Newspapers/Obituaries: Mitchell Lewis Fanning, Claiborne Parish Submitted for the LAGenWeb Archives by: Jerry Lou Gallagher Date: Mar. 2001 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** TIPS FOR SEARCHING RECORDS ON THE INTERNET Netscape & Ms Explorer users: If searching for a particular surname, locality or date while going through the records in the archives or anywhere....try these few steps: 1. Go to the top of the report you are searching. 2. Click on EDIT at the top of your screen. 3. Next click on FIND in the edit menu. 4. When the square pops up, enter what you are looking for in the FIND WHAT ___________blank. 5. Click on DIRECTION __DOWN. 6. And last click on FIND NEXT and continue to click on FIND NEXT until you reach the end of the report. This should highlight the item that you indicated in "find what" every place it appears in the report. You must continue to click on FIND NEXT till you reach the end of the report to see all of the locations of the item indicated. ********************************************************************* Mitchell Lewis Fanning Funeral Services for Mitchell Lewis Fanning, age 98, of Haynesville, were held Saturday, February 24, 2001, at 10 A.M. from Westside Baptist Church in Haynesville with Rev. Bryon Hollenbeck officiating. Burial followed in Old Town Cemetery under the direction of Bailey Funeral Home of Haynesville. Mr. Fanning passed away Thursday, February 22, 2001 in Homer after a lengthy illness. He was born March 30, 1902 in Indian Territory and had been a resident of Haynesville since 1942. He was a member of First Baptist Church, a veteran of WWI having served in the Navy. He was preceded in death by his wife, Myrtle Fanning in 1998. His survivors include 7 children: Harold Fanning and wife, Jerri, of El Dorado, AR; Elba Haynes and husband, Doy of Shongaloo; Patti Kaylor and husband, Worth, of Hurst, Texas; Randell Fanning of Jacksboro, TX; Fred Fanning and wife, Dean of Haynesville; Leon Fanning and wife, Avon of Tyler, TX; and Howard Fanning, of Haynesville. Also surviving are 17 grandchildren, 20 great grandchildren, and 2 great- great grandchildren. Grandsons served as pallbearers. # # #