Extracted from The Lake Charles American Press (Lake Charles, LA)
Wednesday, September 20, 1961

BEN A. SELLERS

LONGVILLE (Spl.) -- Funeral services for Ben A. Sellers Sr., 86, of Longville, will be held at 2 p.m. today at the Longville Pentecostal church.

Mr. Sellers died at 8:15 p.m. Monday in a DeQuincy hospital. Burial will be in Magnolia cemetery at Ragley with the Hixson funeral home of DeRidder in charge.

The Rev. Elwood Airhart of Longville, the Rev. H. L. Bennet and the Rev. Luther Baggett, both of DeQuincy, and the Rev. Austin Langley of Kinder will officiate at the funeral.

Survivors include: His wife; two sons, B. A. Sellers Jr., of Houston, Tex., and Elijah Sellers of Longville; three daughters, Mrs. J. A. Hodges of Longville, Mrs. H. A. Yellett of DeQuincy, and Mrs. L. G. Johnson of Lake Charles; 12 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren.