Sunday's Obituary ~ Bruce Edmonds

Obit from Monroe Morning World - Published January 22, 1974

School Board Member Dies in Concordia

Bruce Edmonds, 69, of Sicily Island, died Monday morning at the Concordia Parish Hospital here following a lengthy illness.

Funeral services will be Wednesday at 3 p.m. at the First Methodist Church in Sicily Island with the Rev. James Hodges and Rev. Clois Cole officiating.  Burial will be in the Old Pine Hill Cemetery under direction of Mulhearn's Funeral Home of Winnsboro.  

He was the oldest member of the Catahoula Parish School Board at his death, joining the Board in 1948. He was also a retired cashier for the Sicily Island State Bank and Trust Co. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church, a veteran of World War I, and a member of the Keystone Masonic Lodge No. 213.  He had resided in Sicily Island for the past 45 years.

Survivors include a son, Bruce A. Edmonds, Sicily Island; a brother Charlie Edmonds, Gurdon, AR; five grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers will be Edward Jones, Keith Guice, Marvin Nolen, III, Craig Brooks, Joe Raymond Peace, Ray Golmon, Louis Jenkins and Joe Simmons.

The body will be at the First United Methodist Church from 10 a.m. today until time for services.

Obit from Alexandria Daily Town Talk