Extracted from The Alexandria Daily Town Talk (Alexandria, LA)
Saturday, October 20, 1979

Myrtis Shirley

WINNFIELD -- Myrtis D. Shirley, 60, of Winnfield died at 7:30 a.m. Friday in Lincoln General Hospital, Ruston.

Survivors include three brothers, W. S. Dunn of Winnfield, Roy Dunn of Joyce and Jake Dunn of Atlanta; a sister, Lillie Fredericks of Joyce; and a number of nieces and nephews.

Services will be at 2 p.m. today in the chapel of Southern with the Rev. Billy Lowery and Mary Walker officiating. Burial will be in Gorham Town Cemetery, Joyce.