Obituary: Feb. 1948, Franklin Parish, LA
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The following obits are listed below:

Rosena Eleanor Crooks
Ruben N. Jones
Alphonse Lavigne
Mrs. Maude Virginia Humble Wahls

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The Franklin Sun     Winnsboro, LA    February 12, 1948
Submitted October 2008 by: Glenda Warner Boyd
 
Mrs. Rosena Eleanor Crooks
 
Final Rites Held For Mrs. Crooks
Funeral rites were held February 6 at Bayou Macon Baptist church for 
Mrs. Rosena Eleanor Crooks, 74-year-old Franklin parish resident, with 
the Rev. A.C. Trapp, Chase, in charge.
Mrs. Crooks died at her home near Winnsboro February 4 after a long illness. 
Burial was in Chase cemetery under the direction  of Frist National Funeral home.
Survivors include her husband, G. A. Brooks; four daughters, Mrs. V. A. Brady, 
Mrs. C. F. Hemphill and Mrs. A. C. Liles, all of Winnsboro, and Mrs. W. H. Tam, 
Urania; two sons, Mitchell, Quinton, Miss., and Grover, Chase; and a sister, 
Mrs. Sarah Johnson, Deville.
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The Franklin Sun     Winnsboro, LA     February 5, 1948
Submitted September 2006 by: Glenda Warner Boyd
 
Ruben N. Jones Dies
 
Funeral services for Ruben N. Jones, 55-year-old resident of Fort Necessity, 
were held at the White Swan church there Wednesday morning.
 
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Cora Jones; a son, R. N. Jones, Jr., two daughters, 
Erma Jeanne Jones and Lessie Jones, all of Fort Necessity; three brothers, Bowden and 
Lim Jones of Winnsboro, and T. A. Jones of Monroe; and two sisters, Miss Betty Jones 
and Mrs. Fannie Austin of Winnsboro.
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The Franklin Sun     Winnsboro, LA      February 5, 1948
Submitted September 2006 by: Glenda Warner Boyd
 
Alphonse Lavigne Dies
 
Final rites were held for Alphonse Lavigne, 85, who died at the home of Dutch Wellbrink 
January 29, by the Rev. Father Richard J. Swift in the First National funeral home chapel on January 30.
 
Mr. Lavigne is survived by one sister, Miss Julliette La Lanne of Pau, France.
 
Burial was in the new cemetery.
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The Franklin Sun     Winnsboro, LA      February 5, 1948
Submitted September 2006 by: Glenda Warner Boyd
 
Last Rites Held For Mrs. Wahl (sic Wahls)
 
Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon for Mrs. Maude Virginia Humble Wahls, 64, who 
died at her home in Mangham Monday.
 
Formerly of Winnsboro, Mrs. Wahls was a life-long resident of this area. The final rites were 
held in the Mulhearn funeral home chapel here with the Rev. C. Hall officiating.
 
She is survived by her husband, Otto Wahls; one sister, Mrs. Henrietoa King, and two brothers, 
George Humble and Sam Humble, Sr., all of Mangham.
 
Burial was in the Ogden cemetery at Liddieville.
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