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Mr. William Yerger, Sr. - Madison Parish, Louisiana 

From Tallulah Madison Journal, August 2, 1979

Funeral services for Mr. William Yerger, Sr., 67, of Tallulah will be t 10 a.m. Thursday, in the 
Trinity Episcopal Church in Tallulah with Father Joel Treadwell officiating. Burial will be in the 
Memorial Park Cemetery in Tallulah under direction of Crothers Funeral.

Mr. Yerger died Tuesday night in Mercy Regional Medical Center in Vicksburg after a short illness.

He was born in Delta and was a long time resident of Madison Parish.

He was a prominent planter and farmer and active in many agricultural affairs. Mr. Yerger was a 
member of the Trinity Episcopal Church.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Dora Yerger of Tallulah; one son William Yerger, Jr.; of Tallulah; 
three daughters Miss Dorothy S. Yerger of New Orleans, Mrs. Eloise Yerger Wall and Mrs. 
Jeanne Yerger Lee, both of Baton Rouge.

Pallbearers will be Jake Bryant, Jim Gilfoil, Ted Ivey, Jack Millikin, Tommy Bishop, Phillip Scurria, Sr., 
Phillip Scurria, Jr., and Ed Yerger Jr.

The family requests that donations be made to Trinity Episcopal Church or any other charity in lieu 
of flowers.