This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------2C87165523FCAD759DA05DB0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -- Greggory E. Davies 120 Ted Price Lane Winnfield, LA 71483 [email protected] --------------2C87165523FCAD759DA05DB0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name="byrnes51.txt" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline; filename="byrnes51.txt" Obituaries: Edward James Byrnes, 1951, Winn Parish, LA Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483 USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. Files may be printed or copied for personal use only. From: December 27, 1951 Winn Parish Enterprise Final Rites For E. J. Byrnes, 65, Held On Sunday Edward James Byrnes, 65, prominent retired Winnfield businessman, died Friday, December 21, 1951 in a local hospital of a heart attack suffered Wednesday. Funeral services were held Sunday from the family residence in Winnfield, with Dr. W. L. Holcomb, pastor of the Winnfield First Baptist Church, officiating. Burial was in Pollock Cemetery under direction of Hixson Brothers. Pallbearers were J. N. Sowers, A. L. Sikes, Sr., D. C. Warner, Harvey Rhymes, J. L. Beck, C. D. Moss, Howard Tarver, Richard Heard, K. T. Egan, and Everett Burke. Mr. Byrnes, a native of Memphis, Tenn., had been in Winnfield for the past 30 years. He was a charter member of the Board of Directors of First Federal Savings and Loan Association and had been one of the vice-presidents of the organization since its beginning. He was vice-president and founder of Winn Motors, Inc., Ford dealer here, at the time of his death. He started in the Ford business in Winnfield in 1923. Mr. Byrnes was a member of the First Baptist Church an of the local Masonic Lodge. He was also a charter member of the Winnfield Rotary Club. In failing health since the latter part of 1948, he had retired from active business in 1949. He was engaged in the sawmill business in Jena and Womack before coming to Winnfield. Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Esilee Byrnes; one son, Robert C., of Winnfield; one daughter, Mrs. Alma Trahan, of Alexandria; one sister, Mrs. L. T. Whitten, of Memphis; and two grandchildren. --------------2C87165523FCAD759DA05DB0--

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------CA0F86727B9F4F238E1E099B Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -- Greggory E. Davies 120 Ted Price Lane Winnfield, LA 71483 [email protected] --------------CA0F86727B9F4F238E1E099B Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name="varniy51.txt" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline; filename="varniy51.txt" Obituaries: Iley Varnell, 1951, Winn Parish, LA Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483 USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. Files may be printed or copied for personal use only. From: October 11, 1951 Winn Parish Enterprise Funeral Services For Iley Varnell Held Thursday Iley Varnell, 67, native of Winnfield, died Wednesday morning at his home in El Dorado, Ark., after a long illness. Mr. Varnell was born in Winnfield in 1894, the son of I. A. and Tennie Varnell. He moved to El Dorado in 1921 and has worked there since, as an oil field worker. He was a veteran of World War Two, and a member of the American Legion and the Westside Baptist Church in El Dorado. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Susie Brazzealle Varnell, three sons, Iley, Jr., of El Dorado, James of Bossier City, and Floyd of New Orleans; his mother, and several brothers and sisters. Funeral services will be held today, Thursday, at 3 p.m. at Rumph Mortuary Chapel, with burial in Woodlawn Cemetery in El Dorado. --------------CA0F86727B9F4F238E1E099B--

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------CF24EF6E4C655B5569AA82D3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -- Greggory E. Davies 120 Ted Price Lane Winnfield, LA 71483 [email protected] --------------CF24EF6E4C655B5569AA82D3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name="gardnr51.txt" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline; filename="gardnr51.txt" Obituaries: Larry Gardner, 1951, Winn Parish, LA Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483 USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. Files may be printed or copied for personal use only. From: November 1, 1951 Winn Parish Enterprise Colored Veteran Of World War One Dies Here Larry Gardner, colored, 58 years, 2 months, and 17 days of age, died October 21 at Winnfield as a result of a heart attack. He was a World War One veteran. Funeral services were held October 25 at the Morning Star Baptist Church with Rev. H. Y. Bell and Rev. A. M. Brown officiating. Burial was at Natchitoches, La. Larry was born at Lake End, La., August 4, 1893 and was reared in Natchitoches, La. He was a member of the Baptist Church and the Disabled American Veterans, Alexandria Chapter No. 54-111. Surviving are his wife, Octavia Gardner, of Winnfield, and his parents, Steve and Ella Gardner. --------------CF24EF6E4C655B5569AA82D3--

