Obituary Roundup from Winnfield and Nearby Towns
Funeral notices for Raiford Bonnette and Lizzie Gates mark Winnfield services, with several other tiny obits from Vicksburg Bastrop Jena and Tallulah. Survivors include spouses children and grandchildren, as well as church and cemetery details across multiple Louisiana communities.
Airlines push cut rate fares at IATA talks
Pan Am TWA Air Canada and BOAC threaten to quit IATA over proposed one third off round trip Europe fares for four month advance bookings. North Atlantic fare conference chair H Don Reynolds calls talks among the 65 airlines a major challenge as more than 200 proposals circulate and youth fares rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
International Airlines
Pan Am
TWA
International Air Transport Association
Air Canada
British Overseas Airways Corp
Europe
IATA
H. Don Reynolds
Reynolds
North Atlantic
BOAC
Death sentences ratified by court in Louisiana case
The Louisiana Supreme Court on Monday affirmed the death sentences of two motorcycle gang members linked to the murder of Taylor McLaurin Jr. Cripps and Purkey were arrested days after the Mardi Gras visitor was robbed of 40 dollars and killed on February 27, 1968 in City Park. The state says Purkey strangled McLaurin while Cripps bludgeoned him. both men claimed membership in the Flying Axemen motorcycle gang.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Louisiana Supreme Court
Taylor McLaurin Jr
Charleston, W. Va
James Edward “Bulldog” Cripps
Saginaw
Mich
Larry Joe
Rat” Purkey
Seymour
Ind
McLauren
Purkey
Cripps
Tomlinson Rites Scheduled For Monroe Businessman
Funeral services for Monroe businessman W. B. Bid Tomlinson, 72, of West Monroe will be held at Mulhearn's Funeral Home in Monroe at 10 am Wednesday with Revs. W. F Mansell Jr. and Wayne Gray officiating. He died Monday at St. Francis Hospital after a lengthy illness. He co owned Cook and Preddy Sporting Goods and was a native of Choudrant. He is survived by his widow Thelma Cheesman Tomlinson, one brother Orin S. Tomlinson, Monroe, and a number of nieces and nephews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vicksburg
Miss
Fisher
John Gordon Carter
U.S. Corps of Engineers
Monroe
National Cemetery
Carter
Arkansas
Mooroe
Corps of Engineers
Marjorie Milam Carter
Robert C. Stevens
West Palm Beach
Fla
Marjorie Lynn Jacobs
Katherine Carter
Phil Carter
West Monroe
Thomas J. Carter Jr
Robert D. Carter
Earl D. Shipp
Welsh
Shreveport
St Mathias Episcopal Church
Adelbert Schade
Lakewood
Calif
Forest Park Cemetery
Osborn Funeral Home of
Natchhockes
Schade
California
San Francisco
Peter Folkens
George Schade
Ohio
Roy Bradley
Francis Guidry
Alexandria
Otho
Hubert
William Winterrowd
Bastrop
George Roy Linzay
Church of God
M. W. Kennedy
Doyle Coody
Christ Church Cemetery
Blackwell and Golden Funeral Home
Linzay
Southwest Gas Corp
K. E. Pendergraft
Keith Edward Pendergraft
Pledger
Tex
Bay City
iNew Gulf Baptist Church
Riverview Cemetery
Mulhearn Funeral Home
Ray Raddin
Sterlington Baptist Church
Lamar C. Hawkins
Jack McHenry
St. Monroe
St. Charles Hospital
Newellton
W.wil
Chapel of Hixson Brothers
T. L. Wilborn
Hixson
Tallulah
Jack Freeman
W. B. “Bid” Tomlinson
3Rd St
Mulhearn
W. F Mansell Jr
Wayne Gray
Memorial Park Cemetery
Tomlinson
St. Francis Hospital
Cook and Preddy Sporting Goods
Choudrant
Joe Higtham
R. M. Gochenour
