Extracted from The News-Star (Monroe, LA)
W. E. Meredith Sr.
GRAYSON -- Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Grayson Baptist Church for W. E. Meredith Sr., 85, of Grayson.
The Revs. Oscar Bradford and Milton Williams will officiate with burial at Welcome Home Cemetery in Grayson under direction of Riser and Son Funeral Home of Columbia.
Mr. Meredith died Sunday morning at the Haven Nursing Home in Columbia after a long illness.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Verlon [sic Verlan] M. Meredith of Grayson; one daughter, Mrs. Mary Louise Douglas of Grayson; one son, Ernest Meredith Jr. of Wisner; one sister, Mrs. Pinkey Weaver of Baton Rouge; three brothers, G. E. Meredith and J. B. Meredith, both of West Monroe, and R. M. Meredith of Oak Grove; two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Michael Caldwell, Paul Douglas, Jim Malcumb, Benny Ray Cruse, Bobby Blount and B. M. Wilks.
Monday, March 19, 1973