Extracted from The News-Star (Monroe, LA)
Friday, February 16, 1968

Rufus E. Wilson

CLARKS (Special) -- Last rites for Rufus E. Wilson, 84, were held at Clarks Baptist Church at 10 a.m. today with the Rev. Carvelia Johnston officiating.

Burial was in Welcome Home Cemetery at Grayson under direction of Riser and Son Funeral Home of Columbia.

Mr. Wilson died Wednesday afternoon at the Caldwell Hospital after a long illness.

Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Rosa Wilson, Clarks; two sons, Auston Wilson, Monroe, and Ralph Wilson, Clarks; one daughter, Mrs. Nellie Volentine, Grayson; three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.