Extracted from The News-Star (Monroe, LA)
Thursday, November 11, 1971

Mecom ‘Bill’ Gregory

WINNFIELD -- Funeral services were to be at 2:30 p.m. today in the chapel of Riser and Son Funeral Home of Columbia for Mecom “Bill” Gregory, 57, of Winnfield.

The Rev. T. O. Arrington was to officiate, with burial in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery near Columbia.

Mr. Gregory died Tuesday at Veterans Administration Hospital in Shreveport.

Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Gertie Gregory of Winnfield; five brothers, Jack Gregory, Phil Gregory, Jay Gregory, Harry Gregory and Tillman Gregory, all of Columbia; four sisters, Mrs. A. J. Coats Sr. and Mrs. Louise Nobles, both of Columbia, Mrs. C. C. Kidd and Miss Nita Gregory, both of Baton Rouge.

Pallbearers were to be Bob Gregory, Leonard Gregory, Don Gregory, Norman Coats, Tom Watts and Luther Watts.