William Ryals Tilton

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William Ryals Tilton
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William Ryals Tilton
BIRTH
19 Jun 1873
Wheeling, Winn Parish, Louisiana, USA
DEATH
15 Apr 1951 (aged 77)
Oakdale, Allen Parish, Louisiana, USA
BURIAL
Mount Zion Cemetery
Wheeling, Winn Parish, Louisiana, USA
MEMORIAL ID
42474228 · View Source
MEMORIAL
PHOTOS 3
FLOWERS 2
OAKDALE, La., April 17 (Special) -- W. R. Tilton, 77, of Oakdale died at 10:10 p.m. Sunday in the Hargrove Clinic here of terminal pneumonia following injuries sustained from an automobile accident April 3 on U.S. Hwy. 165 in Oakdale. He was a past member of the Masonic Lodge.

Funeral services were conducted at 1 p.m. Monday in his Oakdale home of Maple Street with the Rev. Minns S. Robertson, pastor of the First Methodist Church, officiating.

Ardoin Funeral Home of Oakdale transported the remains overland to Montgomery, La., where funeral services were held in the Mt. Zion Methodist Church with the Rev. Mrs. Lula Wardlow in charge.

Burial was in the Mt. Zion Cemetery of Montgomery under direction of Ardoin Funeral Home.

Surviving are his wife and eight sons, C. E. of Montgomery, W. H., Clarence, Earl, and O. E. of Shreveport; E. D., R. M. and A. M. of Elizabeth; J. M. of Oakdale. Two daughters, Mrs. J. O. Bass, Vicksburg, Miss., and Mrs. C. C. Merchant, DeRidder and two sisters, Mrs. Ella T. Myers of Converse, La. and Mrs. Fannie Luther of Colfax, La.

Also surviving are 39 grandchildren and 22 great grandchildren.

Published in The Alexandria Daily Town Talk (LA), Tuesday, April 17, 1951
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Spouse: Mary Ann Crew Tilton
Marriage: July 12, 1891 in Winn Parish, LA

Family Members
Parents
Ephraim M. Tilton
1828\endash 1900

Martha Ryals Tilton
1841\endash 1885

Spouse
Mary Tilton
Mary Ann Crew Tilton
1872\endash 1965 (m. 1891)

Siblings
Susan Myers
Susan Ella Tilton Myers
1876\endash 1953

Albert Dunn Tilton
1880\endash 1938

Lela Luther
Lela Frances Tilton Luther
1882\endash 1972

Children
Martha Bass
Martha Susan Tilton Bass
1892\endash 1982

Charles Tilton
Charles E. Tilton
1894\endash 1986

Clarence Tilton
Clarence Earl Tilton
1897\endash 1981

James Tilton
James Dewey Tilton
1900\endash 1902

Perry Tilton
Perry Wesley Tilton
1902\endash 1903

Effie Merchant
Effie Bee Tilton Merchant
1904\endash 2001

Edward Tilton
Edward Dewitt Tilton
1906\endash 1975

Odis Tilton
Odis Eugene Tilton
1908\endash 2006

Robert Tilton
Robert Marcus Tilton
1911\endash 1990

John Tilton
John Morgan Tilton
1914\endash 1981

Archie Tilton
Archie M. Tilton
1918\endash 2000

Flowers • 2

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Wheeling
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Records on Ancestry

William Ryals Tilton

1900 United States Federal Census


William Ryals Tilton

1910 United States Federal Census


William Ryals Tilton

1930 United States Federal Census


William Ryals Tilton

1880 United States Federal Census


William Ryals Tilton

1920 United States Federal Census

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William married Mary Ann Crew on 12 Jul 1891 in Winn Parish Louisana. (Mary Ann Crew was born on 15 Jun 1872 in Mississippi, died on 17 Dec 1965 in Louisiana and was buried Mt Zion Cemetery in Wheeling Winn Parish Louisiana, Find A Grave #42481304.)