ABSTRACT ARTICLES FROM WASHINGTON PARISH'S ERA LEADER IN FRANKLINTON, LOUISIANA 1921-1930 WASHINGTON PARISH, LA Submitted by Edie McKinney Talley (Emcktalley@aol.com) Transcribed by Diane Nunn (DN69040@aol.com) Donated by Bonnie Dier (washlibrary@yahoo.com) ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ ABSTRACT ARTICLES FROM WASHINGTON PARISH'S ERA LEADER IN FRANKLINTON, LOUISIANA 1921-1930 BY: BONNIE DIER, FRANKLINTON, LA. 70438 1923 ---------------------- 1-4-1923 Marriage License: Emmet Dillon to Viola Magee, Hackley; Mearly Ratliff, Jayess, Miss., to Pearly O'Neil, Bogalusa; Milos Thomas, Hackley, to Rosanna Bickham, Warnerton; Ed. Caison, Tylertown, to Dollie Brumfield, Franklinton; John L. McCollough, Columbia, Miss., to Lenora McNeece, Bogalusa; Moses Vinyard, Ponchatoula, to Junia Sylvest, Franklinton; Joe Newman to Ida Berry, Bogalusa; Sam Pittman to Viola Tops, Bogalusa; J.C. Smith to Rosa Howard, Bogalusa; Herbert Bateman to Wilda Creel, Franklinton; Robert Battles to Ollie Bailis, Bogalusa; Ira James Brittan, Anderson, Ala., to Genevia Hernandez, Bogalusa; I.L. Phillips, to Mrs. Georgia R. Seal, Franklinton; D.A.Gregary to Edna Blount, Bogalusa. -- Married last Thursday, Norman Magee, son of Mr. and Mrs. T.J. Magee, to Gilda Brumfield, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Brumfield. -- Born to Mr. and Mrs. D.J. Bateman, a 12 lb. girl. -- Married 12-27, O.A. Gregory to Edna Blount. -- Married 12-30, L.D. Braziele and Florence Netherland. -- 1-11-1923 Marriage License: L.D. Breaziele to Florence Netherland, Bogalusa; Jas. M. Fortinberry, Chigaco, Ill., to Murril McClendon, Bogalusa; Luke Rowell, Tylertown, to Bessie Holmes, Warnerton; E.N. Weaver, Oberlin, La., to Marie Magee, Franklinton; David Toomer to Odelie Magee, Franklinton; John R. Robertson to Kate Brown, Hackley. -- Lamanda Merritt, born in Pike County on 8-16-1872 and was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Merritt, died last night. She married 3-21-1893 to Thomas J. Magee. Burial was in the Roberts Cemetery. -- Married Tuesday, E.N. Weaver to Marie Magee, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D.N. Magee. -- 1-18-1923 Judge Robert R. Reed of Tangipahoa Parish, died and was buried in the family plot Monday. He was born in Madison County, Miss., on 3-12-1855. -- Loen C. Crow, age 39 years, died last Thursday and was buried in the Fisher Cemetery. -- Marriage License: W. Otto Magee, Franklinton, to Nurcelia Pounds, Bogalusa; Alfred Noble, Bogalusa, to Mattie Jay Lee, Lumberton, Miss.; James Beadley to Lottie Mae Johnson; Steve Gayman to Manie Hamilton; J.M. Carr to Emma Jordan, Bogalusa; George Bounds, Hackley, to Mattie Graves, Foxworth, Miss.; W.E. Page, Bogalusa, to Jessie Eagan, Crystal Springs, Miss. -- 1-25-1923 Marriage License: Harrison W. Littleton to Leona Mary Bennett, New Orleans; Johnnie Sutton to Mary Gordan, Bogalusa; Charles L. Wagner to Inez Bourdousquie, Covington; Toney Caletti to Francis Sauees, Bogalusa. -- Born 1-19 to Mr. and Mrs. R.H. Burris, a 7 lb. girl, Dorothy Louise. -- 2-1-1923 Leila Varnado, daughter of Mrs. W.F. Varnado, married Saturday to Claude Gann. -- Elizabeth Fornea, age 45 years, died