Extracted from The Shreveport Times (Shreveport, LA)
Thursday, October 3, 1974

E. L. Meredith Sr.

JONESBORO -- E. L. Meredith Sr., 86, died Tuesday at his residence in Jonesboro following a long illness.

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday in the Buck Edmonds Memorial chapel in Jonesboro with the Rev. Dan Tohline officiating. Burial will be in the Garden of Memory Cemetery.

Survivors include his widow; two sons, Doyle Meredith and E. L. Meredith Jr., both of Jonesboro; three brothers, Dr. A. A. Meredith of Jonesboro, Monroe Meredith of Pine Bluff, Ark., and Elbert Meredith of Monroe; three sisters, Mrs. Leola Willis of Alexandria, Mrs. Geneva Cottingham and Mrs. Claudia Voinche, both of Monroe; seven grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.