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August H. Willett - Madison Parish, Louisiana 

From Tallulah Madison Journal, June 5, 1980

Services for August H. Willett were Wednesday in First Presbyterian Church with the Revs. William 
Xxxxx and Crawford Williams officiating. Burial was in Silver Cross Cemetery under direction of 
Crothers Funeral Home in Tallulah.

Mr. Willett died Monday in Veterans Administration Hospital Jackson, Miss., after a long illness.

He was a New Orleans native, a Tallulah resident, a World War II veteran and a past commander of 
Scott-Nicols-Voak American post 100. He was a ruling Sunday school clerk of Tallulah Presbyterian 
Church for 30 years, a past member of the Tallulah Chamber of Commerce, a former Lions Club member, 
past president and district governor of Tallulah Rotary Club, and a leader of the Ouachita Council 
of Boy Scouts of America.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Ann Willett of Tallulah; a daughter Mrs. Ann Bounds of Canberra, 
Australia; five sons, August Willett III of Monroe, Palmer Willett and David Willett, both of Tallulah, 
Edward Willett of Charlottesville, Va., and Adrian Willett of Baton Rouge; and three grandchildren.

Pallbearers were Jim Sevier, Robert Wood, Michael Albritton, James Young Jr., Gene Cox, Finley Cartwright, 
Walter Scott III and Bland Greeson.