Obituary of Hollis Womack Lindsey, Sr., St. Helena Parish, 
Submitted to the USGenWeb Archives by  Jerry Nelson, May, 1999

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Source:  The St. Helena Echo; Greensburg, LA; Friday,
         February 11, 1955; p. 1


Hollis W. Lidsey, 82 Prominent St. Helena Pioneer Figure Dies

Widely known St. Helena resident died Thursday night, February 3,
1955 at 9:40 at Clinton Infirmary after an illness of two weeks. 
Death was attributed to a heart attack which he suffered two
weeks ago.  A former Sheriff of St. Helena Parish, Lindsey was 82
years old.  (Photo of Hollis Womack Lindsey, Sr.)  A native of
Greensburg, he had spent his entire life here.  He was the son of
Capt. T. D. and Nannie Womack Lindsey of St. Helena parish.  A
farmer and cattleman, he was active in civic affairs in
Greensburg.  Lindsey was a member of the St. Helena Masonic Lodge
and the Greensburg Methodist church.  He served for 12 years as
director of the Bank of Greensburg.  He was educated at the famed
Norville Institute in Greensburg.  He was married 60 years ago to
the former Margaret Minerva Thompson, who survives him.  The two
marked their 60th wedding anniversary on Jan. 2nd of this year.
Funeral services were held Saturday, February 5, 1955, at 
10:00 a.m. from the Greensburg Methodist Church, with the Rev.
Harold Hine, pastor, assisted by Rev. Pat Lane and Philip
Woodland.  Interment took place in the Greensburg Cemetery.  Mr.
C. J. Bonnecarre conducted the Masonic rites at the graveside. 
Rev. Pat Lane acted as chaplin.  Pallbearers were: Charles Cole,
Jr., Edgar Lea Morgan, John Hanks, John D. Alford, Webb Bellue
and J. D. McKinney.

Honorary pallbearers were J. W. Cole, Charles J. Cole, Sr., Joe
M. Sitman, Lake Holland, W. G. Hamberlin, E. C. Schilling, Sr.,
J. M. Burton, Charles Bennett, Cleveland Womack, L. C. Lindsey,
Warner Foster, W. C. Alford, Walter Carruth, Lem Yarborough,
Boliver E. Kemp, Judge Robert E. Ellis, Dist. Atty. Duncan Kemp,
Judge Horace Reid, Sheriff R. D. Bridges, Assessor Wilmer Davis,
Clerk of Court Mathews Smith, School Supt. J. L. Meadows, Dimmie
Kemp, Everett Tillery, Percy Tillery, F. J. Tillery, Douglas
Kent, Wm. R. Redden, Coney Thompson, Judge Nat Tycer, Frank M.
Edwards and Boykin Bridges.  Emmett Womack, Dr. W. T. McNabb, Dr.
J. H. McClendon, Dr. Paul Jackson, Dr. C. S. Toler, Arch McGehee,
C. L. McCoy, Henry Allen, Edgar Gill, Wright Lee, Marshall Bond,
Preston Strickland, W. A. Tidwell, Clayton Adams, M. W. Alford,
D. S. Watson, W. C. Brasher, Emmett L. Watson, W. G. Perkins,
Mayor W. A. Holland, Clyde Holland, Dan Howze and R. F. Barbler.

In addition to his widow, Lindsey is survived by four sons: Tom
C. Lindsey of Greensburg, Jim and Hollis W. Lindsey Jr., both of
Baton Rouge, and Jules Lindsey of Louisville, Ky.; four
daughters: Mrs. N. J. Stafford of Franklinton, Mrs. W. S. Dyson
of Baton Rouge, Mrs. John Laird of Baker and Mrs. Doris Lindsey
Holland of Greensburg, a former state representative and editor
of the St. Helna Echo; a sister, Mrs. J. E. Wilson of Baton
Rouge, and nine grandchildren and four great grandchildren.

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