hall Cemetery under the direction of Rockett-Nettlea Funeral Home.

Surviving are three sisters, Mrs. Raymond Cason of Campti, Mrs. Ruby Lee Barbo of Houma and Mrs. 0. W.

Lee of Bridge City, one brother, Tom Britain of Campti. Mrs. Sudie Salter NATCHITOCHES Mrs. Sudie Norsworthy Salter, 77, died Monday in a hospital here. Services will be at 3 p.m.

today in Blanchard-St. Denis Chapel with the Rev. Larry Bazer officiating. Burial will be in Fern Park Cemetery. Surviving are her husband, Claiborne Salter of Natchitoches; her mother, Mrs.

Alice Norsworthy of Natchitoches; one son, Elton L. Cobb of Lafayette; one sister, Mrs. A. J. 'Buckley of Natchitoches; two brothers, Zinnie Norsworthy of West Palm Beach, and Leo Norsworthy of Mobile, three grandchildren, and seven greatgrandchildren.

William Criswell DeRIDDER WiUiam E. Criswell, 56, died Monday afternoon in a Lake Charles hospital. Services will be at 10 a.m. today in Pleasant Hill Baptist Church with the Revs. L.

J. Skiles and Charlie Miers officiating. Burial will be in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery under the direction of Hixson Funeral Home. Surviving are his widow; one son, Gary Criswell of Lake Charles; two daughters, Mrs. Billie Cooley of DeRidder and Mrs.

Suzette Mingo" of Gloster, parents, and Mrs. William 0. Criswell of Goodman, three brotherst" Allen Criswell and Lester Criswell, both of Goodman, and Johnnie Criswell of Pickens, seven sisters, Mrs. Lucille Phrweatta, Mrs. Inez Holley and Mrs.

Christine Steward, all of Goodman, Mrs. La veil Raper of Duck Hill, Mrs. Edna Hoover of Memphis, and Mrs. Lexie Ivy and Mrs. Carolyn Case, both of Southhaven, and five grandchildren.

TEXAS OdeU Hunt HALLSVILLE, Tex. OdeU Hunt, died Monday night at a Longview hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. today in the First Baptist Church with the Revs George English-and Howard Kerr officiating. Burial will be in the Hallsville Cemetery under the direction of Sullivan Funeral Home, Marshall Surviving are three brothers, Jim Hunt and S.

L. Hunt, both of Hallsville, and Harry Hunt of Carthage; one sister, Mrs. Hazel Smartt of Hallsville, and several nieces and nephews. Freshmen dormitories at Northwestern open Sunday at 1 p.m. At 6 p.m.

the NSU Enter-tainers will perform in Iberville Dining Hall. The annual Panhellenic Council Convocation for freshmen women and the Interfraternity Council Convocation for freshmen men begin at 7:15 p.m. Monday's program includes a "splash-in" event at the NSU Recreation Complex at 5 p.m. Greek Night begins at 8:15 p.m. 1:00 P.M.Wednesday,.

Marshall Street Chapel Interment Forest Parlc MR. IOHN SHIRLEY," (Marshall Street Chapel )' 10:30 A.M.Wednesday" Southside Baptist Church Interment Forest Park MRS. LEE EVELYN BELL 1:00 P.M.Wednesday' Bossier Chapel Interment Whitehall Cemetery Nejir Haynesville, La, JONNIE HALL WILKINS 4:00 P.M. Wednesday Elossier Chapel Interment Be llview Cemetery 1 MISiS MARY ALICE PACKETT 1:00 P.M. Thursday; Southside Chapel Interment Forest Park MR.

JAMES REESE: Marshall Street Chapel PI ans Incomplete 1 MR. JACKIE LYNN FOWLER 2:30 P.M. Thursday Mars hall Street Chapel Interment ij Forest Park i.w MRS. ANNIE LOU SLAWSON A.M.Thursday Marshall Street Chapel Interment Funeral services for John Frank Shirley, 69, of Shreveport, will be at 10:30 a.m. today in Southside Baptist Church with Dr.

Billy Smith, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Forest Park Cemetery under the direction of the Marshall Street Chapel of Rose-Neath Funeral Home. Mr. Shirley, a Shreveport resident for 65 years, died Monday after a brief illness. Survivors include his widow, Mrs.

Deletha Shirley; two daughters, Mrs. Ralph Rentz of Minden and Mrs. B. Ross White of Shreveport; five sisters, Mrs. W.

