Obituary: Jan. 1947, Franklin Parish, LA Submitted by: Submitters name listed with obit ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** The following obits are listed below: Sherman Delatus Gravelle Birdie Huggins Johnnie Lee Lively Peoples Infant Edna Dora Sikes William W. Wall Minnie Bell Wiggins ***************************** Submitted by: Glenda Warner Boyd The Franklin Sun Winnsboro, LA January 9, 1947 Vol. 90 No. 24 Page 5 Sherman Delatus Gravelle Last rites were held recently for Sherman D. Gravelle, 80, who died at the home of his son, L. S. Gravelle. Services were held at the Winnsboro First Methodist church with the Rev. M. S. Robertson officiating. Interment was in Harris cemetery, directed by the First National Funeral home. Mr. Gravelle is survived by five sons, Leonard, Murray and Raymond Gravelle, Winnsboro, Paul Gravelle, Toledo, O., and Ralph Gravelle, Ferriday. Four daughters, Mrs. Nettie Walden, Shreveport; Mrs. Maggie Orr, DeQueen, Ark., Mrs. Bonnie Parker, Swampers, and Mrs. Lynette Albert, Port Arthur, Tex.; one sister, Mrs. Nettie Robinson, Detroit, Mich. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submitted by: Glenda Warner Boyd The Franklin Sun Winnsboro, LA January 9, 1947 Vol. 90 No.24 Page 1 Birdie Huggins Last rites were held at 2 p.m. Monday for Mrs. Birdie Huggins, 80, who passed away Saturday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W. L. Thornburg of Gilbert. The Rev. W. H. Carroll of Monroe officiated, assisted by the Rev. A. Hoffpauir. Interment was at the Oakley cemetery under direction of First National Funeral home. Surviving Mrs. Huggins are two daughters, Mrs. W. L.Thornburg, Gilbert, and Mrs. Scott Kelly, Dallas, Tex., and three sons, D. H. Huggins, Shreveport, W. B. Huggins, Wisner, and W. E. Huggins, Gilbert. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submitted by: Glenda Warner Boyd The Franklin Sun Winnsboro, LA January 9, 1947 Vol. 90 No. 24 Page 1 Johnnie Lee Lively Johnnie Lee Lively, 2 month old son of Mr. and Mrs. Major Lively, was found dead in his crib Saturday morning at his parents' home near Wisner. Cause of death was apparently from suffocation. Funeral services were held at the Oak Grove Baptist church with the Rev. Hawthorne officiating. Interment took place in the nearby cemetery at 1 p.m. Sunday, directed by the First National Funeral home. Little Johnnie is survived by his parents and one sister, Joyce Aline Lively. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submitted by: Glenda Warner Boyd The Franklin Sun Winnsboro, LA January 9, 1947 Vol. 90 No. 24 Page 1 Edward T. McKee Edward T. McKee, 70, succumbed to a long illness Sunday morning at the family residence in Wisner. Funeral services were held at the Wisner Methodist church with the Rev. P. Paul officiating. Interment at the Central cemetery, was conducted by the First National Funeral home at 2 p.m. Monday. Mr. McKee leaves his wife, Mrs. Mary Mckee, a son, Edward T. McKee, Jr., a sister, Mrs. Bill Williams, Savannah, Tenn., and a brother, John C. McKet, Wisner. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Submitted by: Glenda Warner Boyd The Franklin Sun Winnsboro, LA January 9, 1947 Vol. 90 No. 24 Page 1 Infant Girl Last rites were held for the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Peoples of Ft. Necessity, Sunday morning at Ogden. Services were conducted by the Rev. Thomas Ratcliff with Mulhearn Funeral home directing the interment at the Liddieville cemetery at 3 p.m. Sunday. She is survived by her parents. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submitted by: Glenda Warner Boyd The Franklin Sun Winnsboro, LA January 9, 1947 Vol. 90 No. 24 Page 5 Edna Dora Sikes Mrs. Edna Dora Sikes, 81, succumbed late Friday night after an illness of one week resulting from a fall at her home. Services were conducted by the Rev. C. S. Wroten at Crowville. Interment was in the Crowville cemetery under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral home. Mrs. Sikes is survived by three brothers, Rev. J. S. Sikes, Serepta, William Sikes and O. T. Sikes, both of Baskin; and three sisters, Mrs. H. M. McCarthy and Mrs. W. M. Antley, both of Crowville, and Mrs. L. D. Stephenson, Baskin. Submitter's note: Survivors are three sons and three daughters as named above. Edna Dora Rolen Sikes was born April 30, 1866 and died on December 13, 1946. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Submitted by: Glenda Warner Boyd The Franklin Sun Winnsboro, LA January 9, 1947 Vol. 90 No. 24 Page 5 William W. Wall William W. Wall, 71, passed away at a local hospital last Wednesday afternoon after a short illness. The Rev. Thomas Ratcliff was the officiating minister and burial took place at 2 p.m. Wednesday under the direction of First National Funeral home. Surviving Mr. Wall were Emmet Wall, son; Robert Wall, son; both of Winnsboro; Norman Wall, son of Stratford, Calif.; Mrs. Bessie Oser, daughter, Winnsboro; Mrs. Eula Minchen, sister, Monroe, and Wash Wall, brother, Monticello, Ark. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submitted by: Glenda Warner Boyd The Franklin Sun Winnsboro, LA January 9, 1947 Vol. 90 No. 24 Page 1 Minnie Bell Wiggins Minnie Bell Wiggins, 67, died Thursday afternoon at her home near Winnsboro. Services were held at the Oak Grove Baptist church with the Rev. A. C. Trapp officiating. Burial was at the Oak Grove cemetery at 11 a.m. Saturday under the direction of the First National Funeral home. Mrs. Wiggins is survived by four sons, five daughters, one brother, 24 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren; Eddie Wiggins, Roy Wiggins, William Wiggins, all of Winnsboro, George Wiggins, Harrisonburg; Mrs. R .P. Leach and Mrs. C. A. Ezell, both of Winnsboro, Mrs. R. J. Findley, Delhi, Mrs. J. S. Wisinger, Sunray, Tex., Miss Alma Wiggins, Ferriday, and Allen Thomas, Winnsboro. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------