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Willie Columbus Holley

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Willie Columbus Holley

Birth
Utica, Hinds County, Mississippi, USA
Death
28 Feb 1954 (aged 63)
Bastrop, Morehouse Parish, Louisiana, USA
Burial
Sikes, Winn Parish, Louisiana, USA Add to Map
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Funeral services for Willie C. Holley, 63, of Bastrop, who died at his residence early Sunday morning, were held Monday at 2 p.m. from the Sikes Baptist Church, Sikes, La., with Rev. A. A. Johnson of Bastrop officiating, assisted by Rev. Harold Holland, also of Bastrop. Interment followed in the church cemetery under direction of Hall Funeral home.

Holley is survived by his wife, five sons, Ulysess of Oak Grove, Verlon, Devon, Hosey and John T. Holley and three daughters, Mrs. Odessa Thompson, Mrs. Opal Gentry and Miss Sue Holley, all of Bastrop; one brother, Walter P. Holley of Sikes; two sisters, Mrs. Homer Brister of Ruston and Mrs. Ross Parker of Dodson; also fifteen grandchildren.

Pallbearers were Stanley Holley, Ermon Yelverton, Loyd Willis, Stanely [sic Stanley] B. Brister, Lewis Brister, Lennie Willis, L. D. Brister and Homer D. Brister.

Honorary pallbearers wree Arshal Lee Brister, Donald Crain, Ponce Barlow, Denham Smith, J. W. Johnston and A. S. Tomlinson.

Published in The Monroe News-Star (Monroe, LA), Monday, March 1, 1954
Funeral services for Willie C. Holley, 63, of Bastrop, who died at his residence early Sunday morning, were held Monday at 2 p.m. from the Sikes Baptist Church, Sikes, La., with Rev. A. A. Johnson of Bastrop officiating, assisted by Rev. Harold Holland, also of Bastrop. Interment followed in the church cemetery under direction of Hall Funeral home.

Holley is survived by his wife, five sons, Ulysess of Oak Grove, Verlon, Devon, Hosey and John T. Holley and three daughters, Mrs. Odessa Thompson, Mrs. Opal Gentry and Miss Sue Holley, all of Bastrop; one brother, Walter P. Holley of Sikes; two sisters, Mrs. Homer Brister of Ruston and Mrs. Ross Parker of Dodson; also fifteen grandchildren.

Pallbearers were Stanley Holley, Ermon Yelverton, Loyd Willis, Stanely [sic Stanley] B. Brister, Lewis Brister, Lennie Willis, L. D. Brister and Homer D. Brister.

Honorary pallbearers wree Arshal Lee Brister, Donald Crain, Ponce Barlow, Denham Smith, J. W. Johnston and A. S. Tomlinson.

Published in The Monroe News-Star (Monroe, LA), Monday, March 1, 1954


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