Extracted from The News-Star (Monroe, LA)
Tuesday, July 24, 1973

C. W. Johnston

Funeral services were to be at 4 p.m. today at the Mt. Ararat Baptist Church for Charles W. (Charlie) Johnston, 67, of 108 Oakland St., West Monroe.

The Rev. Richard Allen and the Rev. J. B. Bell were to officiate with burial at the church cemetery under directions of Kilpatrick's Funeral Home of West Monroe.

Mr. Johnston died early Monday morning at St. Francis Hospital here after a long illness.

Mr. Johnston was a native of Downsville and a member of Mount Ararat Baptist Church.

Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Mary M. Johnston, West Monroe; one daughter, Mrs. Raymond Estep, Jr. of West Monroe; one brother, Frank Johnston of Farmerville; two sisters, Mrs. Nancy Wallace of Downsville and Mrs. Susie McCrary of Pritchard, Ala.; two grandchildren; and a number of nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers were to be Paul Johnston, Bruce Brooks, Charles McDaniel, Geral[d] McDaniel, Irvin McDaniel. James Roberts, Bob Simpson, and Earl Brooks.