Obituary: June 1957, Franklin Parish, LA
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John A. Collins
John Wesley Jordan
Mrs. Lillian Williams

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The Franklin Sun     Winnsboro, LA    June 13, 1957
Submitted June 2009 by: Glenda Warner Boyd
 
John A. Collins
John A. Collins of 1101 Steele street, died at his home Saturday, 
June 1, after a lengthy illness. He was 78 years old.
Funeral services for Mr. Collins were conducted Sunday, June 2, at
4 p.m. at the Temple Baptist church. The Rev. H. K. Stringer,
officiated. Interment was in Ogden cemetery.
Mr. Collins is survived by his wife, Mrs. Eva L. Collins of Winnsboro; 
a son, Lewis Collins of Hazelhurst, Miss.; eight grandchildren and
nine great grandchildren; a brother, Mack Collins of Dyersburg, Tenn.;
and two sisters, Mrs. Annie B. Wright and Mrs. Ethel Pollard, both
of Dyersburg, Tenn.
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The Franklin Sun     Winnsboro, LA    June 13, 1957
Submitted June 2009 by: Glenda Warner Boyd
 
John Wesley Jordan
Funeral services were conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday at the family
cemetery near Columbia for John Jordan, 77, of Gilbert, who died
Thursday night in Alexandria. The Rev. H. K. Stringer of Temple
Baptist church officiated.
Mr. Jordan leaves his wife, Mrs. Mary Ella Jordan, Gilbert; three sons,
Milfred Jordan of Winnsboro, John B. Jordan of Columbia and Walter
Jordan of New Orleans; two daughters, Mrs. Eva Mae McCarty of 
Gilbert and Mrs. Rosie Lee Smith of New Orleans; nine grandchildren
and two great grandchildren.
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Obituary of Mrs. Lillian Williams, Franklin Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Tracie Joyner (tjoyner@stephens.com) June 2002

Mrs. Lillian Williams  June 10, 1957

WINNSBORO, La - Mrs. Lillian Williams, 60, of Winnboro, La., wife of
Floyd Williams died Wednesday after a brief illness.
Others surviving are two sons, James Williams of El Dorado, Ark., and
Ivy "Sonny" Williams of Altus, Okla.; two daughters, Mrs. Carl Berry of
Key West, FL. and Mrs. Perry Watson Jr. of West Monroe, La.: a sister,
Mrs. J.O. Womack of Jacksonville, Ark. and four brothers, Bennie F.
Freeman, James D. Freeman and Leo Freeman, all of North Little Rock,
Ark., and John O. Freeman of Independence MO., and nine grandchildren.
Funeral and burial was today at Winnsboro. 

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