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------BACDBF1F89F3656C5C8AD9AD Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -- Greggory E. Davies 120 Ted Price Lane Winnfield, LA 71483 [email protected] --------------BACDBF1F89F3656C5C8AD9AD Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name="mrtnwp51.txt" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline; filename="mrtnwp51.txt" Obituaries: William Pearl Martin, 1951, Winn Parish, LA Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483 USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. Files may be printed or copied for personal use only. From: November 29, 1951 Winn Parish Enterprise Funeral is Held Here Tuesday for W. P. Martin, 64 William Pearl Martin, 64, retired Winnfield petroleum wholesaler, retailer, and automobile dealer, died at 2 a.m. Monday in Tri-State Sanitarium, Shreveport. He had been in failing health about 10 months. Funeral services were held at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in the First Baptist Church here, with Dr. W. L. Holcomb, pastor, officiating, assisted by Rev. P. M. Caraway and Rev. Alwin Stokes. Burial was in the family plot in Winnfield Cemetery under direction T. J. Drewett Funeral Home in Mansfield. Mr. Martin, a native of Wadesboro, North Carolina, was born June 20, 1887, the son of the late Samuel P. and Mary Ann Martin. He grew to young manhood in North Carolina and came to Winnfield at the age of 19 as an employee of the Louisiana and Arkansas Railway. He was an engineer with L & A from 1909 to 1922. He quit the railroad to go into business here, operating Martin's Service Station and the Standard Oil wholesale agency here, which he did for 28 years. He also operated the Hudson car agency here from 1937 to 1950, when he retired from active business. Shortly before his retirement, he build the buildings now housing the A & P store and Court House Pharmacy on Jones Street in Winnfield. He was a member of the First Baptist church, a Mason, and a former member of the Elks. Mr. Martin was married in September, 1915, to the former Miss Ethel Allen, who survives him. Other survivors are one son, Dr. Roy V. Martin, two daughters, Mrs. Harold Swilley of Winnfield and Miss Virginia Martin, a student at Louisiana State University; one sister, Mrs. Fred Horne, of North Carolina; five brothers, John Beaman Martin, Clarence T. Martin, and A. B. Martin, all of North Carolina, T. C. of Minden, and E. S. of Winnfield, Route 1; six grandsons and a host of nieces and nephews. Active pallbearers were Ray McEachern, Sam Brian, Jewell Maxey, Kelly Peterson, Frank Shaw, Jr., Eugene Love, Elmo Frazier, and Dr. J. S. McClane. Honorary pallbearers were J. R. Heard, Jesse Corley, Dr. Roy Wright, E. C. Frazier, Ira Cole, Dr. John T. Mosley, Dr. George Rodgers, A. L. Sullivan, Dr. A. W. Radescich, W. H. Cameron, Mayor D. C. Allen, H. L. Turner, W. O. Averett, Mack L. Branch, B. W. Bailey, J. E. Carter, J. W. Capps, L. R. Thomas, A. Leonard Allen, H. E. Machen, Rayford Lewis, George H. Harrison, G. W. Jones, J. R. Madden, and Carroll Aiken. Among out of town guests attending the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Martin and Leon Gray, Minden; Mrs. Mae Martin, Springhill; Mrs. T. J. Drewett, Mansfield; Mrs. Joe Gregg, Mrs. Charlie Jones, Miss Ella Nash, and Mrs. J. C. Breaux, all of Baton Rouge. --------------BACDBF1F89F3656C5C8AD9AD--

