Algood Genealogy

11762. Lillian Hazel⁸ Randall (Belle Leona⁷ Smith, Rowan Milton⁶, Priscilla⁵ Allgood, Wyatt⁴, William (Pikey) Henry³, William John², Edward¹) was born in Manifest, Catahoula Parish, LA October 15, 1897. Lillian died July 10, 1954 in Oberlin, Allen Parish, LA. OBIT: Funeral services for Mrs. Lillie Hazel Fisher, 56, who was killed in an automobile wreck Saturday, were held at 3 p.m. today at the First Baptist Church in Harrisonburg. Interment followed in the Manifest cemetery under the direction of Hixson Brothers Funeral Home here.

Mrs. Fisher, a resident of Harrisonburg, was killed in an automobile crash near Oberlin. Details of the wreck were unknown.

Survivors include her husband, Zack Fisher; three sons, L. D. Fisher, Eadras, Ore., Howard Fisher, Madras, Ore. and C. C. Fisher, of State Island, N.Y.; three daughters, Mrs. Gladys Batton, of Harrisonburg, Mrs. J. A. Eubanks, Port Arthur, Tex., and Mrs. F. D. Salter of Baton Rouge; one brother, Nelson Randall, of Garlerville, Calif.; three sisters, Mrs. W. H. Randall, Manifest, Mrs. Daisy Jackson, Aineville, La., and Mrs. Olivia Poole, of Summerville.

Pallbearers were George McGuffee, James McGuffee, Roland McGuffee, Elmer Kirby, Jr., Pat Gibson and Herbert Terry.

She married Zach Fisher. Zach was born January 25, 1896. Zach was the son of James E. Fisher and Penny Kent. Zach died June 9, 1963.

Lillian Hazel Randall and Zach Fisher had the following children:

25123 i. Ann⁹ Fisher (living status unknown).

+ 25124 ii. Langston D. Fisher was born October 19, 1917.

25125 iii. Gladys Fisher was born in Manifest, Catahoula Parish, LA December 26, 1918. Gladys died September 29, 2003 in Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish. LA. She married Lawrence Malberry Bankston. Lawrence was born August 24, 1907 in Harrisonburg, Catahoula Parish, LA. Lawrence was the son of Jacob Malberry Bankston and Margaret Ann Stoup. Lawrence died August 20, 1967 in Harrisonburg, Catahoula Parish, LA. OBIT: Funeral services for Lawrence Malberry Bankston, 59, of Harrisonburg, were held today at 10 a.m. in the First Baptist Church in Harrisonburg, with the Rev. J. B. Watkins officiating.

Interment was in He[a]rd Cemetery at Manifest under the direction of Hixson Brothers Funeral Home of Jena.

Mr. Bankston died unexpectedly at his residence Sunday afternoon.

He was an employee of the school board at Harrisonburg. He was a World War II veteran and a lifelong resident of Harrisonburg.

Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Gladys Fisher Bankston, Harrisonburg; three brothers, Owen Bankston, Harrisonburg, Marshall Bankston, Frogmore, and Fort Bankston, Crystal Springs, Miss.; two sisters, Mrs. Altda [sic Alda] Sappington, Zachary and Mrs. Grace Fisher, Joyce.

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