Obituary of MATTIE ANN HARRIS, LaSalle Parish, Louisiana

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From The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La.  
Microfilm at the LaSalle Parish Library located in Jena, LaSalle Parish, La.

Many Thanks to The Times - Signal and to the LaSalle Parish Library for 
allowing the following to be added to the Archives.





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Date:  September 20, 1951, Thursday

Headline:   Funeral Services for Mrs. Mattie Harris are Held at Midway

Funeral services for Mrs. Mattie Ann Harris, 62, who passed away at her home 
in Jena at 3:30 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 28, were held at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 29 
at the Midway Baptist Church.  The Rev. Jerry F. Poston, pastor of the Midway 
Baptist Church, and the Rev. G. W. Reppond, pastor of the Goodpine Baptist 
Church, officiated in the services.  Interment was in the Belah Cemetery, 
under the direction of Hixson Bros. Funeral Home of Jena.

Mrs. Harris was a member of the Baptist church.

She was born at Grandon, Mo., on May 4, 1889.  She has been a resident of 
Ward 4, LaSalle Parish, since the year 1900.

Surviving her are four sons, Benjamin F. Harris of Jena; William H. Harris of 
Great Lakes, Ill.; Earl W. Harris, who is serving with the U. S. Navy, and 
Bobby J. Harris of Shreveport.

Four daughters, Mrs. Ethel Drake of Junction City, Kans.; Mrs. Maudie Creel 
of Winnsboro; Mrs. Juanita Bunn of Crosset, Ark.; and Miss Mattie Lee Harris 
of San Pablo, Calif.

Two Brothers, James A. Springer of Baton Rouge and Joe A. Springer of 
Shreveport; two sisters, Mrs. Maude Atkinson of Miami, Fla., and Mrs. Vergie 
page of New Gulf, Tex.

Eleven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers at the funeral were Bob Jackson, D. Floyd, Cary Prichard, Ivy 
Smith, Sam Wilbanks, and L. G. Burnham.




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