Extracted from The Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA)
Monday, March 28, 2005

Seale Jr., William Joseph

A retired chemical engineer with Exxon Co. USA, he died Thursday, March 24, 2005, at his home in Baker.

He was 67, born March 12, 1938, in Amite County, Miss. He was a U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War with the rank of major.

He is survived by his daughter, Penny Louise Seale of Denham Springs; two sons, William Joseph Seale III and wife Kay of Bedford, Texas, and Brian Seale and wife Jean of Madison, Miss.; three grandchildren, Dallis Ossowski, Bernard Seale and Blaise Seale; mother, Ernestine Seale of Baker; two brothers, Jackie Seale of Baton Rouge and Wayne Seale of Cedar Hill, Texas; and three sisters, Betty Clary of Baker, Brenda Varvel of Orlando, Fla., and Lynn Spinks of West Palm Beach, Fla.

He was preceded in death by his father, William Joseph Seale; wife, Peggy Willingham Seale; and two daughters, Valerie Lynn Seale and Karen Denise Seale.

Visiting at Brown Funeral Home, Gloster, Miss., from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday, March 28, and from noon Tuesday, March 29, until religious service at the funeral home chapel at 2 p.m., conducted by the Rev. Odus Jackson. Interment in Roseland Cemetery.