Extracted from The Morning Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA)
DAY, ELDRED
Died at 11 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 10, 1975, at Our Lady of the Lake Hospital. He was 68, a native of Wilkinson County, Miss., and a Baker resident. He was a retired Exxon Corp. employe.
Body at Rabenhorst Funeral Home after 8 a.m. Tuesday. Religious services at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home chapel with the Revs. Bobby Bateman and Ricky McAlister officiating. Interment in Roselawn Memorial Park.
He is survived by his wife, the former Mrs. Dessie King, Baker; two daughters, Mrs. Josie Ann Summers, Brookhaven, Miss., and Mrs. Marlene Renfroe, Monroe; a sister, Mrs. Nona Wallace, Marino, Ohio; six grandchildren and six step-grandchildren.
Pallbearers are Ed. Buford, Wayne Buford, Ronnie Buford, Eric Day, Charlie Day and Chuck Wallace.
In lieu of flowers, family requests donations to Trinity Methodist Protestant Church Building Fund in Baker.
Tuesday, August 12, 1975