Obituary: March 1954, Franklin Parish, LA
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The following obituaties are listed below:

John L. Graham
Ed Minor
Joseph Vetsch
Mrs. Minnie Zeagler
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The Franklin Sun     Winnsboro, LA    March 4, 1954
Submitted August 2009 by: Glenda Warner Boyd
 
John L. Graham
 
Graham Services Held Here Friday
 
Funeral services were conducted Friday, February 26, at 2 p.m. 
for John L. Graham, resident of Gilbert since 1930. Mr. Graham 
died Thursday following a short illness.
The Rev. T. G. Polk officiated at the services which took place
in the chapel of the First National Funeral home. Interment followed
at the Oakley cemetery near Gilbert.
Mr. Graham is survived by: his wife, Mrs. Mattie Graham of Gilbert; 
one daughter, Mrs. Joe House of Monroe; one step-daughter, Mrs.
Ollie Lowery of Bragg City, Mo.; two granddaughters and one
great-grandson; one niece, Miss Lillian Sewell, St. Louis, Mo.; and
one nephew, Claude Sewell of Gilbert.
James Prather, G. B. Prather, T. L. Smith, Leslie McDaniel, Bluford
Emfinger and Charlie Andrews served as pallbearers.
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The Franklin Sun     Winnsboro, LA    March 4, 1954
Submitted August 2009 by: Glenda Warner Boyd
 
Ed Minor
 
Service Station Attendant Is Killed In Freak Accident
 
Ed Minor, age 45, a negro service station attendant for the City
Park Service station in Wisner died early this morning from
injuries sustained at the station about 5:00 p.m. yesterday 
afternoon.
Minor was repairing a large tractor tire when a rim blew off the 
wheel, fracturing his skull. He was rushed to the Rosalee
sanitarium.
He had been employed by the City Park Service station for the
past four years and is a native of Wisner. He leaves his wife and 
several small children.
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The Franklin Sun     Winnsboro, LA    March 11, 1954
Submitted August 2009 by: Glenda Warner Boyd
 
Services Held for Joseph Vetsch
 
Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon for Joseph
Vetsch, 93, of Winnsboro, who died at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. C. T. Vining of Oak Grove
The services took place in the Boeuf Prairie Methodist church
with the Rev. J. W. Boyd and the Rev. T. L. Tatum officiating.
Interment followed in the White Swan cemetery.
Surviving Mr. Vetsch is: one daughter, Mrs. Vining; three sons, 
W. C. Vetsch of New Orleans, A. C. Vetsch of Columbus, Miss.,
and G. M. Vetsch of Shreveport.
Funeral arrangements were under the direction of Brown-Young
Funeral home.
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The Franklin Sun     Winnsboro, LA    March 4, 1954
Submitted August 2009 by: Glenda Warner Boyd
 
Mrs. Zeagler, 60 Is Laid to Rest
 
Mrs. Minnie Zeagler, 60, of Fort Necessity was laid to rest with 
funeral services held Thursday at the Fort Necessity Baptist church. 
Officiating was the Rev. M. J. Martin, pastor of the Fort Necessity 
church, assisted by the Rev. C. B. Hall of the First Baptist church 
of Winnsboro.
Mrs. Zeagler, who died after a length (sic lengthy) illness was 
intered (sic interred) in the Catahoula cemetery near Enterprise.
She is survived by her husband, Fred P. Zeagler of Fort Necessity; 
three sons, Fred P., Jr., Roy V.  of California, and Harold H. of 
Vidalia; two daughters, Mrs. Joseph Spatala of Georgia and Mrs.
Edward Bringal of Vidalia; two brothers, Ernest Smith and Jim
Smith of Harrisonburg; and eight grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Tom Gilmore, Allen Gilmore, Arthur Posey, 
Thelma Burlew, Frank Barfield, and Johnnie Austin.
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