Obituary: June 1972, Franklin Parish, LA Submitters name listed with obit ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** The following obituaries are listed below: Mrs. Maudie Mercer ********************************************** The Franklin Sun Winnsboro, LA June 8, 1972 Submitted by: Glenda Warner Boyd Mrs. Maudie Mercer Funeral services for Mrs. Maudie Sanders Mercer, 67, of Winnsboro, will be at 10 a.m. today at Shady Grove Baptist Church at Jigger. Officiating will be the Revs. Son Braswell and Bill Grant. Burial will be in Oak Grove Cemetery. Mrs. Mercer died Monday at Oakwood Nursing Home of Mer Rouge after a long illness. She was a lifelong Franklin Parish resident and member of Shady Grove Baptist Church. Survivors include two sons, William J. Mercer, Jr. of Tallulah and Willie William Mercer of Swartz; three daughters, Mrs. Eula B. Wright of Oak Grove, Mrs. Ola V. Griffith and Miss Frances Mercer, both of Jones, La.; two brothers, C. L. Sanders and Nolan Sanders, both of Jigger; four sisters, Mrs. Edna Freeman of Ferriday, Mrs. Clara Sowell of Crowville, Mrs. Bedie Woods and Mrs. Lottie Wiggins both of Jigger; and 32 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. ***************************