Obituary: Jan. 1971, Franklin Parish, LA
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Mrs. Sophia Armstrong
Hogan W. Batey
J. C. Ellerbe, Sr.
John Gilbert Higgs Sr.
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The Franklin Sun     Winnsboro, LA    January 7, 1971
Submitted May 2009 by: Glenda Warner Boyd
 
Mrs. Sophia Armstrong
Mrs. Sophia Maria Armstrong, 83, of Winnsboro, died Friday at
King's Guest Home here after a long illness.
Funeral services were at 2 p.m. Saturday at Wayside Pentecostal 
Church with the Rev. W. H. Hemphill officiating, assisted by the
Rev. Jessie Boothe. Burial was in New Winnsboro Cemetery.
Survivors include four sons, George Henry Armstrong, Charlie 
Armstrong, H. W. Armstrong, all of Winnsboro, and Joe Armstrong 
of Alexandria; three daughters, Mrs. Laura Mae Parks, Mrs. Mary 
Sullivan and Mrs. Lois Priest, all of Winnsboro; a half-sister, Mrs. 
Julian Parker Sr. of Winnsboro; 22 grandchildren, 36 great-grandchildren
and one great-grandchild.
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The Franklin Sun     Winnsboro, LA    January 7, 1971
Submitted May 2009 by: Glenda Warner Boyd
 
Hogan W. Batey
Funeral services for Hogan W. Batey, 72, Wisner, were held last 
week at King's Pentecostal Church in Wisner. Burial was in King's 
cemetery.
Mr. Batey died Wednesday at his residence after a short illness.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Willie Mae Batey of Wisner; two 
sons, Warnie M. Batey of Wisner and James Earl Batey of Port 
Allen; a daughter, Mrs. Edna Adams also of Port Allen; a step-brother, 
Spencer Roberts of Wisner; two step-sisters, Mrs. Henry Cooper of 
Wisner and Mrs. Ross Turner of Ft. Necessity; and six grandchildren.
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The Franklin Sun     Winnsboro, LA    January 7, 1971
Submitted May 2009 by: Glenda Warner Boyd
 
J. C. Ellerbe, Sr.
Funeral services for Judson Carey Ellerbe Sr., 81, of Winnsboro, 
were held Christmas Day at the Temple Baptist Church here with 
the Revs. Randall Sledge and Joe Mongle officiating. Burial was 
in Oakley cemetery.
Mr. Ellerbe, a retired employee of the Missouri-Pacific Railroad 
Company, was a member of Temple Baptist Church. He died at 
his home December 24.
Mr. Ellerbe who was born in 1889 in Adams County, Miss., is 
survived by his wife, Mrs. Martha Ellerbe, Winnsboro; a son, 
J. C. Ellerbe, Winnsboro; three daughters, Mrs. Jack Cruse and
Mrs. Jack Coughran, both of Winnsboro, and Mrs. John Winters, 
Monroe, a brother, Vernon L. Ellerbe of Monroe, and six grandchildren.
Pallbearers were J. B. Smith, J. P. Nelson, Otis Hassell, Winton 
Lofton, Charles Winters and Clarence Holmes.
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The Franklin Sun     Winnsboro, LA    January 7, 1971
Submitted May 2009 by: Glenda Warner Boyd
 
J. C. (sic G.) Higgs Sr.
John Gilbert Higgs Sr., 73, father of Mrs. Charles Ray (LaVeta)
Price, succumbed to a long illness on December 27, 1970. Mrs.
Price has taught school in Franklin Parish for many years.
Other survivors include his widow, Mrs. Vernila Moffett Higgs, who 
is now making her home with Mrs. Price; a son, John G. Higgs, Jr.,
of Coushatta; another daughter, Mrs. Harry (LaVerne) Knight of
Portland, Oregon; five brothers, four sisters, seven grandchildren 
and five great-grandchildren.
A native of Dodson in Winn Parish, Mr. Higgs had lived in Richland
Parish since 1929, where he had farming interests north of Holly 
Ridge and owned business properties in Rayville.
The Rev. Robert Miller, assisted by the Rev. Harrison Cockerham,
officiated at the funeral services which were held in the Chapel of
First National Funeral Home in Winnsboro on December 30. 
Interment was in Providence Memorial Park of Winnsboro.
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