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Obituary:

COTTON VALLEY, LA - Services for Mr. John E. Wills, 84, will be held at 10:30 am, Friday, at First Baptist Church of Cotton Valley. Officiating will be Rev. John Carkeet, Pastor of First Baptist Church of Cotton Valley. Burial: Cotton Valley Cemetery. Arrangements under the direction of Rose-Neath Funeral Home, Minden.

Mr. Wills died at 1:15 pm, Wednesday, December 30, 1981, at his residence in Cotton Valley after a lengthy illness. He was a lifetime resident of Cotton Valley, a retired carpenter, a member of the First Baptist Church of Cotton valley, the American Legion and an Army Veteran of WWI.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Allie D. Wills, Cotton Valley; three sisters, Lillian Bigham and Isha Cloud, both of White Oak, TX; Ruth Service, Vivian, LA; one brother, Houston Adkins, White Oak, TX; and several nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers: Robert Denmon, Tom Denmon, Steve Denmon, Arthur Denmon, Leonard Service, George Cloud, John Adkins.

Honorary pallbearers: Deacons of First Baptist Church of Cotton Valley.

(Published in The Shreveport Times on January 1, 1982)

John married Allie Denmon 5 Oct 1925, Minden, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA. Allie was born 2 Jan 1904, Sarepta, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 14 Apr 2000, Cullen, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried 15 Apr 2000, Cotton Valley Cemetery - Cotton Valley, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet]