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William Purnell Hendrix - Madison Parish, Louisiana 

From Tallulah Madison Journal, December 25, 1959

Final Rites For William Hendrix Held Saturday

Final rites were held for William Purnell Hendrix, 32, at 10:30 a. m, last Saturday. He died at
the veterans hospital in New Orleans last Wednesday night following surgery.

Mr. Hendrix of Florence, Ala, spent most of his youth in Tallulah
.
The Rev. William F. Mayo, pastor of the Tallulah Methodist Church, officiated, with burial following 
in Silver Cross Cemetery under the direction of Crothers Funeral Home.

Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Betty Hendrix; one son, William P. Hendrix, Jr.; his mother, Mrs. 
Tom Hendrix of Columbia; one brother, Edgar Hendrix, El Paso, Texas ; one sister, Mrs. E. L. Ray, 
Willette, Calif.

Pallbearers were Billy Pemberton, Elmer Neill, Billy Grace, Teddy Thompson, Stuart Moberley, III 
of Tallulah, and Dr. Claude Smith of Monroe.