Extracted from The Daily Leader (Brookhaven, MS)
Friday, March 24, 2006

Cecil Delaughter Sr.

Services for Cecil Delaughter Sr., of Clayton, La., were today at Young's Funeral Home in Ferriday, La., with burial in the Union Baptist Church Cemetery, where a graveside service will be held at 3 p.m. The Revs. Howard Killingsworth and Tim Lawrence are in charge of services.

Mr. Delaughter, 69, died March 22, 2006, in Ferriday. He was born in Brookhaven on Sept. 28, 1936, to Jesse Delaughter and Bennie Ezell Delaughter.

Preceding him in death were his parents; his son, Timothy Delaughter; his brothers, A.J., J.D. Jesse Edward and Leslie Delaughter; and his sister, Jewell Delaughter.

Survivors are his wife, Linda Delaughter, of Clayton; his daughters, Belinda Russell and husband Ricky, of Springfield, Mo., and Rebecca Clark and husband, Brian, of Florence; his sons, Cecil Delaughter Jr. and wife, Kerry, of Youngsville, La., Patrick Guin and wife, Rhonda, of Ardmore, Okla., and Waylon Jones and wife, Jennifer, of West Monroe, La.; his 15 grandchildren; his seven great-grandchildren; and Betty Jean Delaughter.

Pallbearers are Jason and Daniel Russell, Cecil James Delaughter III, Larry Nichols, Charles Jordan and Sammy Joe Miller.

Honorary pallbearers are Ricky Russell, Cecil Delaughter Jr., Waylon Jones, Patrick Guin and Sammy Miller.