Sunday. She leaves 8 children. Burial was in the Fornea Cemetery. -- 2-8-1923 Marriage License: Joseph Magee to Ruth Burton, Franklinton; W.D. Wilson, Zona, to Razer Sharp, Blond; Aaron McBeth to Mattie Lee Corley, Hackley; Otis Varnado to Ozzie Morgan, Franklinton; E.E. Pierce to Ruth Alice Pigott, Varnado; M.M. Faust to Mrs. I.L. Morris, Bogalusa; Claude M. Gann, Isabel, to Lolia E. Varnado, Franklinton; Jesse Bulloch, Bogalusa, to Marie Calhoun, Franklinton; Isaac Talley to Maude Galloway, Isabel. -- Married Saturday, Emmett E. Smith and Lee Schilling. -- Born Friday to Mr. Shaver and Mrs. Josie Richardson Shaver of Baton Rouge, twins, a girl and a boy. -- 2-15-1923 Marriage License: Emmett E. Smith, Lexie, to Lee Schilling, Osyka; Burley Smith, Franklinton, to Mary Wood, Tylertown; Marshall Pittman, Foxworth, to Stella Jenkins, Varnado; Pedro Carley to Agnes Leonard, Varnado; Lamar Smith, Lexie, to Curtie Pigott, Tylertown; Ellie W. Hobgood, Hackley, to Edna Williams, Varnado; Hermon Frazier to Clariza Breland; Morgan Sumrall to Rosa Dean Barber, Hackley. -- 2-22-1923 Marriage License: John Magee to Emile Warren, Hackley; Lee Varnado to Bertie Bridges, Warnerton; Ransom Munn, Bogalusa, Ruth Lawrence, White Bluff, Miss.; J.M. Raborn to Roselee Munn, Bogalusa; Jodie Walker to Arlice Boats, Bogalusa; J.C.Gatlin to Lena Andrews, Bogalusa; George Brown to Artanin Donaldson, Bogalusa; Charlie Wilson to Wansie Hart, Hackley; R.M. Quinn to Billie Jeanne Brumfield, Bogalusa; William F. Rawls, Bogalusa, to Lula Breland, Hackley; Jas. Johnson to Cammie Robinson, Hackley. -- 3-1-1923 Marriage License: Warner Ritchie to Helana Ruby Saucier, Bogalusa; Charlie Ladner, Bogalusa, to Emma Kennedy, Poplarville; D.L. Bickham, Mt. Hermon, to Wessie Smith, Franklinton; Wilys Jarrell, Varnado, to Margaret Carroll, Poplarville; Preacher Jackson to Willie May Richardson, Bogalusa; Gust Nelsen to Gerla Sunley, Gulfport; J.W. Brock to Mary Ellen Rawls, Bogalusa; Silas Clement to Marie Beason, Bogalusa; Walter Reid, Bogalusa, to Ola Lott, Foxworth. -- 3-8-1923 Layton Roberts died Thursday, at age 55 years. Burial was in the Roberts Cemetery. His wife and several children survive. -- Married Saturday, Slidell Pierce and Katie Lee. -- Marriage License: J.A. Loyd to Otera Gatzman, Bogalusa; H.L. Garner to Hettie Duncan, Bogalusa; Luther G. Malley, Bogalusa, to Carrie Mathews, Lees Creek; J.M. Sheridan, Franklinton, to Maree Jones, Bogalusa; James M. McLaurin, Port Arthur, Tx., to Mary Etta Tyson, Zona; P.B. Page to Liddell East, Bogalusa; Luther Grihnels to Letha Causey, Lexie. -- Deputies Wiley Pierce and Wesley Crain were murdered Saturday. -- 3-15-1923 Marriage License: Willie Andrews to Lula Brumfield, Sunny Hill; Johnny Roberts to Nettie Love, Mt. Hermon; March Martin, Mt. Hermon, to Namery Magee, Clifton; Henry S. Pierce to Katie J. Lee, Franklinton; Ollie Martin to Letha Crain, Hackley; John Stogner to Camie Stogner, Franklinton. -- Dixie S.Goings, wife of Eugene H. Goings died Saturday. -- 3-22-1923 Dixie B. Goings, wife of Eugene H. Goings died Saturday. