Obituary: Feb. 1940, Franklin Parish, LA
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W. M. Guice 
Robert B. Womack 

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The Franklin Sun     Winnsboro, LA      February 8, 1940
Submitted April 2007 by: Glenda Warner Boyd
 
Old Resident of Winnsboro Dies at 81
 
W. M. Guice Was One of Builders of Present Town of Winnsboro
 
William Montgomery Guice, one of the oldest residents of Winnsboro, 
died in his home just east of Winnsboro last Wednesday, January, 31, 
after an illness of several months.  Mr. Guice was 81 years old.
 
Funeral services were held in Winnsboro Baptist church last Thursday 
afternoon and Mr. Guice was buried in the old city cemetery. The 
Rev. Dana Terry, Baptist pastor, assisted by the Rev. O. L. Tucker, 
officiated at the final services.
Mr. Guice was a citizen of Winnsboro when the town was nothing but 
a little clearing in the woods. He helped build it to what it is today. 
His earliest recollections were of war life in the early '60's. He remembered 
the soldiers in gray home on furlough and he could still see the camp fires 
of the Yankees burning in the night.
 
Remembers Carpet Baggers
He could recall the struggle of the whites to regain supremacy in the days of 
the carpet-baggers, and as a boy he was introduced to the leader of that fight, 
Gov. Francis Tillon Nicholls, when the governor once visited his father's home.
 
In his younger days, he was a great deer-hunter. He estimated the number of deers 
that he had killed to be over 1,000. He was the last member of a famous hunting 
quartet--the other members were the late W. A. Tucker, Dr. Charles 
Ramage, and Lucius Thompson. Mr. Guice told many tales of hunting in the Tensas swamp 
when it was an almost impregnable jungle from the banks of Bayou Macon to the Mississippi.
 
M. S. Guice, grandfather of Mr. Guice, moved to Franklin parish from Georgia in the 
early 1800's. Mr. Guice's father, the late Dr. W. M. Guice, practiced medicine in this 
section for about 50 years, starting just before the Civil War. The doctor's son, W. M. Jr., 
was born in Caldwell parish, but his family moved to Franklin parish while he was still very 
young, and he lived here from then on.
 
Marries Elvia Moore
In 1884, he married Elvira Moore, daughter of the late Rev. A. W. Moore. Ten children were 
born of this union: Mrs. Thomas H. James, Hollywood; Mrs. C. W. Berry, Sr., Winnsboro; 
W. M. Guice, Jr., Shreveport; the late Mrs. W. F. Prickett; Mrs. L. C. Loyd, Shreveport; 
M. L. Guice, Winnsboro; H. A. Guice, Winnsboro; Mrs. Otis Harris, Shreveport; J. A. Guice, 
Shreveport; and Miss Rebecca M. Guice, Winnsboro.
 
Mr. Guice was closely associated with the school of this area and served on the local board 
for a number of years. He was a member of the First Baptist church for many years.
 
Pallbearers for the funeral were his sons-in-law, Otis G. Harris, L. C. Loyd, W. F. Prickett;
 and his grandsons B. I. Berry, W. M. Guice the Fourth, and his brother-in-law N. L Moore.
 
Besides his widow and children, he is survived by his sister Mrs. W. W. Sheafe of Shreveport 
and a nephew, Newton Z. Guice of Birmingham.
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The Franklin Sun        Winnsboro, LA         February 15, 1940
Submitted Feb. 2006 by: Glenda Warner Boyd
 
Robert B. Womack Dies At Daughters' Home In Liddieville
 
Robert B. Womack, Newellton resident with a large family in Franklin parish, died here last 
Thursday at the age of 68.
 
A short service was held for the deceased Friday in the home of his daughter, Mrs. Alma McMurry, 
Liddieville, and a formal service was conducted in the Liddieville Baptist church at 2 p.m. Officiating 
minister was Rev. T. G. Polk. Interment was made in the Liddieville cemetery.
 
Mr. Womack is survived by his wife; six sons, Harvey and Sam Womack, and Herbert, Wyatt, Lawson and 
Hower (sic) Homer Womack of Wisner; and two daughters, Mrs. McMurry of Liddieville and Mrs. Lillie Melton 
of Chatham. He also leaves one sister, Mrs. Emma Willis, and three brothers, Richard, Frank and Orie Womack.
 
The service was handled by the Mulhearn Funeral Home.

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