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Leon Flowers Sr.

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Leon Flowers Sr.

Birth
Mississippi, USA
Death
13 Jul 1972 (aged 61)
Wisner, Franklin Parish, Louisiana, USA
Burial
Gilbert, Franklin Parish, Louisiana, USA Add to Map
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WISNER — Funeral services for Leon Flowers Sr., 62, of Wisner, who died Thursday at his residence after a brief illness, were at 10:30 a.m. today in South Central Baptist Church of Wisner.

The Rev. Sam Aucoin was to officiate with burial in Oakley Cemetery under direction of Mulhearn's Funeral Home of Winnsboro.

A native of Mississippi, Mr. Flowers was a retired grocer and truck farmer and manager of Herrington Bait Stand here. He was a member of the South Central Baptist Church.

Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Mildred Flowers of Wisner; a son, Leon Flowers Jr. of Oak Grove; one daughter, Mrs. F. C. Davis of Lake Providence; a stepdaughter, Mr. J. W. Sims of Wisner; one brother, Warren Flowers of Gilbert; two sisters, Mrs. Ethel Robinson of Monroe and Mrs. Jesse Cobb of Watson; 13 grandchildren, two great-grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers were W. C. Herrington, H. E. Blair, C. M. Brooks, Huey Stevens, C. M. Rayborn and Charles Buck.

Published in The Monroe News-Star (LA), Friday, July 14, 1972

(Thank You to Ron Manley for providing the obituary.)
WISNER — Funeral services for Leon Flowers Sr., 62, of Wisner, who died Thursday at his residence after a brief illness, were at 10:30 a.m. today in South Central Baptist Church of Wisner.

The Rev. Sam Aucoin was to officiate with burial in Oakley Cemetery under direction of Mulhearn's Funeral Home of Winnsboro.

A native of Mississippi, Mr. Flowers was a retired grocer and truck farmer and manager of Herrington Bait Stand here. He was a member of the South Central Baptist Church.

Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Mildred Flowers of Wisner; a son, Leon Flowers Jr. of Oak Grove; one daughter, Mrs. F. C. Davis of Lake Providence; a stepdaughter, Mr. J. W. Sims of Wisner; one brother, Warren Flowers of Gilbert; two sisters, Mrs. Ethel Robinson of Monroe and Mrs. Jesse Cobb of Watson; 13 grandchildren, two great-grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers were W. C. Herrington, H. E. Blair, C. M. Brooks, Huey Stevens, C. M. Rayborn and Charles Buck.

Published in The Monroe News-Star (LA), Friday, July 14, 1972

(Thank You to Ron Manley for providing the obituary.)


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