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------2CCBAF66D71656D618AD65CA Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -- Greggory E. Davies 120 Ted Price Lane Winnfield, LA 71483 [email protected] --------------2CCBAF66D71656D618AD65CA Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name="harkee51.txt" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline; filename="harkee51.txt" Obituaries: E. E. Harkrider, 1951, Winn Parish, LA Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483 USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. Files may be printed or copied for personal use only. From: December 6, 1951 Winn Parish Enterprise Husband of Winn Native is Buried In Greenwood E. E. Harkrider, 82, husband of the former Ruth Harper of Winnfield was buried in Greenwood, La., last Friday following his death Wednesday night at 11:30. Mr. Harkrider was a retired plantation superintendent and a member of a pioneer family in the Greenwood area. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ruth Harper Harkrider, three sisters, Mrs. Maude Vaughn of Shreveport, and Mrs. Mae Metcalf of Waskom, Texas (only two sisters listed in obit.); and one brother, Dr. Harkrider of Kilgore, Texas. --------------2CCBAF66D71656D618AD65CA--

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------45B9651CDC7DEF8A227D990F Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -- Greggory E. Davies 120 Ted Price Lane Winnfield, LA 71483 [email protected] --------------45B9651CDC7DEF8A227D990F Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name="erskjd51.txt" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline; filename="erskjd51.txt" Obituaries: Janice Drewett Erskins, 1951, Winn Parish, LA Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483 USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. Files may be printed or copied for personal use only. From: July 19, 1951 Winn Parish Enterprise Former Janice Drewett Drowned Near Bastrop Mrs. Janice Erskins, 22, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Drewett of Bastrop, formerly of Winnfield, was drowned in the murky water of Bayou Bartholomew at Rocky Ford near Bastrop Wednesday afternoon, when she and her husband, Atma Erskins, native of Sikes, and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gill, a Bastrop couple, went for a swim. The young woman was a graduate of Winnfield High School and the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. U. Drewett of Winnfield and Mrs. Cockerham of Joyce. The drowning is reported to have occurred when she and Mrs. Gill were wading in the bayou. Both women waded into a deep hole, and were in trouble. Gill helped his wife back to safety, and noticed that Erskins was searching for his wife. Being exhausted himself, Gill went to look for help. Erskins later became exhausted and was forced to give up the search. Monroe and Bastrop firemen were called to the scene and after dragging the bayou for nearly two hours, Mrs. Erskins' body was found. Attempts at artificial respiration were fruitless. She was pronounced dead by Dr. Jones, Morehouse Parish coroner, at about 8:15 p.m. Funeral services were scheduled to be held Friday, July 20 at 3 p.m. in the First Baptist Church in Winnfield. The Rev. Louis Williams will officiate and will be assisted by Dr. W. L. Holcomb and Rev. Ralph Frazier. Burial will be in the Winnfield Cemetery under direction of Southern Funeral Home. Pallbearers will be Eugene Hearne, Martin Barr, Earl Koonce, Lemoine McConathy, Woodrow Blackstock, and A. L. Sullivan. Survivors include her husband, a step daughter, Kitty Marie; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Drewett of Bastrop; her paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W. U. Drewett of Winnfield; and maternal grandmother, Mrs. Cockerham of Joyce. --------------45B9651CDC7DEF8A227D990F--

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------D4A1E8284DACAFA5FA02117E Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -- Greggory E. Davies 120 Ted Price Lane Winnfield, LA 71483 [email protected] --------------D4A1E8284DACAFA5FA02117E Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name="letson51.txt" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline; filename="letson51.txt" Obituaries: Mary Ross Letson, 1951, Winn Parish, LA Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483 USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. Files may be printed or copied for personal use only. From: July 19, 1951 Winn Parish Enterprise Funeral Services Sunday For Mrs. Mary Ross Letson Mrs. Mary Ross Letson, 68, wife of W. B. Letson, Tremont Lumber Company official, was buried at 10 a.m. Sunday, following her death in a local hospital Friday evening. Mrs. Letson, born March 15, 1883, was a native of Arkansas County, Arkansas, daughter of the late Jesse and Martha Hood Ross. Survivors include her husband, W. B. Letson of Joyce, and a brother, Robert Ross of Florida. The funeral was held in the Hixson Chapel, with burial in the Winnfield Cemetery. Rev. P. M. Caraway, pastor of the Winnfield Methodist Church, officiated the funeral. Pallbearers were Herbert Moss, Ovey Trahan, J. C. Thompson, H. V. Dunford, A. D. Smart, and A. L. Smith, Sr. --------------D4A1E8284DACAFA5FA02117E--

Here is the information for the DYESS Family reunion!!!!! DYESS FAMILY REUNION DATE: Saturday - May 1, 1999 TIME: 9: 00 AM UNTIL AFTER LUNCH PLACE: HOME OF SEN. B.G. DYESS 2015 SHIRLEY PARK PL., ALEXANDRIA, LA. Food will be provided by local cousins. ******For those wishing to do some early visiting and some serious work on family history, a room (#133) is reserved at the Rodeway Inn on MacArthur Drive. Plan to come Friday (April 30) afternoon/evening and meet us there.*********** If you need more info please email me Thanks!!!!! kaite....

