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Extracted from The Winn Parish Enterprise (Winnfield, LA)
Wednesday, February 27, 1974

W. R. James Dies; Burial At Zion Hill

Funeral services for William R. James, 62, of Winnfield, were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Southern Funeral Home Chapel here with the Rev. Jack Jones officiating.

Burial was in the Zion Hill Cemetery.

Mr. James died at 5:30 a.m. Tuesday, February 26, 1974 in a local hospital after a short illness.

Mr. James was a member of the Laurel Heights Baptist Church and was a butcher in several meat markets here for many years.

Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Sarah James of Winnfield; four daughters, Mrs. L. C. Curry of Baker, Mrs. Clayton Calhoun of Athens, Ala., Mrs. Edward Bramlet of Bossier City, and Mrs. Jerry Davidson of Montgomery; five brothers, the Rev. Willie James of Sikes, Walter James of Dodson, Roy James of Winnfield, Ray James of Tannehill, and Melvin James of Winnfield; four sisters, Mrs. Essie Smith of Winnsboro, Mrs. H. D. Jordan of Winnfield, Mrs. Caldwell Perdue of Shreveport; and eight grandchildren.

Pallbearers were Benny James, James Jordan, Jerry Pardue, Roy James Jr., Charlie James, Jesse James.