Obit, John W. Tarter, Grant Parish La.
Submitted by Evelyn Corbett Cunningham, 9457 E. Montego Lane, Shreveport, LA  
71118  E-mail  evelyneva@aol.com
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Colfax Chronicle  March 10, 1939

LAST RITES FOR JOHN W. TARTER HELD SUNDAY

John W. Tarter, aged 77, died at the family residence, Colfax, Route 1, 
Saturday, March 4 at 5 p.m.

The deceased has been a resident of the O>K> community for the past 30 years, 
and was the father of Ellis Tarter, who was the first of Grant parish 
soldiers to give his life in the World War and for whom the Ellis Tarter 
Post, American Legion, at Colfax is named.

He is survived by three sons, Jim M. Tarter of Dry Prong; Oscar Tarter of 
Florida; Claude Tarter of Colfax; two daughters, Mrs. J. M. Thames of Dry 
Prong and Mrs. R. L. Johnson of Colfax.  There are also 23 grandchildren and 
nine great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held Sunday at 3p.m. at the Oak Grove church eight 
miles east of Colfax, with Dr. A. E. Prince, pastor of the Pineville Baptist 
church, officating and assisted by Rev. J.C. Chelette, local pastor.  
Interment was made in the Oak Grove cemetery.