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Murray J. Schilling and was born on 12-4-1884. She married 10-1-1903. Burial was at the cemetery at the old Baptist Church. -- Mollie Slavan, age 38 years and wife of Cleveland Slavan, died Thursday and was buried in the cemetery near the old Baptist Church. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Gill. She was born in Pike Co., Miss. -- Tom Passman, age 68 years, died Friday. His wife and 3 married children survive. -- 3-29-1923 Marriage License: Joseph Landon to Lillie Henry; Sam Aron to Hattie Berkley, Bogalusa; George Carpenter to Willie May Taylor, Bogalusa; Laurence Bishop to Missouri Wineblam, Bogalusa; Jesse Payne to Gertrude Pounds, Bogalusa; Johnnie Lee Williams to Eva Byrd, Bogalusa; Peal Allen to Alice Queen, Bogalusa; Theodora Burns, Franklinton, to Rosanna Partman, Clifton; Ira Jones to Maude Owens, Franklinton; S.E. Bruce to L.M. Jarrell, Jackson, Miss.; S. Walker to Edde Collins, Bogalusa; J.W. Hatchen to Susan Rogers; Charley McKay to Julia Bickham, Hackley; Ben Cowart to Lula Hyman, Bogalusa. -- 4-5-1923 Edmand Ezra Corkern, age 28 years, died Wednesday in Tucson, Arizona. Survivors are his widow, Vivian M. Corkern. Burial was in the Evergreen Cemetery. -- Married Thursday in Amite, Wyatt Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Smith, to Mae Miller, daughter of Geroge Miller. -- Marriage License: C.T. Cutchin to Cola Willims, Bogalusa; H.W. Rogers, New Orleans, to Mary Rowe, Bogalusa; Wiley Harris to Adell Smith, Bogalusa; Johnnie Jones to Rosa Varnado, Bogalusa; J.E. Marshall to Beulah McIfield, Bogalusa. -- 4-12-1923 Edmomd Ezra Corkern, age 28 years, died 3-31 in Tucson, Arizona. He is the son of Ada Corkern. -- Grace Sylvest, age 28 years died. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Sylvest. -- Marriage License: C.C.Wallace, Franklinton, to Louise Kouzelmann, New Orleans; Oscar Davies to Ruby Talley, Slidell; John Turner to Mary Wildinson, Bogalusa; Robert Buckley to Henrietta Williams, Bogalusa; Luther Houston to Lula Smith, Bogalusa; G.B. Scott to Jimmie Odom, Bogalusa. -- Married last Thursday in Franklinton, Louie Hart of McComb, to Ivy Westmoreland, daughter of Mrs. Frank Westmoreland. -- 4-19-1923 Born 4-9 to Mr. and Mrs. William Carp, a son. -- Born 4-12 to Mr. and Mrs. W.E. Magee, a girl. -- 4-26-1923 Ed. Morris to Aleen Daniel, Varnado; Dave Taylor to Violet Brumfield, Franklinton; June McElveen to Modesa Crosslay, Zona; George Welch to Maxine Blackwell, Bogalusa; W.D. Parlour to Eva May Gib__, Bogalusa; Gus Cary to Allie Robinson, Bogalusa; Edgar Moody, Bogalusa, to _ttie Burge, Poplarville. (Marriage License) -- Dr. John Fortinberry, born in Mt. Hermon, died last night. Burial was in the Silver Springs Cemetery. -- Born to Mr. and Mrs. John Murphy on Monday, a girl. -- Born 4-22 in New Orleans, to Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Simmons, a daughter. -- Rev. D.W. Ward, about 50 years old, died Sunday in Hartselle, Ala. He is the father of Mrs. L.W. Cain. -- 5-3-1923 Married Saturday in Tylertown, Eugene Welch, son of Mrs. George Welch, to Minnie Lee. -- Clifton Ginn died Thursday. -- 5-10-1923 Marriage License: G.D. Martin to Allie Miller, Bogalusa; Karey Chattman to Mamie Scott, Bogalusa; Gable Brown, Franklinton, to