"Even the youth shall faint and be weary"
Brother Willie Hanspard
Alpha April 11, 1928
Omega September 20, 1957
Service Wednesday, September 25, 1957
On April 11, 1928, the home of the late Mr. A.D. and Mrs. Liller Butler Hanspard was a home of joy on the arrival of a baby boy, Willie, one of the nine children to that happy family of the Mineral Springs Community.
Willie lived a normal life of a growing boy. He attended the Mineral Springs High School, Calhoun, Louisiana.
When quite young, Brother Hanspard joined the Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church under the pastorage of Rev. I.J. Johnson. Although very young, he lived a christian life. He as always found in the church services and worked loyally to the christian cause until he was stricken with ill health. He was a respectable citizen of the communities in which he lived.
Brother Hanspard was married to Miss Averis Jane Nelson June 28, 1948. This was a happy and lovable union. No children were added to this union. This happy union was ended Friday, September 20, 1957 at 11:40 AM.
August 19, 1952, Brother Hanspard was called to the colors of his country. He served in the Armored Division for two years and was discharged an honorable soldier.
Brother Hanspard leaves to sorrow: a wife, Mrs. Averis Jane Nelson Hanspard; four sisters, Mrs. Corine Kidd, West Monroe, Louisiana; Mrs. Eunice L. Myles, Oakland California, Mrs. Kathryne Andings, France, and Mrs. Margret Elaine Taylor, Calhoun, Louisiana; four brothers, Victor, West Monroe, Louisiana; Isaac, East Chicago, Indiana, Felton, Pontiac, Michigan, Curtis Lee, West Monroe, Louisiana and many relatives and friends.
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