Obituaries:  Mrs. Jennie Mumford Huffman, Sabine Parish       H-155
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Jan 2, 1969
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Mrs. Jennie Mumford Huffman

  Funeral services for Mrs. Jennie Mumford Huffman, whose stories
of Christmas and Easter received such widespread and favorable
comment after their publication in the SABINE INDEX, were held
Sunday, in Shreveport.

  Mrs. Huffman, a native of Pleasant Hill, was critically ill when
the story of "How Christmas Came to Pleasant Hill", a touching
autobiographical story of a little girl's Christmas, was
published in last week's issue.

  Reports from Mrs. Huffman's bedside were received to the effect
that she considered this a last gift to the people of her dearly
beloved native parish.

  Mrs. Huffman was the daughter of Dr. James E. Mumford and Jane
Kennedy Mumford. Mrs. Huffman's mother was the first woman to
serve on a School Board in Sabine Parish, many years ago.

  Dr. Mumford was co-author with Mrs. Aida Gilvin, a sister of
Mrs. Huffman, of "The Witch of Bayou Pierre", being one of the
best read books in the Sabine Parish Library.

  Mrs. Huffman was popular in business circles in Shreveport,
where she resided almost 50 years, and was a member of First
Methodist Church, Shreveport Writers Club, and Daughters of the
American Revolution, and Daughters of the Confederacy.

  She is survived by her husband, John G. Huffman; cousins, Mrs.
C. H. Bigsby, Mrs. J. T. Briggs Sr., Dr. J. B. Brown, and Will
Dickinson, all of Shreveport; and a niece, Virginia Gaddis
Godfrey, Mayor of Many.