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Extracted from The Winn Parish Enterprise News-American (Winnfield, LA)
Murle W. Emmons, Winn Native, Dies; Burial November 3
Funeral services for Murle Walker Emmons, 47, of New Orleans were held at 2
p.m. Wednesday in the Dodson Baptist Church with Rev. C. B. Ellis
officiating. Burial was in the Transport Cemetery under direction of
Southern Funeral Home.
Emmons, a native of Winn Parish, died suddenly Nov. 2, 1965 in Jackson, Miss.
He was a geologist for Pan American Oil Co.
He is survived by his wife, Eva Taylor Emmons of New Orleans; his mother, Lula
Walker Emmons of Dodson; two brothers, Jackson Emmons, a Jonesboro lawyer, and
Morrelle Emmons of Ruston, Lincoln Parish school superintendent; and two
sisters, Mavis E. Bickley of Bastrop and Laverne E. Pyburn of Ruston.
Pallbearers were Paul Gaar, Grover Jeter, Reubin Simpkins, Clayton Norred,
Pete Simmons, and Harley Womack.
Thursday, November 4, 1965