Extracted from The Shreveport Times (Shreveport, LA)
Friday, July 5, 1957

Rev. C. C. Samuel Rites Are Today

MINDEN, July 4 (Special) -- Funeral services for the Rev. Charles C. Samuel, 34, of Minden, will be held at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow at the Calvary Baptist Church with the Rev. Elester Rains and the Rev. J. D. Powers officiating. Burial will be in the Gardens of Memory cemetery here under direction of the Green-Kleinegger Funeral Home.

The Rev. Samuels [sic Samuel] died Tuesday in a New Orleans clinic. He was formerly pastor of the East Side Baptist church here.

He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Emma Kelley [sic Kelly] Samuel of Minden; one son, Charles Samuel Jr.; one daughter, Barbara; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Samuel of Minden; and five brothers, Lewis, Herbert, S. B. Samuel Jr., and R. L. Samuel, all of Minden, and J. L. Samuel of Many; two sisters, Mrs. John Maxey of Minden and Mrs. Waymon Mott of Bunkie.