Extracted from The Caldwell Watchman-Progress (Columbia, LA)
Wednesday, May 5, 1982

Mrs. Elsie Lea Meredith

Funeral services for Mrs. Elsie Lea Meredith, 59, of Clarks, La. were held Friday, April 30, at 2 p.m. at the Riser & Son Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Larry Adkins and Dr. W. M. Causey, Sr. officiating.

Burial followed in the Old Bethel Cemetery under the direction of Riser & Son Funeral Home of Columbia.

Mrs. Meredith died April 28, 1982, at her residence after a brief illness.

Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Pat Tarver of Columbia; two sons, Mr. Charles Meredith of Columbia, and Mr. Johnny Meredith of Clarks; her father, Mr. Earnest Barnett[e] of Clarks; 6 grandchildren, and 3 great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers were Lelon Kenney, Billy Kenney, Billy Long, Fox McKeithen, T. W. Barnhill, and Sidney Ray Doffitt.