Elsie Magee, Hackley; H.B. Cothern to Ruth Cothern, Bogalusa; Major Cameron to Lucille Garner, Bogalusa; Smiley Ephriam to Maude Lewis, Bogalusa; Will Fennell to Bertha Johnson, Hackley; C.J. Lorance, Chicago, Ill., to Alice Smith, Bogalusa; Elmer Brumfield to Willie McNeece, Franklinton; Andrew Cooper to Flossie Felts, Bogalusa. -- Lourany Corkern died Wednesday at age 80 years and 4 months. Burial was in the Enon Cemetery. -- Married today, Lucious Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jessie Smith, to Ruby Miller, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eli Miller. -- Born 5-5 to Mr. and Mrs. Luther Wood, a girl. -- Charles Davis Knight, age 17 years, died. Funeral services were Friday in Tylertown. -- 5-17-1923 Marriage License: Lucius C. Smith to Ruby Miller, Sunny Hill; Percy I. Busby to Rosa L. Welch, Bogalusa; Abraham Lemon to Willie R. Murray, Bogalusa; Marion Pierce to Nancy Gay, Uneedus; Samuel Morris to Sara McKenzie, Hackley; C.W. Stewart to Zipparah Penton, Bogalusa; Jod Colletti to Florence Bannister, Bogalusa; Sim Harris to Ada Varnado, Bogalusa; Otis Williams to Roberta Byrd, Bogalusa; B.J. Anderson to Rosa Riley, Bogalusa; George Paul to Jessie Taylor, Bogalusa. -- J.I. Garrett, age 74 years, died 5-11. Interment was in the Burkhalter Cemetery. -- 5-24-1923 Marriage License: Elijah Killum to Pinker Wicker, Bogalusa; Ulas Brasley to Emma Reed, Bogalusa; Harman Wheat, Poplarville, Miss., to Maude Stockstill, Bogalusa; Grover Stephens to Beulah Stevens, Bogalusa; Andrew Gordon to Dosie Rogers; Bossie Lee to Clemmie Peters, Bogalusa; Tom Robinson to Martha Parkman, Bogalusa; Julius Porter to Pinkie Westmoreland, Mt. Hermon. -- Mrs. A.J. Kemp died Monday in childbirth. She is the daughter of Willis D. Magee. Burial was in the Fisher Cemetery. -- 5-31-1923 Marriage License: Perry Reynalds to Mercie Dixon; Wilbur Hodge, Poplarville, Miss., to Tena Pierce, Varnado. -- Mr. Watson died in Sun on Sunday. -- Born 5-24 to Mr. and Mrs. F.O. Bateman, a daughter. -- 6-7-1923 John R. Wood, age 90 years, 3 months, and 27 days, died Sunday. Burial was in the Morris Cemetery. -- Married 5-29, Juette Knight, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B.K. Knight, to D.R. Hamilton of New Orleans. -- Marriage License: Ernest Dvis to Mattie Solloman, Lucedale, Miss.; D.R. Hamilton, Raleigh, N.C., to Juette Knight, Zona; Will Richardson to Sara Thomas, Bogalusa; Calvin Mitchell to Mamie Luckett, Bogalusa; Joe Johnson, Boglausa, to Alma Taylor, Mitch, La.; Herman Burge, Bogalusa, to Susie Moody, Poplarville, Miss. -- 6-14-1923 Charles Wheat and Jewel Mohon of Poplarville married on 6-11. -- Lee J. Hannagriff and Violet Moak of Bogalusa married on 6-2. -- Marriage License: Henry Taylor to Veda Brumfield, Mt. Hermon; Lee J. Hannagriff to Violet Moak, Bogalusa; Isaiah Scott to Alimay Hall. -- Born 6-6 in New Orleans to Mr. and Mrs. J.J. Ryan, a daughter. -- Alma Burris married on 6-7 in Meridian, Miss., to Aubray Lamar Wilkins of Waynesboro, Miss. -- 6-21-1923 Marriage License: L.L. Halloway to Mattie Lee Watson, Bogalusa; Nathan Alford to Myrtle Jarrell, Bogalusa; Will Perkins, Mobile, Ala., to Beulah