Extracted from The News-Star (Monroe, LA)
Wednesday, February 16, 2005

JOEL EZELL

Gill First National Funeral Home
Winnsboro, LA.

Funeral services for Joel Ezell, 70, of Wisner will be held at 10:00 AM Wednesday, February 16, 2005 at the chapel of Gill First National Funeral Home in Winnsboro. Interment will follow at Oakley Cemetery in Gilbert with Rev. Thomas Peoples officiating.

Mr. Ezell was born to the union of Gillis and Doris Adams Ezell on April 23, 1934 in Gilbert, LA, and passed from this life Monday, February 14, 2005 at his residence in Wisner.

He was Southern Baptist and a member of Winnsboro Masonic Lodge #246. At the time of his death, Mr. Ezell owned convenience stores in Wisner and Gilbert. He owned and operated one of the first convenience stores in Franklin Parish. He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, Gloria Cannon Ezell, and a greatgrandson James Raymond Ezell.

He is survived by his daughter, Joy Ezell Eley and husband Billy of Gilbert, his son Chrissler Joel Ezell, Sr. and wife Wanda of Wisner. He is also survived by two sisters; Diane Merrill and Sandy Thaxton both of Winnsboro; and two brothers, Eddie McFarland of Shreveport and Mike McFarland of Jackson, MS; three grandchildren: Christina Eley Felter and husband Ellison, III, Heather Ezell Emfinger and husband Damon, and C. J. Ezell, Jr. and wife Brooke; and two great granddaughters, Blake Felter and Caitlyn Ezell.

Pallbearers will be Lee Roy Adams, Jeffery Eley, Bill Ezell, Lee Ezell, Chad Girod, and Lance Kerrington.