Hello all: Got this message off my Rankin Co. mailing list and since I know that several of the familes in Winn Parish are from Rankin Co. I am sending you the information also. NOTE: I'm also getting notice that iamerica may be down as I'm getting bounces from a lot of local folks. (Sunday 3pm) including Peggy, Gregg, Roy, Jo, Chris. Annette

This was on the listowners mailing list and also in the Alexandria Daily Town Talk. Please read what this listowner sent through his list. It about covers it. It seems this is NOT a hoax and is serious. (I don't use Word, I use Word Perfect 8 or MSWorks and hopefully I'm clean. But checking my files today. Suggest you do the same. JUST DON"T OPEN attachments <grin> Delete and dump your trash can! (PS: please don't respond to this message as it will just create more post. Just check your files and be careful what you download and/or open.) Annette list owner Hello to all list members. Listed in my newspaper this morning was information concerning a virus, the Melissa macro or W97M. This particular virus is spread through email *attachments* and appears to be spreading rapidly. The message received with the email to which the *attachment* is sent reads " Here is that document you asked for...don't show anyone else:-) " The *attachment* that accompanies this email message and which is inserted in your files is named " list.doc ". As I understand it, machines with Microsoft Word 97 or Word 2000 are targeted, but any mail handling system could experience performance problems or a denial of service as a result of the propagation of this macro virus. For more information please check the CERT (Computer Emergency Response Team) URL <http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-99-04-Melissa-Macro-Virus.html> If you do receive the message and virus attachment, just delete the attachment "list.doc" from your machine without opening the file. Hope this message will prevent anyone's machine on the lists from becoming infected or from infecting others. Don [email protected]

Gary Roberts has started putting some Rankin County cemeteries online. You can find his site at http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/Cove/1410/CEMETERY.HTML He plans to add more and will keep me updated. As I hear from him, I will post to list. Happy Hunting! Linda

These files were added to the archives today and have not been previously posted to this list. All submitted by Gregg ..... long ago! But I'm catchin' up! BIOS: Sheriff Bryant Sholars SCHOOLS: Atlanta High, 1945 Atlanta High, 1946 Calvin High, 1945 Calvin High, 1946 Gaars Mill High, 1945 Winn Parish Training School, 1946 Sikes High, 1945 Sikes High, 1946 MILITARY: Walter C. Goins Awarded Bronze Star S/Sgt. Ralph Shelton, MIA Billy Maxwell Remembers Ernie Pyle SPORTS: 1937-38 WHS Boys Basketball Team 1940-41 WHS Boys BAsketball Team 1941 WHS Track Team 1941 WHS Football Team Charles "Hoss" Newman in Tech Hall of Fame Sonya Bearden Inks With NSU OBITS: Jamie Allen, KIA Steve Babcock Mrs. H.L. Brian Pvt. R.E. Brister, KIA John David Brown PFC Willis Butts, KIA Lt. John B. Creel, KIA Virgil Crippen Rev. Lorenzo Dow Emmons Dr. Samuel Clyde Fittz, Sr. Dickson H. Lewis Fowler Josie Jones Gaar PFC Elton Gorham, KIA Orin Medicus Grisham Tom Hodges PFC Albert Hyde, Jr., KIA Pvt. John W. Kelly, KIA PFC Joe Lemmons, KIA Cpl. J.T. "Ted" McCarty, KIA Cpl. Austin E. McDavid Robert Lee McMurry Nancy Wright Melton John B. Milam, obit #2 Luther Carter Moore AMM 2/C Edgar Wesley Mooty Charles Griffin Oliver Samuel Francis Sherwood Rev. William D. Sherwood PFC Sharon Simmons, KIA Pvt. Norman W. Simons, KIA Alfred Stevens Elisha Tannehill James Aaron Taylor Capt. William Edward Walker, Jr., KIS Sgt. John Douglas Walsworth, KIA G'night, Peggy http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/winn.htm

