Death notices from Elton scrapbook; 
Jefferson Davis Parish Obits, Louisiana
Submitted by Kathy LaCombe-Tell
Source:  Welsh McBurney Memorial Branch Library
From scrapbook loaned by Miss Lucy Aylswortb ~ Elton, April 1976
Submitted June 2004
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************************************************Christ Wild, 77 died Jan 25.1951. Born in Germany in 1873. he 
came to America when 16 and settled with his family in Nebraska. 
From there he moved to Missouri, Arkansas and finally Louisiana. 
He married Anna Bruchhaus at Lockwood Missouri in 1896. Survived 
by widow and four daughters. Mrs. E. J. Norton, Mrs. A. A. Miessner. 
and Mrs. Lydia Hebert of Jennings and Mrs. Emma Jenkins of Oberlin. 
Seven grandchildren and one brother. Albert Wild of Amhnrst, Neb. 
Burial at China Cemetery near Elton.

Mrs. Chris Wild, 84. died November 2.1959. Born Anna Bruchhaus
in Germany on April 8,1875. Came to America when she was 12.
Survived by, in addition to those named above, 2 sisters, Mrs. George
Aylsworth of Elton. Mrs. Albert Hetzel of Jennings. 5 brothers. VVillie
Bruchhans of Lockwood, Missouri: Fred, Henry, Rudolph and Otto of
Elton.

A. R. McBurney, 71, died October 14, 1947. Born 1876 at Proctor, 
Illinois. Cattleman, known as the "father" of the cattle industry in 
this area, set up cattle market at Welsh. 

William Rees, 83, died 1949. Born in Bradewood, Illinois 1866, 
homesteaded the tract on which he lived all his life. Survived by 3 
sons, Joseph H. and Seymour A. of Galveston, Texas, and Gomer W. Rees
of Elton, and a daughter, Mrs. J. C. von Schoiack of Huntington Park,
Calif.. a sister. Mrs. William Jenkins of Elton.

Mrs. Minnie Schroder, 84, mother of Mrs. Henry Bruchhaus died in 
Elton. September 22,1947. From Lockwood, Missouri.

Henry Walton, 96. died Monday, June 26, 1950. Native of Yorkshire, 
England, had lived in the Etton area since 1887. Born January 2,1854,
came to America in 1856 with his parents. Family settled in Illinois,
then moved to Iowa. Came to Elton with his young bride. Two children 
survived, Mrs. Odem Manuel and a son, George both of Elton.

Mrs. Anna Jones, 94, died in the home of her daughter Mrs. Bert J. 
Hine in Elton 1951. Born in North Wales. Great Britain, in 1857, 
came to America at an early age.

Ray Scott, 75, died June 23, 1950. Born Christmas Day in 1875 in 
Iowa, he came to Elton with parents in 1886. Married Miss Vida Baker 
in 1898. Survived by widow and three daughters, Mrs. A. J. Tupper of 
Elton, Mrs. Donald S. Wade of New York, Mrs. Eugene Summerrow of 
Houston: two sons. Burr Dell of Elton and LaRue ot Lake Charles.

Thomas Kennedy, Sr., 89. died February 19, 1948, Pleasant Summit 
Cemetery near Elton, sometimes called China Cemetery. Survived by 
James and Robert (sons) of Elton and Thomas, Oberlin, one daughter of
Chicago

Mrs. Ben Buller, 94. died April 14, 1057. Born Modiste Miller in
Basile, 1863. Husband died 1951 after 72 years of marriage.
Survived by three sons, Ephrom of Elton. Jerome of West Lake. and
Cleveland of Lake Charles, one daughter. Mrs. Ozema Richard, of
Manchester, La., one sister, Mrs, Clopha Guillory of Elton.

Mrs. H. C. Phenice, 76. died August 29 1952. Native of London England, 
came to America at 11, settled with family in Jennings, moved to Hathaway. 
Married H. C. Phenice in 1900.

Mrs. Maire LaFleur, 75 died May 25, 1952. Resident of Elton since
1909. Survived by two sons. M. A. LaFleur of Kinder and L. D. Lafleur
of Jennings. Two daughters Mrs. R B. Putnam of Shreveport and Mrs.
Ed Savoy of Elton. Owned LaFleur Rooming House in Elton. Wife of
Bye LaFleur who owned a cotton gin.

Mrs. Linscomb, 74. died February 25,1953. Born Celozie Bellard in
Eunice in 1878. Survived by one son. R. E. of Elton. two daughters,
Mrs. Elvie Bergeron of Elton and Mrs. Ellis Broderick of New Orleans.

James William Stokes, 62. died December 1952. Born 1890 in New
Orleans, came to Elton in 1917. Served as mavor of Elton for 13 years.
Then with Gulf States, moved to Jennings. Survived by widow, three
daughters. and one sister. Mrs. Otto Bruchhaus, Sr.. of Elton.

Mrs. Edna Winn, born 1890, died April 16,1953. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
 F. P. Gibbs of Elton. Survived by two sons, one granddaughter and one
 brother, D. E. Gibbs of Elton, and her parents.

Mrs. F. P. Gibbs, 85 died August 5, 1953. Born Cecile Sherman in 
Cameron, La. Survived by her hushand and one son. D. E. Gibbs 
and one sister.

Fulbert Pascal Gibbs, 88, died February 27, 1957. Born in Lowry. La.. 
moved to Elton area in 1920. Survived by one son, D. E. Gibbs. 
grandchildren, and four brothers and two sisters.

Mrs. Della Reed Broussard, born Della Darbonne, 49, died 1954. 
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. and Evelyna Buller Darbonne. 
Survived by her parents, one son, five brothers, Thomas, Ike and 
Joe Darbonne of Elton, Willis of Lafayette and Deuz of Lake Charles, 
two sisters. Mrs. D. Langley of Elton and Mrs. Marius Manuel of Iowa.

Orion Wallace Henderson, 80. died April 20, 1953. Spanish American 
war veteran. Born in 1872 at Burnside, Iowa, lived in Elton much of his 
life. Survived by widow, the former Jessie Brundage. two sons, three 
daughters (one Mrs. J. T. Christian of Kinder), one brother, three sisters, 
one Mrs. John Sabatier of Elton).

Fred Bruchhaus, Elton, April 24, 1955.75th birthday celebration, Mr. and 
Mrs. B. Son of Mr. and Mrs. William B.. one of seven brothers and seven 
sisters. Family left Germany in 1879, came to Elton area in 1899.



**About Lucy Mae Aylsworth, whose scrapbook these obits come from: 
from the Lake CharlesAmerican Press, - Publication Date: 08/05/2003, 
- Page and Section: 2 A 
ELTON -- Lucy Mae Aylsworth, 94, died Sunday, Aug. 3, 
2003 in the Allen Parish Hospital.
Her funeral services will be at 9 a.m. today, Aug. 5, in Elton 
Methodist Church. Burial will be in China Cemetery under the 
direction of Ardoin Funeral Home of Elton.
***Note: her tomb stone shows she was born Dec. 6, 1908