THE FLAGLER TRIBUNE
Bunnell, Florida
Thursday, October 8, 1959

 

Wi1liam W. Decker of Bunnell died at 1:15 Friday morning at the Halifax Hospital in Daytona Beach. He was visiting his daughter in Port Orange when he suffered a heart attack. He was admitted to the hospital and died a short time afterwards.

Mr. Decker was a native of Caneyvi1le, Ky., and had lived in Flagler county for several years. He was 77 years old and was a member of the Bay Street Church of Christ in Daytona Beach.

Funeral services were held at Baggett-McIntosh chapel at 4 o’clock Monday afternoon with James D. Groves, minister of the Bay Street Church officiating. Burial was in Shady Rest Cemetery, Holly Hi1l.

Survivors include six sons, Virgil, Bunnell; Everett, Bloomington, Ill.; Orville, Daytona Beach; Ernest and Chester, South Daytona; Chlois, Flagler Beach; two stepsons, Paul Coates, Millwood, Ky., and Robert, Bowling Green, Ky.; two daughters, Mrs. Verse Shuttles, Port Orange, and Blanche Decker, Tallahassee; a step-daughter, Emma Agree, Eau Gallie; four brothers, Mack Henry, Hardinsburg, Ky.; Steve, Brownsville, Ky.; Sidney, Louisville, Ky.; and Albert, Bloomington; one sister, Mrs. Fannie Jensen, Centralia, Ill.; 13 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.