Obituaries:  Mrs. J. W. Tatum, Sabine, DeSoto Parish       T-350
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Aug 12, 1966
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Mrs. J. W. Tatum (Photo)

  Mrs. J. Wilson Tatum, 77, active church and civic worker in
Mansfield, died Sunday, July 31, at the DeSoto General Hospital
in Mansfield, after a lengthy illness.

  Mrs. Tatum was born June 21, 1889, in Bastrio. She and Mr. Tatum
were married on Christmas Day, 1906, and would have celebrated
their sixtieth wedding anniversary this year.

  Mrs. Tatum is survived by her husband; four daughters, Mrs.,
Sibyl Edwards, Converse, Mrs. Inez Webb, and Mrs. Marie
Cunningham, Dallas, and Miss Maudie Tatum, Mansfield; two sons,
Scott, and James, Shreveport; one sister, Mrs. Maud Tinsley,
Bastrop; four brothers, B. U. Hood, Covington, John T. Hood,
Blanchard, Robin Hood, Shreveport, Furniss Hood, Galveston,
Texas; eleven grandchildren; and six great grandchildren.

  Funeral services for Mrs. Tatum were Monday, Aug. 1, at 2 p.m.,
in the Drewett Funeral Home, Mansfield. Conducting the services
were the Rev. George Richey, pastor of the Mansfield First
Baptist Church, and the Rev. H. M. Ro?h, pastor of the Converse
First Baptist Church.

  Graveside services were at 3:30 p.m., in the Centuries Memorial
Park, Shreveport. Rev. James Taylor, pastor of Highland Baptist
Church, and Rev. Mack Merritt, pastor of Ingleside Baptist
Church, both of Shreveport, conducted the services.

  Pallbearers for the services were ? V. Barr, Johnny Bennett,
Florin Bufkin, Cecil Fla?, Henry Hollowell, Ar? Howard, T. J.
Magee, and M. A. McCammond.