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Waymon Ray Fortenberry - Madison Parish, Louisiana 

From Vicksburg Post, February 9, 2004

TALLULAH — Waymon Ray Fortenberry died Saturday, Feb. 7, 2004, at Mississippi Baptist Medical 
Center in Jackson. He was 79.

Mr. Fortenberry was a first sergeant in the Army, serving in Germany and France in World War II. 
He had worked as a barber in Lake Providence and Bastrop. A farmer, he was also a farm 
equipment salesman. He retired from the East Carroll Parish Prison Farm as superintendent.

Mr. Fortenberry was a former elder of Northside Church of Christ and was a member of the 
American Legion.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Fount Fortenberry and Angie Dukes Fortenberry; four 
brothers, Quitman Fortenberry, Benton Fortenberry, Elton Fortenberry and F.E. Fortenberry; and 
two sisters, Beatrice Fairchild and Laddie Dee Shores.

Survivors include his wife of 58 years, Louise Jones Fortenberry of Tallulah; a son, Danny Ray 
Fortenberry of Transylvania; a daughter, Beverly Fortenberry Marsh of Tallulah; one sister, 
Bradis Johnson; three brothers, Quinton Fortenberry, Clint Fortenberry and Earl K. Fortenberry 
Sr.; eight grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and nieces and nephews.

Services were at 10 a.m. today at Northside Church of Christ in Lake Providence with the Revs. 
V.W. Hayhurst and Richard Taylor officiating. Burial followed at Lake Providence City Cemetery 
under the direction of Crothers-Glenwood Funeral Home.

Pallbearers were Alvin Johnson, Dalton Fortenberry, David Fortenberry, Earl K. Fortenberry Jr., 
Buddy Fairchild and Freddy Fortenberry.

Honorary pallbearers were Brown Nelson, John Harris, Gerald Stanley, Gary Strobel, Floyd Parker 
and John Hankins.

Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association, Tallulah Academy, Northside Church of 
Christ in Lake Providence or Tallulah Church of Christ.