C. Carson and Mrs. N. M. Hyde, both of Shreveport, Mrs.

L. W. Hyde of Little Rock, Mrs. A. W.

Davis of Calinesa, and Mrs. J. H. Linn of Des Moines, Iowa; eight grandchildren; and two greatgrandchildren. Shirley Jamison Funeral services for Shirley Lynn Jamison, 62, of 7000 Red Fox Trail will be at 11:30 a.m.

today in the Rose-Neath Funeral Home South Side Chapel. Officiating will be the Rev. Don Fletcher, pastor of Broadacres Baptist Church. Burial will be in Arlington Cemetery in Homer. Pallbearers will be Jewell Har-rell, Burt Braton, Wayne Lupo, David Travis, Michael Travis and Michael Colvin.

Times News Service NATCHITOCHES -Northwestern State University's fraternities and sororities will open fall rush season Sunday. Nine campus chapters of national sororities will host a round of rush parties for prospective new members. Rush programs culminate in the issuing of invitations to membership. Sororities participating in rush week in-' elude Sigma Kappa, Phi Mu, Delta Zeta and Sigma Sigma Sigma. Participating fraterities are Kappa Alpha, Kappa Sigma, Pi Kappa Phi, Sigma Tau Gamma, Tau Kappa Epsilon and Theta Chi.

Grant, loan awarded Times Natchitoches Bureau DeRIDDER The Department of Agriculture has approved a loan for $355,800 and a grant of to the. South Beauregard Water System, Inc. in Ragley for water extensions, according to U.S. Sens. Russell Long and J.

Bennett Johnston. The funds will be used for extensions for new users connected to the system. Roy Rhymes Alvin JONESBORO Roy HOME AND COMMERCIAL HOUSE CLEANING Oil H-uRtiWfd fro All Types 01 Flooring tit tiwiied till Todij tor Frit Estimate! SHREnPORT WtNOOW ClUtllHG Forest Park MRS. MARY 265 Wall SI. PtioM 424-4709 Rhymes, 65, died Monday.

Services will be at 10 a.m. todav in the Southern Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Lowell Reichardt officiating. Burial will be in McDonald Cemetery. Survivors include an aunt, Mrs.

Donia Barnes, and a number of nieces and nephews. Thoni as Pierce ARCADIA Thomas M. Pierce, 94, of Jamestown died Tuesday morning. Services will be at 3 p.m. today in Conger Funeral Chapel.

Burial will be in the Gibsland Cemetery. Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Ruth Kilpatrick of Jamestown; three grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren. LOUISE HARRIS 4:00 P.M.Thursday. Southside Chapel Interment penturies Park LA VON DAVID" 2:00 P.M.

Wednesday Mt. Olivet Elaptist Church Interment Mt. Olivet Cemetery" BABY RUSSELL A.LEN AHRENS 10:00 A.M. Wednesday Bossier City Chapel Interment Hill Crest Cemetery FUN ERALHOME MDE! I DRAPES 5 Delivery i I Approximately I 2-3 Weeks I HQDiJETT i BUND CO. 1710 Kings Highway IPhone 631-7487 La Von David LOGANSPORT La Von Ellen David, 63, died Tuesday at her home.

Services will be at 2 p.m. today in Mount Olivet Baptist Church with the Revs. Ben Joyner and Jerry Schmucker officiating. Burial will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery under the direction of Rose-Neath Funeral Home. Survivors include her husband, J.

E. David of Stanley. Mary Harris Mrs. Mary Louise Harris, 75, of Ponchatoula, the mother of Johnny Ray Harris of Shreveport, died Tuesday in Bellmason Nursing Home in Ponchatoula. Services will be at 4 p.m.

Thursday in Rose-Neath Funeral Home's Southside Chapel. Officiating will be Brother Bill Stovel, pastor of Emmanuel Baptist Church, and the Rev. Eugene Spruell, a Baptist minister. Burial will be in Cen 7 ATHLETE'S FOOT GERM HOW TO KILL IT. IN ONE HOUR, Strong, quick.drying T.4-L checks itch and burning or your 79c back at any druf countrr.

Then, in 3-5 daya watcn Highway problems are eyed Henry Pilcher Times Natchitoches Bureau ALEXANDRIA -During a Tuesday meeting of the Rapides planning commission's transportation technical advisory committee, major disturbances caused by the North-South Expressway were discussed. The planning committee released a 5ft-page report on the economic aspects of the expressway, indicating more than 270 families would be displaced if alternate A of the route is selected through Alexandria. The other alternate, labeled by highway officials, would move 114 families if it is chosen. The alternate A route is supported by local civic and business leaders who maintain that route would offer new growth to the Alexan-dria-Pineville area. turies Memorial Park.

