rufus p vernon
BASTROP (Special) - Funeral
services for Rufus P. Vernon, Bastrop, were at 10 a.m. today at the
First Baptist Church here. A second service was held at the Liberty
Hill Baptist Church in Bienville Parish at 2 p.m. today with Dr. Ray
Rust officiating.
Burial was in the Liberty Hill Church Cemetery under the di- rection of Blackwell and Gold- en Funeral Home of Bastrop. Mr. Vernon died Wednesday at 7:15 p.m. at Cherry Ridge Nursing Home. He had been a resident of of Bastrop for 18 years. He was a retired farmer and a native of Liberty Hill.
Survivors include two sons, Marlin Vernon of Baton Rouge, Roland Vernon of Tioga; three daughters, Mrs. Hunter Patter- son of Bastrop, Mrs. Archie L. Dickerson of Monroe, and Mrs. Thomas J. Webb of Houma; one brother, Leon Vernon of Alexandria; one sister, Mrs. D. J. Franks of Brownsville, Tex.; 13 grandchildren and and 14 great- grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers were grandsons of Mr. Vernon.
Burial was in the Liberty Hill Church Cemetery under the di- rection of Blackwell and Gold- en Funeral Home of Bastrop. Mr. Vernon died Wednesday at 7:15 p.m. at Cherry Ridge Nursing Home. He had been a resident of of Bastrop for 18 years. He was a retired farmer and a native of Liberty Hill.
Survivors include two sons, Marlin Vernon of Baton Rouge, Roland Vernon of Tioga; three daughters, Mrs. Hunter Patter- son of Bastrop, Mrs. Archie L. Dickerson of Monroe, and Mrs. Thomas J. Webb of Houma; one brother, Leon Vernon of Alexandria; one sister, Mrs. D. J. Franks of Brownsville, Tex.; 13 grandchildren and and 14 great- grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers were grandsons of Mr. Vernon.