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Extracted from The Winn Parish Enterprise News-American (Winnfield, LA)
Wednesday, May 15, 1974

McCarta Rites Held Saturday At Old Union

Funeral services for Billy Ray McCarta, 29, of Kilgore, Texas, who died at Murrell's Lake after a fishing accident, were held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Old Union Baptist Church with the Rev. Bob Kerr officiating.

Burial was in Old Union Cemetery in Joyce.

Survivors are his widow; one son, Billy Ray McCarta, Jr., of Kilgore, Texas; two daughters, Nena McCarta of Texas City, Texas and Joyce McCarta of Flatwoods; his father, Albert McCarta of Florida; his mother, Mrs. Catherine Nichols of Flatwoods; four brothers, Glen Arnold of Leesville, Roy Arnold of Pineville, Johnnie Nichols and Tommy Nichols of Flatwoods; three sisters, Mrs. Patsy Brown of Pineville, Mary Randall of Verda, and Mrs. Fay Basco of Flatwoods; his stepfather, Arvel Nichols of Flatwoods.