Survivors include four other sons, Oliver H. Harris of Keithville, Clyde E. Harris of San Antonio, Theodore Harris of Jackson, and Edward Watkins of Modesto, two daughters, Mrs. Ellen Ruth McCahill of Hammond and Mrs. Mary Frances Smith of Seabrook, three sisters; 24 grandchildren; and 8 greatgrandchildren.

Mrs. Harris's grandsons will serve as pallbearers. Jackie L. Fowler Funeral services for Jackie Lynn Fowler, 24, of Oil City, will be at 2:30 p.m. Thursday in the Marshall Street Chapel of Rose-Neath Funeral Home.

The Rev. Nolan Logan, pastor of Life Tabernacle, and the Rev. James L. Sermons, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Oil City, will officiate. Burial will be in Forest Park Cemetery.

Mr. Fowler, a native of Vivian and an Oil City resident most of his life, died Monday in an accident on an offshore oil rig. He was an engineer-machinist for Dow Chemical Co. and a member of Life Tabernacle. Survivors include his parents, Mr.

and Mrs. Walter Fowler of Oil City; two sisters, Mrs. Darwin Hatcher of Cortez, and Mrs. James Allen Jones of Lafayette; and his grandmothers, Mrs. Troy Fowler of Oil City and Mrs.

Sadie Berry of Carthage, Tex. Pallbearers will be Darwin Hatcher, Bryan Ryan Billy Ray, Bobby Brownley, Wayne Albritton, Bennie Albritton and Russell Barnes. Annie Slawson Funeral services for Annie Lou Slawson, 86, of 420 Olive St. will be at 10 a.m. Thursday in the Marshall Street Chapel of Rose-Neath Funeral Home.

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yez copiete b.rta mipmbi. SKAQ.J SPEAKERS SIOPT -A ey Antwara to Question about Funeral Q. Who signs the death certificate? A. The duly authorized coroner (or the county or parish in which the death occurred, or a licensed physician. Q.

When is an autopsy required? A. The coroner may require an autopsy when, in his professional judgement, it will clarify the cause or circumstances of a person's death. Otherwise having an autopsy is always a private decision for the family, who may then request it from a hospital. O. Who can perform an autopsy? A.

By law, only a pathologist a licensed physician specially educated and trained in this procedure. A series published in the interest of consumers. Questions for this column should be submitted to Security Plan, P. O. Box 2151, Baton Rouge, La.

70821. MANY Henry Lester Pilcher, 71, died Sunday. Services will be at 2 p.m. today in the Aimwell Baptist Church with the Rev. Danewood Stroud and Rev.

Bell. Burial will be in Aimwell Cemetery with Warren Meadows Funeral Home in charge. Surviving are his widow; five sons, Stan Pilcher and Jerry Pilcher, both of Longview, Charles Pilcher of Zwolle, Wayne Pilcher of Dallas, and Jim Pilcher of Aberdeen, Scotland two daughters, Mrs. Bonnie Mabry of Shreveport and Mrs. Connie Suazo of Denver, Colo.

one brother, R. L. Pilcher of Many; four sisters, Mrs. Ethel Gandy and Mrs. W.

0. Gan-dy, both of Many, Mrs. Thelma Love of Mansfield and Mrs. Monda Nelson of Fort Worth, stepmother, Mrs. J.

R. Pilcher of Fort Worth, and eight Mrs. Jewell Holley HAYNESVILLE Mrs. Jewell Holly, 73, of Emerson, died Monday. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m.

today in Brister Baptist Church with the Rev. Rogers officiating. Burial will be in the Presbyterian Cemetery under the direction of Bailey Mortuary. Survivors include her husband, J. O.

Holly of Emerson; three sons, Houston Holly of Emerson, W. C. Holly of Haynesville and Benny Holly of Magnolia, Ark. one daughter, Mrs. HoUis Benefield of Haynesville; one brother, Talmadge Hooks of Haynesville; four sisters, Mrs.

Ruth Rich of Gardenia, Mrs. Pet Lewis of Nederland, Mrs. Daisy Watson of Longview, Tex. and Mrs. Farris Olds of Watson; 10 grandchildren, and eight Keed moneyH Wellman Funeral Home Louisiana Ave.

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