Obituary: Sept. 1968, Franklin Parish, LA
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The following obituaries are listed below:

Mrs. Ida V. Adams
Mrs. Rosa Buchan
Mrs. Snowflake Evans
Wm. H. Hemphill

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The Franklin Sun    Winnsboro, LA     September 19, 1968
Submitted by: Glenda Warner Boyd
 
Mrs. Ida V. Adams
 
Mrs. Ida Virginia Adams, 79, of Winnsboro was interred Tuesday morning in the
 
Ogden Cemetery in Liddieville community, following funeral services here at 
First National Chapel. The Rev. Harold Davis and Dr. Randall Sledge conducted 
the services.
 
Mrs. Adams died Monday morning at King's Guest Home in Winnsboro after an extended 
illness.
 
She was a member of the Boeuf River Baptist Church.
 
She is survived by a sister, Mrs. N. T. Townsend, Monroe, and a foster daughter, 
Mrs. Bessie Hawsey, Winnsboro.
 
Submitter's note: Ida Virginia Liles Adams was born December 25, 1888 in Winn Parish 
and died September 17, 1968 in Franklin Parish. She married Levi Josephus Adams 
on April 15, 1906. Although the couple had no children of their own,
 they took orphans, 
Bessie and Lessie Faulk in the fall of 1913 to rear as their own.
( The children were second cousins to Levi Josephus Adams). In July 1923, 
when Podesta L. Liles was maternally orphaned, they took him into their home. 
(Podesta L. Liles was the son of Ida's brother, Hugh Lachey Liles.)
 
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The Franklin Sun     Winnsboro, LA    September 12, 1968
Submitted by: Glenda Warner Boyd
 
Mrs. Rosa Buchan
 
Funeral and burial services were conducted Saturday afternoon for
 
Mrs. Rosa M. Buchan, 76, of Crowville, who died Friday at Rosalie 
Nursing Home in Wisner after an illness of long duration.
 
The funeral was at First National Chapel in Winnsboro, and burial 
was in the Crowville Masonic Cemetery. The officiating minister was 
the Rev. Bobby L. Burgess.
 
Mrs. Buchan is survived by three sons, Ezra and C. J. Buchan, 
Crowville and Elven Buchan, Little Rock, Ark.; Mrs. Ethelle Pierce, 
Crowville, and Mrs. Rosie Mae Parker, Delhi; 22 grandchildren and 
22 great-grandchildren.
 
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The Franklin Sun    Winnsboro, LA     September 5, 1968
Submitted July 2006 by: Glenda Warner Boyd
 
Mrs. Snowflake Evans
 
Funeral services were held here last Thursday afternoon at the Temple Baptist Church 
for Mrs. Snowflake C. Evans, 79, who died August 27, after an extended illness. 
Dr. Randall Sledge officiated at the rites, which were followed by interment in 
Monroe cemetery.
 
Mrs. Evans was  a longtime resident of Winnsboro.
 
She is survived by a son Lawrence Evans, Ironton, Ohio; a sister, Mrs. Eddie Byrd, Arcadia; 
a granddaughter and great-grandson.
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The Franklin Sun     Winnsboro, LA      September 5, 1968
Submitted September 2006 by: Glenda Warner Boyd
 
Wm. H. Hemphill
 
William Harvey Hemphill, 77, died after a lengthy illness Wednesday morning at Jefferson Davis 
Hospital in Natchez. The funeral was to be at 2 p.m. today at the Emmanuel Baptist Church in Winnsboro, 
with the Rev. Gary Dangerfield officiating, followed by burial in the Ogden Cemetery.
 
Mr. Hemphill is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lula Martin Hemphill, Winnsboro.
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