Death today at 8:30 a. m. claimed W. G. (Papa) Sellers, 88, widely known lifelong resident of Moselle.
He died at the family home where he was born 88 years ago, following an illness of long extended duration. A retired farmer and sawmill owner and operator, he was prominently known throughout the entire section.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete pending the arrival of a daughter from New York. Memory Chapel has charge.
He leaves five daughters, Mrs. Paul Harrigan, Watertown, N. Y.; Mrs. W. A. Parker, Pensacola, Mrs. E. L. Smith, Hattiesburg; Mrs. E. E. Fairchild and Miss Annie Mae Sellers, both of Moselle;
Four sons, W. O. Sellers, State Department, Pakistan; W. G. Sellers, Brookhaven; J. A. Sellers, Moselle; and C. B. (Dirk) Sellers, Route 6, Laurel.
Four half-sisters, Mrs. B. A. Merritt, Mrs. Barbara Bryant, Mrs. Eula Jones and Mrs. Berdie Finley, all of Hattiesburg; two half-brothers, Andrew Sellers and Buford Sellers, both also of Hattiesburg.
The body lies at the Moselle family home to await the funeral hour. He was a member of Moselle Baptist church.
Published Laurel Leader-Call, Wednesday, April 9, 1958, p. 2
Death today at 8:30 a. m. claimed W. G. (Papa) Sellers, 88, widely known lifelong resident of Moselle.
He died at the family home where he was born 88 years ago, following an illness of long extended duration. A retired farmer and sawmill owner and operator, he was prominently known throughout the entire section.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete pending the arrival of a daughter from New York. Memory Chapel has charge.
He leaves five daughters, Mrs. Paul Harrigan, Watertown, N. Y.; Mrs. W. A. Parker, Pensacola, Mrs. E. L. Smith, Hattiesburg; Mrs. E. E. Fairchild and Miss Annie Mae Sellers, both of Moselle;
Four sons, W. O. Sellers, State Department, Pakistan; W. G. Sellers, Brookhaven; J. A. Sellers, Moselle; and C. B. (Dirk) Sellers, Route 6, Laurel.
Four half-sisters, Mrs. B. A. Merritt, Mrs. Barbara Bryant, Mrs. Eula Jones and Mrs. Berdie Finley, all of Hattiesburg; two half-brothers, Andrew Sellers and Buford Sellers, both also of Hattiesburg.
The body lies at the Moselle family home to await the funeral hour. He was a member of Moselle Baptist church.
Published Laurel Leader-Call, Wednesday, April 9, 1958, p. 2
Family Members
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Son Sellers
1898–1898
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William Oscar Sellers
1900–1987
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Annie Mae Sellers
1901–1985
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Marie Antoinette Sellers Fairchild
1903–1994
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John Aubrey Sellers
1904–1993
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Clayton Bayliss Sellers
1906–1971
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Wyatt Gaines Sellers
1907–1993
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Mildred Elizabeth Sellers Smith
1909–1980
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Bertha Shirley Sellers Parker
1912–2000
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Allyce Blanche Sellers Harrigan
1914–1992
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