Daily World (Opelousas, Louisiana), 4 April 1967, Tuesday
Rites Held For Port Barre Man
PORT BARRE — Funeral services for John Watts Meriwether, 66, of Port Barre, were held at 9 a. m. today at St. Landry Catholic Church In Opelousas. Burial was in Myrtle Grove cemetery under direction of Lafond and Son Funeral Home of Opelousas.
Meriwether died at 4:30 p. m. Sunday at Lafayette General Hospital. He had been ill for two months.
A NATIVE of Snowden, Ala., he came to Port Barre 40 years ago. He was a pipe line company supervisor.
Meriwether was a member and past grand knight of Knight of Columbus Council 3496 of Port Barre.
He is survived by his widow, the former Anna Morris of Port Barre; two sons, John R. Meriwether of Lafayette and William Meriwether of Port Barre; and one daughter. Mrs. Mathews Michael of Bakersfleld, Calif.
ALSO surviving are his stepmother, Mrs. Katie Meriwether of Beaumont, Tex.; one half-brother, Francis Meriwether of Beaumont; two half-sisters, Mrs. Katherine Kile of Denver, Colo., and Mrs. Louis Earhart of Kenmore, N. Y.; and five grandchildren.
∼TMSI [3527]: M1221 — 7G-Grandson of Nicholas Meriwether (1631–1678) & Elizabeth (?)
Rites Held For Port Barre Man
PORT BARRE — Funeral services for John Watts Meriwether, 66, of Port Barre, were held at 9 a. m. today at St. Landry Catholic Church In Opelousas. Burial was in Myrtle Grove cemetery under direction of Lafond and Son Funeral Home of Opelousas.
Meriwether died at 4:30 p. m. Sunday at Lafayette General Hospital. He had been ill for two months.
A NATIVE of Snowden, Ala., he came to Port Barre 40 years ago. He was a pipe line company supervisor.
Meriwether was a member and past grand knight of Knight of Columbus Council 3496 of Port Barre.
He is survived by his widow, the former Anna Morris of Port Barre; two sons, John R. Meriwether of Lafayette and William Meriwether of Port Barre; and one daughter. Mrs. Mathews Michael of Bakersfleld, Calif.
ALSO surviving are his stepmother, Mrs. Katie Meriwether of Beaumont, Tex.; one half-brother, Francis Meriwether of Beaumont; two half-sisters, Mrs. Katherine Kile of Denver, Colo., and Mrs. Louis Earhart of Kenmore, N. Y.; and five grandchildren.
∼TMSI [3527]: M1221 — 7G-Grandson of Nicholas Meriwether (1631–1678) & Elizabeth (?)
Daily World (Opelousas, Louisiana), 4 April 1967, Tuesday
Rites Held For Port Barre Man
PORT BARRE — Funeral services for John Watts Meriwether, 66, of Port Barre, were held at 9 a. m. today at St. Landry Catholic Church In Opelousas. Burial was in Myrtle Grove cemetery under direction of Lafond and Son Funeral Home of Opelousas.
Meriwether died at 4:30 p. m. Sunday at Lafayette General Hospital. He had been ill for two months.
A NATIVE of Snowden, Ala., he came to Port Barre 40 years ago. He was a pipe line company supervisor.
Meriwether was a member and past grand knight of Knight of Columbus Council 3496 of Port Barre.
He is survived by his widow, the former Anna Morris of Port Barre; two sons, John R. Meriwether of Lafayette and William Meriwether of Port Barre; and one daughter. Mrs. Mathews Michael of Bakersfleld, Calif.
ALSO surviving are his stepmother, Mrs. Katie Meriwether of Beaumont, Tex.; one half-brother, Francis Meriwether of Beaumont; two half-sisters, Mrs. Katherine Kile of Denver, Colo., and Mrs. Louis Earhart of Kenmore, N. Y.; and five grandchildren.
∼TMSI [3527]: M1221 — 7G-Grandson of Nicholas Meriwether (1631–1678) & Elizabeth (?)
Rites Held For Port Barre Man
PORT BARRE — Funeral services for John Watts Meriwether, 66, of Port Barre, were held at 9 a. m. today at St. Landry Catholic Church In Opelousas. Burial was in Myrtle Grove cemetery under direction of Lafond and Son Funeral Home of Opelousas.
Meriwether died at 4:30 p. m. Sunday at Lafayette General Hospital. He had been ill for two months.
A NATIVE of Snowden, Ala., he came to Port Barre 40 years ago. He was a pipe line company supervisor.
Meriwether was a member and past grand knight of Knight of Columbus Council 3496 of Port Barre.
He is survived by his widow, the former Anna Morris of Port Barre; two sons, John R. Meriwether of Lafayette and William Meriwether of Port Barre; and one daughter. Mrs. Mathews Michael of Bakersfleld, Calif.
ALSO surviving are his stepmother, Mrs. Katie Meriwether of Beaumont, Tex.; one half-brother, Francis Meriwether of Beaumont; two half-sisters, Mrs. Katherine Kile of Denver, Colo., and Mrs. Louis Earhart of Kenmore, N. Y.; and five grandchildren.
∼TMSI [3527]: M1221 — 7G-Grandson of Nicholas Meriwether (1631–1678) & Elizabeth (?)
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