Obit: John Garner, grant parish La

(Submitted by Greggory Ellis Davies, Winn Parish, LA.)
120 Ted Price Lane
Winnfield, LA  71483
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JOHN E. GARNER

November 7, 1940 Winn Parish Enterprise

John E. Garner of Wheeling Succumbs Nov. 1

Last Rites Conducted At Mt. Zion On Saturday

As a result of a lengthy illness, death claimed John E. Garner, age 73 years,
4 months, and 17 days, Friday, November 1.  Mr. Garner has lived in the
Wheeling Community since he was 12 years of age.  He was born in Natchez,
Miss., and was a member of the Christian Church.


Funeral services were held Saturday, November 2 at the Mt. Zion Church and
interment was in the Mt. Zion Cemetery.  Rev. J. A. Jones, of Wheeling, and
Rev. Lula Wardlow, of Montgomery, officiated.

Pallbearers were Mr. Garner's grandsons, Elbert Stroud, J. Henry Stroud, Aaron
Stroud, R. B. Horn, Ben Horn, and Frank Crew.

Mr. Garner is survived by his wife, Ms. Mattie Hallmark Garner; five sons,
Paul, Otis, Eugene, Arnold, and J. E. Garner, all of Montgomery, La.; four
daughters, Mrs. Lula Horn, Mrs. Ola Crew, Mrs. Pearl Jennings, and Mrs. Mae
Davison, Montgomery, and 22 grandchildren and two great grandchildren.