Obit: Annie Laura Gaskins, 1942, Lincoln Parish, LA
Submitted by: John Gaskins


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   This article is copied from the front page of "The Ruston Daily
Leader" dated Monday, October 26, 1942.  (It was published in Ruston,
Lousiana--Lincoln Parish and the price was 5 cents.)



        Mrs. Annie Laura Gaskins, 76, 504 Hazel Street, died at her home
early Sunday morning (10/25/42) after a long illness.  Mrs. Gaskins was
 a descendent of the earliest settlers of North Louisiana.  Her father 
was the late Mr. Reuben Tucker.  Her mother was Louisa Jane Stephenson.
        On December 24, 1889, she was married to William Augustus
Gaskins who preceded her in death twenty-three years.  Mrs. Gaskins 
remained active until her last illness and in her quiet, unselfish, 
unassuming manner endeared herself to a host of friends and relatives.  
She kept well informed on current events and exercised an intensive 
interest in the outcome of our present International conflict.  She 
lost a son during the first World War. Mrs. Gaskins was a member of 
the Methodist Church.
      Funeral services will be held today at 3 P.M. at the family
home, with the Rev. Guy M. Hicks, pastor of the Methodist church 
officiating. Interment will be in the Vienna cemetery.
        Surviving are a son, S. L. Gaskins, Ruston; one daughter, Mrs.
E. C. Morgan, Indian Bayou, La.; three grandchildren, Hamilton Anderson, 
East Amana, Iowa; William Gaskins, Ruston; Claudine Morgan, Indian Bayou, La.;
Three
sisters, Mrs. Eddie Lineback, Mrs. Lelia Easterling, Teague, Texas; 
Mrs. Minnie Curb, Post, Texas, and the following nephews, J. C. Dowling, 
Simsboro, W. G. and R.W. Dowling, Ruston.
        Active pallbearers will be: Fletcher Alexander, Sterling
Simmons, R. W. Dowling, J. C. Dowling, Willie Dowling, and E. C. Morgan.