Obituary: Dec. 1971, Franklin Parish, LA
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The following obituaries are listed below:

Mrs. Lena Barnett
Guy V. McLain
Donald Nichols
Almon T. Thornhill

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The Franklin Sun     Winnsboro, LA    December 23, 1971
Submitted April 2009 by: Glenda Warner Boyd
 
Mrs. Lena Barnett
Funeral services for Mrs. Lena Mae Barnett, 68, of Wisner were at 
1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Mulhearn's Funeral Home here with the 
Rev. Benny Alford officiating.
Burial was in the Fort Necessity Baptist Church Cemetery.
Mrs. Barnett died Monday morning in the Franklin Parish hospital 
following a lengthy illness.
She was a native of Zwolle and had lived in Franklin Parish Parish 
for many years.
Survivors include one brother, Joseph E. Johnson, of Extension; one 
half-brother, Arley Hastings of Harrington, Ill.; and one half-sister, 
Mrs. Laura Marry of Carbondale, Ill.
Pallbearers were Allen Gilmore, R. S. Bonner, Frank Barfield, A. A. Posey, 
R. C. Bailey and Marlin Hudson.
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The Franklin Sun    Winnsboro, LA    December 23, 1971
Submitted April 2009 by: Glenda Warner Boyd
 
Guy V. McLain
Funeral services for Guy V. McLain, 67, of Delhi were at 10 a.m. 
Tuesday at First National Funeral Home here with the Revs. Jack Cook 
and Pat Loftin officaiting. Burial was in Crowville Masonic Cemetery.
Mr. McLain died late Sunday at his residence after an apparent heart attack.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Noel McLain of Delhi; a son, Jerry B. McLain 
of Baton Rouge; one brother, S. P. McLain; and one sister, Miss Nora McLain, 
both of Brandon, Miss.
Pallbearers were Vester Busby, J. O. Richardson Jr., Danny Williams, Billy Williams, 
Guy Williams and Tommy Thompson.
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The Franklin Sun        Winnsboro, LA         December 23, 1971
Submitted Feb. 2006 by: Glenda Warner Boyd

Donald Nichols

Donald Ray Nichols, 23, of Winnsboro, died early Friday at the 
Richland Parish Hospital in Delhi after a brief illness.
Funeral services were  2 p.m., Sunday in the chapel of First 
National Funeral Home here with the Rev. Floyd Hawthorne officiating.

Burial was in the Old Ogden Cemetery near Winnsboro.
Survivors include his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Cecil Nichols 
of Winnsboro; six brothers, James Nichols of Fort Bragg, N.C., 
Robert Lee Nichols, Charles E. Nichols, Sidney Nichols, Joe C. Nichols Jr., and 
Allan Nichols, all of Winnsboro; two sisters, Miss Margaret Nichols and Miss Pam Nichols, 
both of Winnsboro; and paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. I. L. Nichols of Winnsboro.

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The Franklin Sun Dec. 30, 1971
Submitted by: Karen McNease

Almon T. Thornhill

Almon T. Thornhill 84 of Rt. 2 Winnsboro died Friday morning at 
Caldwell Parish Hospital at Columbia after a
lengthy illness.  Funeral services were at 3 p. m.  Saturday at 
Boeuf River Baptist Church with the Revs. Harold
Davis and Ray McMurray officiating Burial was in Oakley Cemetery.  
Mr. Thornhill was a retired farmer he had
lived in Franklin Parish for the last 50 years and was a native of 
Franklin Co., Miss., He was a member of 
Boeuf River Baptist Church.  Survivors include four daughters 
Mrs. Emma Johnson, Mrs. Irma Johnson, and
Mrs. Maggie Bell Brady all of Winnsboro and Mrs. Mattie McMurray 
of Fresno Calif. two sons, Jim Thornhill of
Kerman, Calif. and  K. T. Thornhill of Monroe.  One brother Yancy Thornhill 
of Winnsboro two sisters Mrs. Doyle
Wactor of Winnsboro, and Mrs. Emily Roland of Houston, Tex.

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