Funeral services for Wattie Aubrey Calloway, 83, will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Hixson Brothers Chapel in Monroe with the Rev. Dr. Carl F. Lueg and the Rev. Odell Simmons officiating.
Burial will be at Memorial Park Cemetery.
Mr. Calloway died at his residence Thursday after a short illness. He was a resident of Bosco since 1921. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Monroe and a member of the Masonic Lodge.
He was on the Agriculture Stabilization Committee, a member of the Ouachita Parish School Board and won the Master Farm Award in 1951. He was appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower to the Agriculture Advisory Committee for six years under Secretary Ezra T. Benson.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Madie Lee Calloway of Bosco; one son, T. A. Calloway of Bosco; two daughters, Mrs. Martha [sic Margaret] Shipp of Bosco and Mrs. F. F. Millsap[s] Jr., of Monroe; one sister, Mrs. Clarice Osmbry of Bunkie; eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers M. A. Calloway, Tom Calloway, Lea Calloway, Jim Shipp, Wayne Shipp, Michael Calloway Jr.
Published in The Monroe News-Star (LA), Friday, December 23, 1977
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Mr. Calloway was one of ten children born to W. Frank Callaway and Alice Watson Callaway. He married Ruby Lee Rinehart in Lincoln Parish on December 13, 1917. She died on February 14, 1919. He married Madie Lee Sanderson on June 22, 1921 in Lincoln Parish.
Burial will be at Memorial Park Cemetery.
Mr. Calloway died at his residence Thursday after a short illness. He was a resident of Bosco since 1921. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Monroe and a member of the Masonic Lodge.
He was on the Agriculture Stabilization Committee, a member of the Ouachita Parish School Board and won the Master Farm Award in 1951. He was appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower to the Agriculture Advisory Committee for six years under Secretary Ezra T. Benson.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Madie Lee Calloway of Bosco; one son, T. A. Calloway of Bosco; two daughters, Mrs. Martha [sic Margaret] Shipp of Bosco and Mrs. F. F. Millsap[s] Jr., of Monroe; one sister, Mrs. Clarice Osmbry of Bunkie; eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers M. A. Calloway, Tom Calloway, Lea Calloway, Jim Shipp, Wayne Shipp, Michael Calloway Jr.
Published in The Monroe News-Star (LA), Friday, December 23, 1977
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Mr. Calloway was one of ten children born to W. Frank Callaway and Alice Watson Callaway. He married Ruby Lee Rinehart in Lincoln Parish on December 13, 1917. She died on February 14, 1919. He married Madie Lee Sanderson on June 22, 1921 in Lincoln Parish.
Funeral services for Wattie Aubrey Calloway, 83, will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Hixson Brothers Chapel in Monroe with the Rev. Dr. Carl F. Lueg and the Rev. Odell Simmons officiating.
Burial will be at Memorial Park Cemetery.
Mr. Calloway died at his residence Thursday after a short illness. He was a resident of Bosco since 1921. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Monroe and a member of the Masonic Lodge.
He was on the Agriculture Stabilization Committee, a member of the Ouachita Parish School Board and won the Master Farm Award in 1951. He was appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower to the Agriculture Advisory Committee for six years under Secretary Ezra T. Benson.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Madie Lee Calloway of Bosco; one son, T. A. Calloway of Bosco; two daughters, Mrs. Martha [sic Margaret] Shipp of Bosco and Mrs. F. F. Millsap[s] Jr., of Monroe; one sister, Mrs. Clarice Osmbry of Bunkie; eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers M. A. Calloway, Tom Calloway, Lea Calloway, Jim Shipp, Wayne Shipp, Michael Calloway Jr.
Published in The Monroe News-Star (LA), Friday, December 23, 1977
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Mr. Calloway was one of ten children born to W. Frank Callaway and Alice Watson Callaway. He married Ruby Lee Rinehart in Lincoln Parish on December 13, 1917. She died on February 14, 1919. He married Madie Lee Sanderson on June 22, 1921 in Lincoln Parish.
Burial will be at Memorial Park Cemetery.
Mr. Calloway died at his residence Thursday after a short illness. He was a resident of Bosco since 1921. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Monroe and a member of the Masonic Lodge.
He was on the Agriculture Stabilization Committee, a member of the Ouachita Parish School Board and won the Master Farm Award in 1951. He was appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower to the Agriculture Advisory Committee for six years under Secretary Ezra T. Benson.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Madie Lee Calloway of Bosco; one son, T. A. Calloway of Bosco; two daughters, Mrs. Martha [sic Margaret] Shipp of Bosco and Mrs. F. F. Millsap[s] Jr., of Monroe; one sister, Mrs. Clarice Osmbry of Bunkie; eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers M. A. Calloway, Tom Calloway, Lea Calloway, Jim Shipp, Wayne Shipp, Michael Calloway Jr.
Published in The Monroe News-Star (LA), Friday, December 23, 1977
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Mr. Calloway was one of ten children born to W. Frank Callaway and Alice Watson Callaway. He married Ruby Lee Rinehart in Lincoln Parish on December 13, 1917. She died on February 14, 1919. He married Madie Lee Sanderson on June 22, 1921 in Lincoln Parish.
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