Gatlin, Bogalusla; Steve Stafford to Ivy O'Quinn, Franklinton; Willis Stafford to Rosetta Cotton, Hackley; Warren Fairborn, Holden, La., to Dora Pritchard, Wilmer, La.; Leo J. Bankston to Dorthy Dixon, Bogalusa; John James to Hattie Jones, Bogalusa. -- Married Sunday in Hackley, Irene Miles Sharp to Martin Penn Duncan. -- Married Sunday, Wilener Magee, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E.M. Magee, to Lee Nauls. -- 6-28-1923 Mrs Uriah Brumfield died Saturday and was buried at the Bogue Chitto Cemetery. -- Married 6-24, Arnold Simmons to Mina Dee Wells of Chrystal Spirings, Miss. -- Marriage License: M.P. Duncan to Irene L. Miles, Hackley; Dewitt Graves to Minnie Lee Davis, Warnerton; Dock Harris to Anna Hills, Bogalusa; E.H. Stryker, Wayne Cross, Ga., to Ruby Knight, Enon. -- 7-5-1923 Marriage License: Charley Andrews to Beulah Bridges, Warnerton; Albert Pierce to Letha Dyson, Franklinton; David B. Arnold to Tera Mitchell, Bogalusa; J.H. Parker to Grace Tyson, Bogalusa; James Sam to Laura Morris, Bogalusa; D.A. Spence to Carrie Naomi Smith, Bogalusa; R.A. Campbell to Ruth Wilson, Bogalusa; Henry Blaskman to Susanna Paris, Bogalusa; Claude Smith to Lillian Nathaniel, Bogalusa; Percy Johnson, Houston, Tx., to Hazel Otera Hull, Bogalusa; Edward Evans to Annie Thelma Smith, Bogalusa; Delos Gill, Bogalusa, to Net Provost; Robert Williams, Jr. to Zenda C. Adams, Covington. -- Married 6-21 Ruby Knight, daughter of Mr.and Mrs. G.W. Knight, to E.H. Stryker. -- Tom Garret, age 65 years of Tylertown and his wife were shot and killed on 6-2. -- 6-12-1923 Marriage License: J.D. Corkern to Ethel May Dawsey, Franklinton; Iddo I. Wadsworth, Port Arthur, Tx., to Ruby Moak, Bogalusa; O.A. Green to Mrs. Lillie Stevenson, Bogalusa; George Smith to Willie A. Alford, Bogalusa; Eugene Thomas to Katie Walker, Bogalusa; Milton Jones to Thelma Knight, Bogalusa; Frank Jefferson to Willie May Peters, Angie. -- Maranda Jane Miller, born 9-3-1850, died 7-8-1923. She married 3-7-1872 to Hughey L. Miller. Burial was in the Miller Cemetery. -- 7-19-1923 Elisa Spears died 7-5. He was buried in the Nobles Cemetery. -- Marriage License: Hermon Alton Ford, Angie, to Louise Evans, New Orleans; Andrew McKenzie, Hackley, to Rosetta Williams, Varnado; Bertrand Lenegrass to Elizabeth Pearl Breland, Bogalusa; Ralph Gibbs to Bessie Wascom, Baton Rouge; C.L. Albirthnot to Ollie May Adams, Bogalusa; Perry Moatry to Ella Burgress, Bogalusa; J.D. Flynn to Frankie Lee Franklin, Bogalusa; John E. Burrell to Harriet Smith, Bogalusa. -- 7-26-1923 Marriage License: Willie O. Quinn to Thelma Mizell, Bogalusa; Curtis Crain, Hackley, to Flora Brumfield, Franklinton. -- 8-2-1923 Evaline Perry Musgrove of Anacoco, La., wife of Rev. J.G. Musgrove, died 7-15. She was 74 years, 2 months, and 21 days of age. -- Marriage License: Frank Dixon, Bogalusa, to Bettie Wilson, Columbia, Miss.; Jas. M. Stuart, Bolivar, to Melissia V. Thomas, Hackley; Lee Call, Franklinton, to Stella S. Warner, Warnerton; York Shuler to Sarah Taylor, Bogalusa; Frank Barnes, Picayune, to Emma Smith, Poplarville; Leander Brown to Henrietta Caldwell, Bogalusa; Thomas Bridges to Beulah Callon, Bogalusa; James Brown to Mary