This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------DFE7B13689F035256E943D96 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --------------DFE7B13689F035256E943D96 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name="sharky51.txt" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline; filename="sharky51.txt" Obituaries: Ben M. Sharkey, 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 18, 1951 Winn Parish Enterprise Ben M. Sharkey Funeral Held Here Monday Ben M. Sharkey, 71, native of Scotin, Nebraska, died suddenly at his home in Winnfield Saturday night, Oct. 13. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon from the Winnfield First Baptist Church with the pastor, Dr. W. L. Holcomb officiating. He was assisted by Rev. Alwin Stokes. Burial was in Winnfield Cemetery under direction of Hixson Brothers. Mr. Sharkey was married to Miss Geneva Allen of Winnfield November 5, 1908. In the same year he was employed by the Crossett Lumber Company, Crossett, Arkansas, as chief boiler maker. He was later promoted to Superintendent of Mills and Electric Power Plant, and master mechanic of the A. D. and N. Railroad. He was retired in 1914, after which time he and his wife returned to Winnfield. He was a member of the Winnfield First Baptist Church, a veteran of the Spanish-American War, and 32nd Degree Mason and Shriner. Survivors are his widow, Mrs. Geneva Sharkey; one daughter, Mrs. C. H. Akin of Monroe; one sister, Mrs. T. J. Drewett of Mansfield; two nieces, Mrs. L. V. Hebert and Miss Amy Sue Hebert. Active pallbearers were Ray McEachern, Jack Beckley, J. W. Allen, Warren W. Allen, Clarence Bates, and Jewell Maxey. Honorary pallbearers were J. M. Hyde, B. W. Bailey, Oscar Garriss, B. W. Bradford, Manton Wood, D. C. Allen, Leonard Allen, Hasson Morris, Mack L. Branch, John Steen, W. R. Horton, Dr. A. W. Radescich, Howard Ryder, Ben Jackson, and Troy Smith. Out of town people attending the funeral were Mrs. Hazel Arnold, W. S. Arnold, Levi Wilcoxen, Dick Lloyd, Ed Lawson, Peter Watzek, James Armstrong, Lonnie Gibbs, Roy Mitchum, William Norman, Ed Berry, and Mr. and Mrs. Jewel Noble, all of Crossett, Arkansas; E. C. Aiken, and Mrs. Mattie Aiken, Fort Smith, Arkansas; Mrs. Louis Holiman, Coquille, Oregon. --------------DFE7B13689F035256E943D96--