Extracted from The Winn Parish Enterprise (Winnfield, LA)
Leroy Deas
Services for Leroy Deas were held at 10 a.m. Saturday, August 5,
2000 in the Southern Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Wallace Ingles
and Rev. Lester Carpenter officiating. Burial was in the New Hope
Cemetery at Gaars Mill under the direction of Southern Funeral
Home.
Mr. Deas, age 79 of Winnfield, died Wednesday, August 2, 2000 in
the Winn Parish Medical Center. She [sic He] was a Veteran of the
U.S. Navy, served in the Korean War and was a member of New Hope
Baptist Church.
He is survived by his wife, Louise Reeves Deas of Winnfield, one
son, Roy Deas of Dodson; one daughter, Linda Went of Taft, TN;
three grandchildren; and one sister, Minnie Ellis of Tuscaloosa,
AL.
Pallbearers were: Bill Reeves, Wayne Deas, Paul Deas, Lamar
Tarver, Don Reeves, and Carroll Reeves.
Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer's Foundation.
Thursday, August 9, 2000