Extracted from The Alexandria Daily Town Talk (Alexandria, LA)
Sunday, April 27, 1980

Leola M. Willis, Alexandria Resident

Services for Leola Meredith Willis, 84, of 18 Kent St. will be at 3 p.m. today in the chapel of John Kramer and Son. Burial will be in Greenwood Memorial Park.

Mrs. Willis, the widow of Luna D. Willis, died at 7:30 a.m. Saturday in St. Frances Cabrini Hospital. She was a member of Faith Missionary Baptist Church.

Survivors include a daughter, Elaine W. Weldon of Duncanville, Texas; two sons, Dr. Don Willis of Alexandria and R. R. “Buddy” Willis of Jonesville; three brothers, Dr. A. A. Meredith of Jonesboro, Monroe Meredith of Pine Bluff, Ark., and Elbert Meredith of Monroe; two sisters, Geneva M. Cottingham and Claudia M. Voinche of Monroe; 11 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.