Extracted from The Alexandria Daily Town Talk (Alexandria, LA)
Sunday, August 15, 1976

Virgil Tarver, 75

Virgil Tarver, 75, of Jena who died 2:30 a.m. Saturday in St. Frances Cabrini Hospital. He was a retired oilfield worker.

He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Marie Tarver of Jena; three sons, V. L. Tarver Jr. of Jena, Don Tarver of Jena and David Tarver of Fresno, Calif.; a daughter, Mrs. Audrey Miles of Jena; three brothers, John Tarver of Libuse, Author Tarver of Houston and Bill Tarver of Montgomery, Ala.; two sisters, Mrs. Della Evans of St. Joseph and Mrs. Ada Salter of Effie.

Services will be held at 3 p.m. today in Temple Baptist Church in Jena with Rev. Kenneth Crumbly and Rev. K. D. Brooks officiating. Burial will be in Woodland cemetery under direction of Hixson Bros., Jena.