Extracted from The Shreveport Times (Shreveport, LA)
Monday, December 29, 1969

Elijah Wilson

PLEASANT HILL -- Elijah Wilson, 74, of Hornbeck died Saturday in a Many hospital after a lengthy illness.

Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Serentha Wilson of Hornbeck; five sons, E. J. and Wilber Wilson, both of Shreveport, Troy and Kenneth Wilson, both of Port Arthur, Tex., A. J. Wilson of Hornbeck; six daughters, Miss Evaleen Wilson, Mrs. Sandra Owers and Mrs. Nell Cunning, all of Hornbeck, Mrs. Ray Arthur of Ft. Hood, Tex., Mrs. Mattie Browning of Dodson, and Mrs. Mary Royals of Fort Worth, Tex.; one half brother, Manuel Savell of Anacoco; one sister, Mrs. Lizzie McInnis of Lake Charles, and 31 grandchildren.

Funeral services will be in the Old Pleasant Hill Baptist Church at 2 p.m. today with the Rev. T. J. Crosby officiating. Burial will be in the Church Cemetery under the direction of the Warren Meadows Funeral Home of Many.