Charles Thomas
Emmett Lee
Travis Tynes
George Knight
Thelma Cheesman Tomlinson
Orin S. (Cuz) Tomlinson
Also Mentioned on This Page
R. E. Bonnette
Winnfield
Raiford E. Bonnette
Southern Funeral Home
Grafton Shaw
Garden of Memories
Bonnette
Atlanta
Methodist Church
Minnie Lee Bonnette
Raiford E Bonnette Jr
David Bonnette
Brevard
N. C
Hazel Meal
Marjorie Whittington
Evelyn Ellis
Doris Spikes
Montgomery
Eleanor McKenzie
Homer
Mrs
Lizzie Gates
Lizzie A. Gates
Joyce
Jimmy Yocum
Sikes
Gates
Winnfield General Hospital
East Winnfield
Las Vegas
Nev
Essie Boles
Vada Spangier
Alma Sandifer
Gladys Lowery
Zella Hancock
Alice Gates
Ella Gates
Dodson
Emma Lee Jordan
John G. Carter
Lela Roberts
Oak Grove
First National Funeral Home
Lela Rebecca Roberts
Forest
H. G. Hammons
James R. Shepherd
Oak Grove Cemetery
Roberts
Camellia Garden
Pineville
Thomas F. Roberts
North Palm Beach
Cyrus L Roberts
Corpus Christi
Pearl Grace Galinsky
Michigan
Lola Auter
Tallahassee
Fila
R. C. Patrick
Wallace Trawick
Rosie Trawick
Little Rock
Ark
H. Donha
Waverly
Fred Sullivan
Hulon Patrick
Willis Patrick
Alton Patrick
C. W. Trawick
Milton Edmondson
Nat Edmondson
Miss Alda
Harrisonburg
Alda Mae Husbands
First Baptist Church
J. B. Watkins
Comer Funeral Home
Ferriday
Husbands
Concordia Parish
Joe W. Husbands
Walter Fletcher
Callas
Mrs. Jewel White
Jewel Ivy White
West Metarie Ave
Metarie
Shiloh Baptist Church
Shiloh
Charles R Green
J. Paul Driscoll
Brookhaven Funeral Home
Brookhaven
Nola
Major White
Homer B. White
Thomas J White
Jewel J. White
Logan B. White
George Hirtler
Madison
Edd Buckner
Tobe Ivy
Brandon
Carlton McNeil
Jackson
Claude Neal
Morton
Howard White
Hugh Ivy
Prentiss Ivy
Robert Ivy
J. R. Terry
Luther Lewis
Irma Jena Sefick
College Station
Mary Etta Doyon
Hesper Voeithes
Santa Gabriel
Verlene Stevenson
Grace Wiggins
Charley Lewis
Percy Watkins
Lake Providence
Mae Kruger
Cleveland
Coleen Riley
Hazel Perry
Mrs. Lennie Posey
Jena
Lennie Posey
John Ed Snell
Woodland Cemetery
Kinner and Stevens Funeral Home
Posey
Harold R. Posey
Diane Posey
Millie Mae Meredith
Urania
Fern Whitmyer
Denna Wiseman
Sylmar
Hattie McGee
Winnsboro
Philadelphia Baptist Church
Crowville
John Allen Ll
Church
Miller Funeral Home
McGee
Community Comfort College
Rayville
Rebecker Winslow
Learlena Moore
Robert L. Adams
Emil Sagdald
Bernice Parnell Hankins
Kenneth Hankins
Bruce Randell Hankins
Michael Carlton Hankins
W. E. Turrentine Jr
J. R. Walker
Basil Hankins
Jonesboro
Nathan Hankins
John Hankins
W .L. Hankins
Sybil Snell
Daisy, Ark
Mildred White
Elliott Holloway
Dan Hankins
Hankins
Harry E. Early
George R. Linzay
Floyd Proffer
Olla
Standard Baptist Church
James Simon
Chickasaw Cemetery
Riser and Son Funeral Home
Columbia
Proffer
Columbia Heights Hospital
Dollie Proffer
Edward Proffer
Glenn Proffer
Charles Proffer
Truman Proffer
Kate C. McGee
Dubach
Kilpatrick
Ruston
Kate Colvin McGee
T. L. Hillman
Henry
Tommie Smith
Myrtle Myers
Hodge
Irma Boyd
Press Colvin
Bertha Larance
Hilly
Ruby Roan
Dixie Cantrell
Elizabeth McCade
Los Angeles
Tullos
Emil Sagdahl
Coda Saulers
New Union Cemetery
Kinner and Stevens
Miss Eunice Hattaway Tallulah
Miss Eunice Hattaway
International Air Group
Cripps and Purkey
Flying Axiemen
W. B. Tomlinson
Tadpole
Iva
Iva Tadpole
J. Howard
Limited
Richard Bird
Elizabeth Toad
J. Howard Ltd
Iva Starnes Men's Wear
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