Extracted from The News-Star (Monroe, LA)
Thursday, July 8, 1971

W. B. Erskine

Funeral services for William B. Erskine, 60, of 2807 Georgia St., Monroe, will be held at 2 p.m. Friday in the chapel of Hixson Brothers Funeral Home with the Rev. Roy Grant officiating.

Burial will follow in the Sharon Cemetery near Sikes with military services.

Mr. Erskine died Wednesday morning at Alexandria's Veterans Administration Hospital after a long illness.

Survivors include two sons, Arthur J. Erskine of New York, N.Y., and William B. Erskine of Long Island, N.Y.; a daughter, Mrs. Diane Norris of New Orleans; his father, G. W. Erskine of Monroe; and five grandchildren.