Obituary: May. 1943, Sabine Parish, LA  
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Compiled by Gina Brown
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The following obituries or deaths are listed below:

J.J Cordova
Nancy Elizabeth Gentry
Mrs. W.J Ross
Barto Thaxton
James J. Winn

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Obituaries:  J. J. Cordova, Sabine Parish       C-631
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., May 28, 1943
Submitted by: Tammy Larche-Smith
              tammy@cp-tel.net


The Sabine Index - J. J. Cordova

  28 May 1943 - Last rites for J. J. Cordova, age 81 years,
were held last Thursday at Beulah at 4:00 p.m. Rev. Durr
officiating, Dennis-Green funeral home in charge.

  Surviving are four children, one son, J. B. Cordova, three
daughters, Mrs. R. L. Dores, Mrs. R. N. Cotton, Mrs J. A. Cotton,
all of Robeline; 28 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren.


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Obituaries:  Mrs. Nancy Elizabeth Gentry, Sabine Parish       G-536
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., May 21, 1943
Submitted by: Tammy Larche-Smith
              tammy@cp-tel.net



The Sabine Index - Mrs. Nancy Elizabeth Gentry

  21 May 1943 - Last rites for Mrs. Nancy Elizabeth Gentry, age
76 years, were held last Friday at 3 o'clock at the Fender's
cemetery, Rev. C. W. Williams officiating. Interment was in
Fenders cemetery, Dennis-Green funeral home in charge.

  Surviving are three sons, Marshall and Herman of Many route
one and Arthur of Louann, Ark., also 11 grandchildren.

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Obituaries:  Mrs. W. J. Ross, Sabine Parish       R-200
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., May 7, 1943
Submitted by: Tammy Larche-Smith
              tammy@cp-tel.net

The Sabine Index - Mrs. W. J. Ross

  7 May 1943 - Mrs. W. J. Ross, 66, wife of W. J. Ross, Baptist
minister died suddenly at her home in Pleasant Hill last
Thursday. Funeral services were at Spring Ridge under the
direction of Drewitt funeral home, Mansfield.

  Mrs. Ross is survived by three daughters, Mrs. A. L. Walden and
Mrs. E. P. Ritter of Many, and Mrs. Victor Chase, Pleasant Hill;
two sons, Hubert Ross, Wisner, and Dorsey Ross, Pleasant Hill;
one brother, Drewey Stevens, and two sisters, Mrs. Joe Phillips,
both of Pleasant Hill.

  The friends of Mesdames Ritter and Walden sympathize in
their great loss. Rev. and Mrs. Ross were well known in Many and
at one time Many was their home. We extend to her survivors our
sympathy.

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Obituaries:  Barto Thaxton, Sabine Parish       T-235
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., May 21, 1943
Submitted by: Tammy Larche-Smith
              tammy@cp-tel.net


The Sabine Index - Barto Thaxton

  21 May 1943 - Last rites for Barto Thaxton, age 69, were held
at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning at Mt. Carmel Baptist church. Rev.
H. T. Young officiated. Interment was in Mt. Carmel cemetery,
Dennis-Green funeral home in charge.

  Surviving are wife, Mrs. Viola Thaxton; seven children, two
sons, Raydon and Don of the U. S. Navy; five daughters, Mrs. R.
P. Oxley, Mrs. Luther Byrd, Mrs. C. D. Davis of Florien, Mrs. C.
H. Thigpen of El Dorado, Mrs Wm. F. Thaxton of Columbas, Ga.; 11
grandchildren; two brothers, C. T. Thaxton of Florien and C. H.
Thaxton of Engleside, Texas; two sisters, Mrs. Amburg Ellzey,
Mrs. Doss Dowden, and Mrs. Lizzie Tramel, Many.

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Obituaries:  James J. Winn, Sabine, Natchitoches Parish       W-500
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., May 21, 1943
Submitted by: Tammy Larche-Smith
              tammy@cp-tel.net


The Sabine Index - James J. Winn

  21 May 1943 - Funeral services for James J. Winn, 21 years
old, who died on Friday May 7 at 5:15 a.m. from injuries received
in an explosion at the Huntsville, Ala., arsenal, were held on
the afternoon of May 10 at 3 o'clock at the Robeline Baptist
church. Services were conducted by the Rev. J. O. Fogleman and
interment was un Central cemetery under the direction of the
Drewitt funeral home of Mansfield.

  Survivors are the parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Winn of
Robeline, and a brother, W. A. Winn of Alexandria.

  Pallbearers were Malcolm R. Hodges and E. L. Hayes,
employees of the Huntsville arsenal and friends of the deceased
who accompanied his remains home, Lamar L. Waters of Baton Rouge,
J. V. Hinton, H. L. Sisson and Ray Brown of Natchitoches.

  James J. Winn received his high school education at
the Robeline high school and attended the State Norma college at
Natchitoches for one year before entering the State university at
Baton Rouge, where he received his bachelor degree in industrial
chemistry in 1942.


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