FERRIDAY, La., Nov. 1 (Special) — Services were held Saturday morning at eleven o'clock from the Harrisonburg Baptist Church for Woodrow Wilson Oliphant, 40, of Harrisonburg, who was killed in an automobile accident near Ferriday Thursday night. He was an employee of the U.S. government, as a surveying engineer. Death resulted from a skull fracture.
Following services with the Rev. Ben Joyner officiating, interment took place at the old Catahoula cemetery near Enterprise, La.
Young's funeral home of Ferriday was in charge of arrangements.
Survivors are: His parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. O. Oliphant, of Harrisonburg; two brothers, Otis Oliphant of Natchez, Miss.; and Bonnie Oliphant, Shreveport, and three sisters, Mrs. Lee Miles, and Mrs. W. D. Hackney, both of Harrisonburg, and Mrs. Vernie Cotton of Ferriday.
Oliphant was killed instantly when his car went out of control on the Ferriday-Jonesville highway, near Frogmore, and overturned several times, after zig-zagging from one shoulder of the road to the other, and he was thrown clear of the car which was demolished.
Published in The Monroe News-Star (LA), Monday, November 1, 1954
Following services with the Rev. Ben Joyner officiating, interment took place at the old Catahoula cemetery near Enterprise, La.
Young's funeral home of Ferriday was in charge of arrangements.
Survivors are: His parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. O. Oliphant, of Harrisonburg; two brothers, Otis Oliphant of Natchez, Miss.; and Bonnie Oliphant, Shreveport, and three sisters, Mrs. Lee Miles, and Mrs. W. D. Hackney, both of Harrisonburg, and Mrs. Vernie Cotton of Ferriday.
Oliphant was killed instantly when his car went out of control on the Ferriday-Jonesville highway, near Frogmore, and overturned several times, after zig-zagging from one shoulder of the road to the other, and he was thrown clear of the car which was demolished.
Published in The Monroe News-Star (LA), Monday, November 1, 1954
FERRIDAY, La., Nov. 1 (Special) — Services were held Saturday morning at eleven o'clock from the Harrisonburg Baptist Church for Woodrow Wilson Oliphant, 40, of Harrisonburg, who was killed in an automobile accident near Ferriday Thursday night. He was an employee of the U.S. government, as a surveying engineer. Death resulted from a skull fracture.
Following services with the Rev. Ben Joyner officiating, interment took place at the old Catahoula cemetery near Enterprise, La.
Young's funeral home of Ferriday was in charge of arrangements.
Survivors are: His parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. O. Oliphant, of Harrisonburg; two brothers, Otis Oliphant of Natchez, Miss.; and Bonnie Oliphant, Shreveport, and three sisters, Mrs. Lee Miles, and Mrs. W. D. Hackney, both of Harrisonburg, and Mrs. Vernie Cotton of Ferriday.
Oliphant was killed instantly when his car went out of control on the Ferriday-Jonesville highway, near Frogmore, and overturned several times, after zig-zagging from one shoulder of the road to the other, and he was thrown clear of the car which was demolished.
Published in The Monroe News-Star (LA), Monday, November 1, 1954
Following services with the Rev. Ben Joyner officiating, interment took place at the old Catahoula cemetery near Enterprise, La.
Young's funeral home of Ferriday was in charge of arrangements.
Survivors are: His parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. O. Oliphant, of Harrisonburg; two brothers, Otis Oliphant of Natchez, Miss.; and Bonnie Oliphant, Shreveport, and three sisters, Mrs. Lee Miles, and Mrs. W. D. Hackney, both of Harrisonburg, and Mrs. Vernie Cotton of Ferriday.
Oliphant was killed instantly when his car went out of control on the Ferriday-Jonesville highway, near Frogmore, and overturned several times, after zig-zagging from one shoulder of the road to the other, and he was thrown clear of the car which was demolished.
Published in The Monroe News-Star (LA), Monday, November 1, 1954
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