Obituary: June 1965, Franklin Parish, LA
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Mrs. Mary Clark
Mrs. Luther Eppinette
Jesse L. Mapp

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The Franklin Sun     Winnsboro, LA    June 24, 1965
Submitted September 2009 by: Glenda Warner Boyd
 
Mrs. Mary Clark
 
Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon for Mrs. Mary 
Bell Clark, 81, who died Monday in a Winnsboro rest home, after
a long illness. The funeral was at Turkey Bluff Baptist Church, and
burial was in Harris Cemetery.
The Rev. James Bonner, the Rev. Charles Chapman and the Rev.
W. D. Grant conducted the rites.
Mrs. Clark was a resident of Route 1, Winnsboro.
Survivors include seven sons, C. R., C. E., and J. W. Clark, all 
of Winnsboro, Emmett Clark of Jackson, Miss., Dalton Clark of
Modesta, Calif., Raymond Clark of Baskin, and J. A. Clark of
Delhi; three daughters, Mrs. Zelia Sturdivant, Mrs. Tennie Lewis
and Mrs. Eva Killian, all of Winnsboro; two sisters, Mrs. Fannie
Moody of Goldonna and Mrs. Alice Freeman of Arkansas; and
a number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Serving as pallbearers were W. M. and DeWitt Jordan, Julian
Laborde, D. J. Monroe, Pete Polen and Douglas Graney.
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The Franklin Sun     Winnsboro, LA     June 24, 1965
Submitted September 2009 by: Glenda Warner Boyd
 
Mrs. Luther Eppinette Succumbs to Injuries Received in Accident
 
Last rites for Mrs. Luther Eppinette, formerly of Winnsboro and 
the mother of two local residents, who succumbed late Monday
to injuries received in a June 13 automobile accident, were held
Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Eppinette, 66, was a resident of 
West Monroe, and the funeral was at the First Baptist Church 
there, with interment following in Twin Cities Memorial Gardens.
Officiating were Dr. Clifton Tennison of West Monroe and the
Rev. Clarence Young of Winnsboro.
Mrs. Eppinette was the mother of Mrs. C. H. Wiltshire and Mrs.
Robert Lowe of Winnsboro.
Mrs. Eppinette was a passenger in an auto driven by her husband
when the accident occurred. The couple was returning home from
church shortly after noon when their auto collided with two other
vehicles at the intersection of Pine and N. 7th Streets in West
Monroe.
She was taken to Glenwood Hospital, West Monroe, where she
had been under treatment since the accident.
Mrs. Eppinette was an active member of the First Baptist Church
of West Monroe and a member of the Lydia Sunday School class
there and was active in the Women's Missionary Union of the church.
Surviving, in addition to her husband and two local daughters, are
four sons, Charles Eppinette of Cherry Point, N. C., James
Eppinette of Texarkana, Ark., Jimmy Eppinette of Taylor and 
Eugene Eppinette of Ft. Meade, Md,; one other daughter, Mrs. 
Julius Wink of West Monroe; a brother, Henry Huey of Jackson, 
Miss.; five sisters, Mrs. Cora Smith of Houston, Tex., Mrs. Mary 
Upchurch of Jackson, Mrs. Lillie Kilgo of Pineville, Mrs. Belle Addie 
of Decatur, Miss., and Mrs. Velma Taylor; 18 children 
(sic grandchildren) and a great-grandchild.
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The Franklin Sun     Winnsboro, LA    June 24, 1965
Submitted May 2009 by: Glenda Warner Boyd
 
Jesse L. Mapp
Jesse L. Mapp, 65-year-old Baskin resident, was buried Sunday
afternoon in Baskin cemetery, following funeral services at Baskin 
Baptist Church. He died Friday in a hospital at Monroe.
Officiating at the final rites were the Rev. Jennie Shephed and the 
Rev. C. W. Jones. Serving as pallbearers were James Woods, 
Calvin Odom, Chester Williams, Henry Jones, J. W. Slade and
Harry Mock.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary of Mapp (sic Mary Mapp of)
Baskin; three sisters, Mrs. Mable Rolen of Winnsboro, Mrs. Lois
Ryan of Jonesville and Mrs. Ella Hall of Marlin, Tex., and three
brothers, A. H. Mapp of Brookville, Miss., Woodrow Mapp of
Kilgore, Tex., and W. P. Mapp.
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