Extracted from The McComb Enterprise-Journal (McComb, MS)
William E. Freeman Rites Held
Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. today from Middleton Creek Baptist Church in Franklin County for William Edgar Freeman, 54-year-old farmer, who died Thursday morning at his home in Franklin County.
A native of Franklin County, Mr. Freeman was a son of the late Tom Freeman and Mrs. Ara Freeman.
Surviving him are a brother, Amos Freeman, Franklin County; and three sisters, Miss Bertha Freeman and Mrs. Ritchie Rollins, both of Franklin County, and Miss Rosa Freeman, Pike County.
Burial was in the church cemetery with Catchings Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Friday, February 27, 1959