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------ACA40A315C444187BE9CC6D9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -- Greggory E. Davies 120 Ted Price Lane Winnfield, LA 71483 [email protected] --------------ACA40A315C444187BE9CC6D9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name="calvin51.txt" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline; filename="calvin51.txt" Obituaries: Tom Calvin, 1951, Winn Parish, LA Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483 USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. Files may be printed or copied for personal use only. From: September 20, 1951 Winn Parish Enterprise Funeral Services To Be Held Sunday For Winnfield Negro Tom Calvin, 69 year old Winnfield Negro, will be buried Sunday, September 23 at Dodson Christian Fellowship Baptist Church Cemetery. He died of a heart attack on September 17. Funeral services will be in the Mount Olive Baptist Church. He was born and reared in the White Castle Community. He is survived by his wife, Rosie Calvin, of Winnfield; one brother, Archie Calvin, and one sister, Mary Montgomery, both of White Castle. --------------ACA40A315C444187BE9CC6D9--

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------1D58FE469921F5117F311F49 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -- Greggory E. Davies 120 Ted Price Lane Winnfield, LA 71483 [email protected] --------------1D58FE469921F5117F311F49 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name="womah51.txt" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline; filename="womah51.txt" Obituaries: Annie Hancock Womack, 1951, Winn Parish, LA Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483 USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. Files may be printed or copied for personal use only. From: September 13, 1951 Winn Parish Enterprise Mrs. A. Womack Funeral To Be Held Friday P. M. Funeral services will be held for Mrs. Annie Womack of Route 2, Winnfield, Friday afternoon at two o'clock at the Hurricane Grove Baptist Church, Rev. Edward Smith, pastor of Hurricane Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Hurricane Grove Cemetery under direction of Southern Funeral Home. Mrs. Womack, a member of the Hurricane Grove Baptist Church, died following a serious operation in a Monroe hospital following a serious operation in a Monroe hospital Wednesday, September 12. Surviving Mrs. Womack are her husband, A. M. Womack of Route 2, Winnfield; one son, Merwin, of Monroe; two daughters, Mrs. Myrtle Willie of Monroe, and Mrs. Flora D. Jordan of Packton; two sisters, Mrs. Leola Gates of Sikes and Mrs. Katie Mae Bettz of Kilgore, Texas; one brother, Ferris G. Hancock of Monroe; and six grandchildren. --------------1D58FE469921F5117F311F49--

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------87895B2FEE6B9BDAED14CBCB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -- Greggory E. Davies 120 Ted Price Lane Winnfield, LA 71483 [email protected] --------------87895B2FEE6B9BDAED14CBCB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name="leroyj51.txt" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline; filename="leroyj51.txt" Obituaries: Lee Roy Jones, 1951, Winn Parish, LA Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483 USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. Files may be printed or copied for personal use only. From: September 13, 1951 Winn Parish Enterprise Ex-Winnfield Negro Dies at Angola Prison Lee Roy Jones, 38 year old former Winnfield Negro, and for the past nine years an inmate in Angola State Penitentiary, died from tuberculosis, it was reported here last week. Jones died at Angola on September 5, and his body was brought here for burial by the Ben Johnson Funeral Home. Reason for his being in the State Penitentiary was not known. He is survived by his mother, Mary Johnson of Winnfield, four brothers, and four sisters. He was unmarried. Funeral services were held at Clarence. --------------87895B2FEE6B9BDAED14CBCB--

