Obituary: July 1993, Franklin Parish, LA
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The following obituaties are listed below:

Ray Eldridge
Cigers Alvin Erskine
Bessie Madden
Lee L. Norwood

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The Franklin Sun      Winnsboro, LA    July 28, 1993
Submitted by: Glenda Warner Boyd 
 
Ray Eldridge
 
Funeral services for Ray Eldridge, 63, of Winnsboro were held Thursday at 
Temple Baptist Church 
in Winnsboro with the Rev. Vernon Blair officiating.
 
Interment followed in Crowville Masonic Cemetery near Crowville under the 
direction of Mulhearn Funeral 
Home of Winnsboro.
 
Mr. Eldridge died Tuesday, July 20, 1993 at Winnsboro Manor Nursing Home 
after an extended illness.
 
Mr. Eldridge was a member of Temple Baptist Church, a retired mechanic with 
the Louisiana Dept. of 
Transportation and Development. He was also a native and life-long resident 
of Franklin Parish.
 
Survivors include his wife. Betty L. Eldridge, Winnsboro; one daughter and 
son-in-law, Marilyn and 
Charles Sailor, Santa Barbara, Calif.; two sons, and daughters-in-law, 
Marshall and Barbara Eldridge, 
Baton Rouge; Roger and Teresa Eldridge, Duluth, Ga.; one sister, Doris Knipp, 
Winnsboro; one brother, 
Elton Eldridge, Winnsboro; five grandchildren, Levi and Amber Eldridge; 
Chase and Sydney Sailor; 
and Jason Eldridge; step-mother, Mrs. Ellis Eldridge, Winnsboro.
 
Pallbearers were John A. Cuny, Macky Taylor, Clifton Lord, Allen Compton, 
Howard Guimbellot and J. L. Hendrix.

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The Franklin Sun      Winnsboro, LA       July 28, 1993
Submitted Jan. 2006 by: Glenda Warner Boyd
 
Cigers Alvin Erskine
 
Funeral services for Cigers Alvin Erskine, 96, of Winnsboro were held Friday at the 
Chapel of Riser First National Funeral Home of Winnsboro with Mr. Charles Lauchner 
officiating.
 
Interment followed in Providence Memorial Cemetery near Winnsboro under the direction 
of Riser First National Funeral Home.
 
Mr. Erskine died Tuesday, July 20, 1993 at the Nurse Care Nursing Home in Shreveport. 
He was preceded in death by his wife, Arizona Erskine and one grandson, John Wise, Jr.
 
Survivors include two daughters, Ona Mae Cox, Shreveport; Lois Wise, Hot Springs, N.C., 
six grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.
 
Pallbearers were Bo Erskine, Barry Erskine, James Marion Erskine, J. E. Bennett, 
Kent Bennett and Don Bennett.

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The Franklin Sun      Winnsboro, LA     July 28, 1993
Submitted Jan. 2006 by: Glenda Warner Boyd
 
Bessie Madden
 
Funeral services for Bessie Madden, 91, of Deer Park, Texas, formerly of Winnsboro 
were held Saturday at the Chapel of Community Memorial Funeral Home with the 
Rev. Floyd Hawthorne, the Rev. Mark Hughes and Rev. Gary Madden officiating.
 
Interment followed at Ogden Cemetery near Liddieville under the direction of Community 
Memorial Funeral Home of Winnsboro.
 
Mrs. Madden died Thursday July 22, 1993 at Clear Lake Regional Hospital after a brief 
illness. She was a resident of Deer Park, a homemaker, a member of Life Tabernacle in 
Clear Lake, and a past member of the First United Pentecostal Church in Winnsboro.
 
Mrs. Madden was preceded in death by her husband, A. G. Madden and daughter, 
Etheleen Madden.
 
Survivors include a son, Louis F. Madden; a daughter-in-law, Joyce Madden, both of 
Deer Park, Texas; and six grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren and two 
great-great-grandchildren. 
 
Pallbearers were Rod Madden, Donnie Farrell, Steve Hart, Steve Madden, Todd Madden, 
and Dustin Hale.

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The Franklin Sun     Winnsboro, LA    July 21, 1993
Submitted March 2009 by: Glenda Warner Boyd
 
Lee L. Norwood
Funeral servcies for Lee L. Norwood, 83, of Gilbert were held Wednesday at 
Community Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Ron Charrier and the 
Rev. Gene R. Brown officiating.
Interment followed at Oakley Cemetery near Gilbert under the direction of 
Community Memorial Funeral Home of Winnsboro.
Mr. Norwood died Tuesday, July 13, 1992 at the Franklin Medical Center after 
an extended illness. He was a resident of Gilbert, a retired farmer and a 
member of the Baptist faith.
Survivors include his wife, Betty M. Norwood, Gilbert; one daughter and son-in-law, 
Shirley and Butch Hatten, Liddieville; one son and daughter-in-law, Lee A. and 
Charlotte Norwood, Crowville; also a host of nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers were Wayne Norwood, Leo Norwood Jr., Walter Purvis, Ben Purvis, 
Bob Purvis, Jeff Purvis, Wesley Mercer and Dale Mercer.
Honorary pallbearers were Larry Tarver, Steve Miller, Neil Simmons and Jack Allen Norwood.
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