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Robert A. Word - Madison Parish, Louisiana 

From Tallulah Madison Journal, February 1, 1979

The funeral of Robert A. Word, 62, was held Sunday in the First Baptist Church with Rev. Crawford 
Williams officiating.  Burial was in Memorial Park Cemetery under direction of Crothers Funeral 
Home, Tallulah. 

Mr. Word died Friday afternoon in Mercy Regional Medical Center in Vicksburg, Miss. after a lengthy 
illness.

He was a native of Marvel, Ark., a resident of Tallulah, a farmer and a member of First Baptist Church.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Vera Word of Tallulah; two sons, Jerry Word of Tallulah and Bob Word 
of Killeen, Texas; two daughters, Mrs. Jo Ann Blackburn of Bossier City and Mrs. Diane Young of Houston; 
his mother, Mrs. Myrtle Rayborn of Pine Bluff, Ark.; a brother, John Word of Atlanta; three sisters, 
Mrs. Billy Austin of Pine Bluff, Ark., Mrs. Joe Stray of Greenville, Miss., Mrs. Joe Mackovic of 
Pensacola, Fla., and nine grandchildren.

Pallbearers were Gene Butler, James Stroud, Bobby Ezell, Billy Post, Tolbert Williams and Roy Erwin.