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------90DD542AB0A089E7D00BCF8A Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -- Greggory E. Davies 120 Ted Price Lane Winnfield, LA 71483 [email protected] --------------90DD542AB0A089E7D00BCF8A Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name="sandjt51.txt" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline; filename="sandjt51.txt" Obituaries: J. T. Sanders, 1951, Winn Parish, LA Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483 USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. Files may be printed or copied for personal use only. From: September 13, 1951 Winn Parish Enterprise Funeral of J. T. Sanders To Be Held Here Friday Funeral services for J. T. Sanders, 89, of Smackover, Ark., native of Winn Parish, who died Sept. 12, will be held in Smackover Friday morning and last rites will be conducted at the Winnfield Cemetery Friday at about 4 p.m., with Rev. Alwin Stokes officiating. Burial will be in the Winnfield Cemetery. Mr. Sanders moved to Smackover with his family from Winnfield about 25 or 30 years ago. His wife, the former Miss Emma Boyett, preceded him in death. He is a brother in law to Mrs. Minerva Sanders, Mrs. Martha Sanders, and Mr. Horace Boyett, all of Winnfield. At the time of his death, he made his home with his son, Iley Sanders of Smackover. --------------90DD542AB0A089E7D00BCF8A--

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------E1A7905BAA6BB3D38E90F5EF Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -- Greggory E. Davies 120 Ted Price Lane Winnfield, LA 71483 [email protected] --------------E1A7905BAA6BB3D38E90F5EF Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name="bicewj51.txt" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline; filename="bicewj51.txt" Obituaries: W. J. Bice, 1951, Winn Parish, LA Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483 USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. Files may be printed or copied for personal use only. From: September 13, 1951 Winn Parish Enterprise W. J. Bice, Retired Calvin Merchant Buried Sept. 7 Funeral services for W. J. Bice, 81, retired Calvin merchant who died Thursday after a three months illness, were held at 3 p.m. Friday, September 7, 1951, at the Calvin Baptist Church. Rev. H. J. Mott, pastor of the Laurel Heights Baptist Church, read the scriptures, and Judge Cas Moss made the remarks on the life of the deceased. Born in Alabama, Mr. Bice had been a resident of Winn Parish since early childhood. The family settled in Couley and Mr. Bice moved to Calvin in 1910 and entered the mercantile business. He was a member of the Baptist church and of the Masonic Lodge, and had served his ward as police juror and as a deputy during his active days in public affairs. He was twice married, first to Miss Velie Teddlie, and following her death, to her sister, Miss Minnie Teddlie, both of whom preceded him in death. He is survived by two sons, A. J. of Calvin and C. C. Bice of Dallas, Texas; one daughter, Mrs. Elmo Anderson, also of Calvin, and one sister, Mrs. W. E. Little of Minden. Acting as pallbearers were Arlin Bice, J. D. Bice, Asa Martin, Eddie Martin, Cecil Martin, Jack Bice, and W. C. Colvin. --------------E1A7905BAA6BB3D38E90F5EF--

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------5D1668F14ADC3A69113CC88E Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -- Greggory E. Davies 120 Ted Price Lane Winnfield, LA 71483 [email protected] --------------5D1668F14ADC3A69113CC88E Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name="zmanhs51.txt" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline; filename="zmanhs51.txt" Obituaries: Hattie S. Zimmerman, 1951, Winn Parish, LA Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483 USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. Files may be printed or copied for personal use only. From: August 30, 1951 Winn Parish Enterprise Funeral Services Being Held For Mrs. Zimmerman Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon at 2:30 for Mrs. Hattie S. Zimmerman, 62, of Laurel Heights, who died Tuesday in a local hospital. Mrs. Zimmerman suffered a heart attack Monday night and died before noon Tuesday. She was born March 17, 1886 and is a native of Winn Parish. Survivors are her husband, Henry Zimmerman of Laurel Heights; two sons, Roy and Claude Zimmerman of Winnfield; and W. F. Zimmerman of Springhill; one daughter, Sally Zimmerman of Winnfield, and one sister, Della Hodge of Calvin. Funeral services were scheduled to be held at the residence with Rev. H. J. Mott, pastor of the Laurel Heights Baptist Church, officiating. He was assisted by Rev. C. M. Robinson and Judge Cas Moss. Burial was in the Winnfield Cemetery under direction of Hixson Funeral Home. --------------5D1668F14ADC3A69113CC88E--

