Extracted from The Ruston Daily Leader (Ruston, LA)
Tuesday, October 17, 1972

Mrs. Emmons, 86, Of Dodson Dies

Mrs. Lula Walker Emmons, 86, of Dodson, died at 9 p.m. Monday following a short illness.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 10 a.m. in Dodson Baptist Church with the Rev. Bill L. Fuller of Jonesboro Baptist Church officiating.

Burial will take place at Transport Cemetery under direction of Southern Funeral Home in Jonesboro.

Survivors include four children, W. Jackson Emmons of Jonesboro, Mrs. Douglas Bickley of Bastrop, Morelle Emmons of Ruston, Mrs. Hiram Pyburn of Ruston, three granddaughters, one grandson and three great-grandchildren.