Obituaries: Mariah L. Hams, 1956, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: October 11, 1956 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Teacher At Local Colored School Buried Sun., Oct. 7

The entire Negro citizenry in this area and hundreds of persons were stunned
last week upon learning of the death of Mariah L. Hams, third grade teacher at
Pinecrest High School.  After a short illness, she passed away Thursday,
October 4, 1956, at a local hospital at about 3:00 p.m.  She was 61 years old.

Oldest in point of service among Negro teachers in the Parish, Mariah had
served 30 years in the local system with the distinction of all those years
being completed at Pinecrest.  As third grade teacher in the school for over
two decades she had taught many hundreds of the students who passed through
the school since 1926.

Ms. Hams was born in Grant Parish, La., May 11, 1895.  Final rites were held
at Morning Star Baptist Church, Sunday, Oct. 7, at 2:30 p.m.  Hundreds of
persons witnessed the ceremony with consisted of Obituary, Hazel W. Brown;
Remarks, Jesse Nelson, Dewey Stringer, and Principal J. Andrews Galdsden, and
funeral oration by Rev. H. Y. Bell.  Interment was in the local cemetery.