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------F112BD2103E00C36DAAFBA30 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -- Greggory E. Davies 120 Ted Price Lane Winnfield, LA 71483 [email protected] --------------F112BD2103E00C36DAAFBA30 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name="nugent51.txt" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline; filename="nugent51.txt" Obituaries: J. Albert Nugent, 1951, Winn Parish, LA Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483 USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. Files may be printed or copied for personal use only. From: October 4, 1951 Winn Parish Enterprise Funeral Services For J. A. Nugent Held Here Oct. 1 Funeral services for J. Albert Nugent, 62, vice president of the Winnfield Bank and Trust Company, were held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, October 1, at the First Methodist Church of Winnfield. Interment was in the Winnfield Cemetery under direction of Southern Funeral Home. Rev. P. M. Caraway, pastor of the church, officiated, assisted by Rev. Alwin Stokes and Rev. Morris of Alexandria. Mr. Nugent was born in Grant Parish, near Williana, moving to Winn Parish when he was a young boy. He had been an official of the Winnfield bank for more than 30 years, also owning estensive interests in numerous other business enterprises. For 40 years Mr. Nugent was a member of the Methodist Church of Winnfield. He served for 25 years on the Board of Stewards and was active in promoting the building of the new church. Mr. Nugent died in an Alexandria hospital Saturday afternoon as a result of heart trouble. He had his first heart attack in March, 1951, and never fully recovered. Surviving Mr. Nugent are his wife, Mrs. Sonora Nugent; two daughters, by a former marriage, Mrs. Leslie Hill of Dallas, Texas, and Mrs. Bill Smith, of Beaumont, Texas; his mother, Mrs. Julia Nugent of Alexandria; two brothers, J. M. of Baton Rouge and O. H. Nugent of Alexandria; three sisters, Mrs. O. J. Cappel of Alexandria, Mrs. Dennis Bocock of Mansfield, and Mrs. James A. Higson of Washington, D. C.; three grandchildren, and numerous other relatives including Gov. Earl K. Long, his first cousin. Active pallbearers were Malcolm Cappel of Lafayette, Tom Cousar of Jackson, Miss., Howard Nugent of Lake Charles, James Russell, Harwell Allen, Marvin Carraway, Richard Heard, and J. J. Johnson, all of Winnfield. Honorary pallbearers were Dennis Bocock of Mansfield, W. N. Smith of Beaumont, Texas, H. Leslie King of Dallas, Texas, Gov. Earl K. Long of Baton Rouge, J. E. Carter and J. R. Heard of Winnfield. --------------F112BD2103E00C36DAAFBA30--

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------0757FFEC45C11771BA366088 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -- Greggory E. Davies 120 Ted Price Lane Winnfield, LA 71483 [email protected] --------------0757FFEC45C11771BA366088 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name="smthhh51.txt" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline; filename="smthhh51.txt" Obituaries: Hansford H. Smith, 1951, Winn Parish, LA Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483 USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. Files may be printed or copied for personal use only. From: October 11, 1951 Winn Parish Enterprise Auto Mishap is Fatal For Hansford Smith Hansford H. Smith, 41, of Winnfield, died Wednesday as a result of injuries received Sunday afternoon when a pickup truck he was driving ran out of control on Dugdemona dike near Joyce. Also in the truck was Smith's four year old daughter, Ernestine, who is in General Hospital under treatment for injuries received in the accident. Cause of the accident was not known. Some reports stated that a door on the truck came open and Smith reached to shut it to keep the child from falling, when he lost control of the truck. Sheriff C. M. Robinson, who was called to the scene after Smith had been taken to the hospital, said it appeared that Smith, traveling east, has swerved to the right, cut back, and run off the road on the left side. Funeral services are scheduled for Smith today, Thursday, at 11 a.m. in the Jordan Hill Baptist Church with burial in the Jordan Hill Cemetery under direction of Southern Funeral Home. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Emma Jordan Smith; two sons, Marlin and Marvin; two daughters, Irma Jean and Ernestine; his mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Smith of Winnfield, Route two; one brother, Julius of Winnfield; and six sisters, Mrs. Vernon King, Mrs. E. O. Womack, Mrs. Willie Broadway, all of Route two, Mrs. C. Riley, Yazoo City, Miss., and Mrs. Odis Lasyone, Midland, Texas. --------------0757FFEC45C11771BA366088--