Extracted from The Franklin Sun (Winnsboro, LA)
Wednesday, February 25, 1976

Mrs. Stampley

Funeral services for Mrs. Bessie Beatrice Stampley, 70, of Wisner, were held at 10 a.m., Feb. 18th, at Holly Grove Baptist Church with Rev. Boatner Spinks and Rev. Lavelle Enterkin officiating.

Interment was in Holly Grove Cemetery under the direction of Winnsboro First National Funeral Home.

Survivors include one son, H. O. Cowart, Natchez, Miss.; three brothers, Rev. Boatner Spinks, Pollock, W. B. Spinks and C. C. Spinks, both of Jonesville; six sisters, Mrs. Janie Finley and Mrs. Rena Crouch, both of Eva, La., Mrs. Rosa Oliver, Bastrop, Mrs. Lena Netherland, Jonesville, Mrs. Lottie Gale, St. Joseph, and Mrs. Coela Kerrigan, Wisner; 2 grandchildren and 1 great-grandchild.