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Extracted from The Franklin Sun (Winnsboro, LA)
Wednesday, December 1, 1976

Mrs. Mertice Waller

Funeral services for Mrs. Mertice Lariecy Waller, 55, of Gilbert were held at 2 p.m., November 28th, in Shady Grove Baptist Church with Rev. Frances Williams officiating.

Interment was in Providence Memorial Park under the direction of Winnsboro First National Funeral Home.

Survivors include her husband, James C. Waller, Gilbert; two sons, Jarell Anthony Thames, Del Rio, Tex., Claude A. Waller, Gilbert; one daughter, Mrs. Rhonda Rose Danna, West Monroe; three brothers, Autrey Thames, Sicily Island, Iley J. Thames, Ft. Necessity, and Huey Edward Thames, Witchita Falls, Tex., two sisters, Mrs. Leona Wright, Clayton, and Mrs. Olla Vee Fowler, Gilbert; 3 grandchildren.

She was a member of Shady Grove Baptist Church and a lifelong resident of Franklin Parish. Pallbearers were Hurshell Waller, Delbert Waller, Lee Fowler, Benton Ables, Earl Fowler, and James Fowler.