Obits: The Ouachita Telegraph 1883 Obits, Morehouse parish excerpts These older obituaries are being transcribed by Ms. Lora Peppers at the Ouachita Parish Library. We would like to thank Lora Peppers for sharing her work with the Morehouse Parish Archives Project. Thanks Lora! ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** TIPS FOR SEARCHING RECORDS ON THE INTERNET Netscape & Ms Explorer users: If you are searching for a particular surname, locality or date while going through the records in the archives or anywhere....try these few steps: 1. Go to the top of the report you are searching. 2. Click on EDIT at the top of your screen 3. Next click on FIND in the edit menu. 4. When the square pops up, enter what you are looking for in the FIND WHAT ___________blank. 5. Click on DIRECTION __DOWN. 6. And last click on FIND NEXT and continue to click on FIND NEXT until you reach the end of the report. This should highlight the item that you indicated in "find what" every place it appears in the report. You must continue to click on FIND NEXT till you reach the end of the report to see all of the locations of the item indicated. If your obituary is not found here and you would like a special look up, you may send $5.00 and an self-addressed stamped envelope to: Lora Peppers - Phone (318) 327-1490 Reference Department Fax (318) 327-1373 Ouachita Parish Public Library 1800 Stubbs Ave. Monroe, LA 71201 The Ouachita Telegraph Saturday, February 10, 1883 Page 2, Column 4 Mr. Reuben Phillips, an old and highly esteemed citizen of Morehouse parish and one of the largest planters in that parish, died at his residence Thursday, the 1st instant, having reached an age numbered in the sixties. May he rest in peace. The Ouachita Telegraph Saturday, April 7, 1883 Page 3, Column 3 DIED, At the residence of her daughter, Mrs. G.P. Johnson, near Lakeport, Ark., on the morning of the 28th ult., MRS. JUDGE PARSONS. The remains of Mrs. Parsons arrived in this city on the steamer St. John, accompanied by her eldest son, who is on his way to their home in Bastrop.