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Extracted from The Winn Parish Enterprise (Winnfield, LA)
Thursday, March 16, 1967

Joe Boyett, 59, succumbs after long illness

Funeral services for Joe Boyett 59, of Rt.1 Olla were held Tuesday at 2;30 p.m. in Beech Creek Baptist Church near Olla with Rev. E.D. Dearman officating.

Burial was in the church cemetery. Mr. Boyett died Sunday March 5, in Winnfield General Hospital after a long illness.

Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Verlie Boyett, Olla; three sons Joe Elton Boyett, Lawton Boyett, Okla; Ronald Boyett and Donald Boyett both of Olla; four daughters, Mrs. Jimmie Lee Adams, Shreveport; Mrs.Pauline Smith, Vidalia; Mrs. Thessie Proueaux, Alexandria; and Mrs. Barbara Proffer, Olla.; five brothers, Monroe Boyett, Monroe,La; Russ Boyett and Sam Boyett, both of Olla; Louis Boyett, Bastrop and George Boyett, Joyce. One sister, Nora Avery of Urania;15 grandchildren and a host of nephews and nieces.