Elsee Ashworth

Elsee Ashworth, 76, of Bancroft died Thursday, Apr. 14, 2022.

He was born in Bancroft. He served as a Sunday School teacher for Friendship Baptist Church in Bancroft. He was a graduate of Southern University in Baton Rouge. He was an educator in the Vernon Parish schools, Leesville High and Fort Polk Elementary, where he served as principal and retired in 2021. He worked in the Vernon Parish Schools for fifty-two years.

He is survived by one brother, Emerson Ashworth, Jr. of Oakland, Calif.; two sisters, Neysa Ashworth Leatherman of San Diego, Calif., and Cynthia Smith of DeRidder.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Willie Mae Tyler Ashworth and Emerson Ashworth; and one brother.

Funeral services were held Friday, Apr. 22, at Myers Çolonial Funeral Home in DeRidder. Elder Wilfert Williams, Sr. officiated. Burial followed at Spikes Cemetery in Bancroft.

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