Bell Conerly, Bogalusa. -- 8-9-1923 Marriage License: Thurman Dyson to Leota Dillon James, Franklinton; H. Conely to Bertha Patterson, Bogalusa; Joe Henley, Poplarville, to Lucille Weaver, Bogalusa; John Stratman to Mary Nelson Henry, Bogalusa. -- 8-16-1923 Prof. Absolon Barton Peters of Wartburg, Tenn., died 7-15. He was born near Shanate, Tenn. on 7-13-1871. -- Married Thursday, Lora Poole, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M.C. poole, to Garland Ford. -- Marrried 8-1 at Wichita Falls, Tx., Clyde Hamilton and Inez Adrian. -- Marriage License: W.E. Toney to Cora Phillips, Hackley; Hubert Walters to Gladys Hardy, Bogalusa; William Austin to Emily Brown, Bogalusa; Roy Adams to Eva Brunson, Bogalusa; James Taylor to Estelle Johnson, Bogalusa; Willie Nicholson, Bogalusa, to Sophia Robinson, Varnada; Rozal Crockett, Franklinton, to Effie Fairburn, Wilmer; Garland A. Ford, Angie, to Lora M. Poole, Franklinton; Martin Neilson to Jessie Phillips, Hackley; J.D. Williams to Stella LaCoste, Bogalusa; Ronald Brown, Hackley, to Lucille Galloway, Hub, Miss. -- 8-23-1923 Marriage License: Tom Whittington, Fanklinton, to Wiline Berryhill, Kentwood; E.E. Stafford to Zula Corkern, Franklinton; Robert Jenkins, Franklinton, to Laura Ferbon, Wilmer; Dewitt Duncan to Viola Saussel, Bogalusa; Allen Gatlin to Sis Magee, Bogalusa; Claude Hammond to Thelma Magee, Bogalusa; Walter W. Chambers to Mary Cannon, Bogalusa; Willie Armstrong to Mary Smith, Bogalusa; E.E. Moore to Mary Mullings, Bogalusa; W.M. King to Mary Cox, Bogalusa; Dennes Dykes to Eunice Payne, Bogalusa; W.L. Kennedy to Iona Hobgood, Hackley; Victor Williams to Amelia Nelson, Bogalusa; Joseph Hopkins to Lillie Williams, Bogalusa. -- Born 8-21 to Mr. and Mrs. R.R. Singleton, a 7 1/2 lb. boy. -- John McElroy, age 77 years, died. Funeral services were Sunday. Burial was in the Pounds Cemetery. -- Married in Tucson, Ariz., C.C. Hennesy of Empalme, Sonora, Mexico, son of M.I. Hannesy, to Luisa M. Richardson of Santa Ana, Sonora. -- 8-30-1923 Marriage License: Ernest E. Seal to Peal Dixon, Varnado; Willie Brooks to Cora A. Hyatt, Franklinton; William Davis to Dutchie Taylor, Franklinton; Andrew Kitchen, Bogalusa, to Ollis Miller, Magnolia; James Dunn to Beatrice Carter, Bogalusa. -- 9-6-1923 John Murphy, killer of the deputies, Pierce and Crain, was executed last Friday. Burial was in the Bouie Smith Cemetery. -- Marriage License: Hamp Peters to Lelia Magee, Hackley; Louis Dean, Bogalusa, to Daisy Wheat, Poplarville; Dewitt Sharp to Lula Mae Hathorne, Bogalusa; Benton B. Burris, Franklinton, to Myrtle Petitt, Mt. Hermon; Johnie Lea, Franklinton, to Eunice Lambert, Roseland, -- 9-13-1923 Marriage License: Willie Strahan to Ida Strahan, Franklinton; Pearlie Warner to Laura Kilpatrick, Bogalusa; Lee Ward to Clara McCoy, Bogalusa; Moses Ransfer to Mary Fisher, Bogalusa; Ivan A. Magnitzky to Clyde L. Gibson, Bogalusa; B.W. Smith to Catherine Stacy, Bogalusa; Alonzo Cowart to Zula Watts, Bush; L.C. Kennedy to Lola Kennedy, Hackley. -- Jane Penny died 9-7 at age 81 years, and was buried in the Penny Cemetery. -- Eunice Crawford, age 20 years, wife of John Crawford of Slidell, died yesterday. -- Anne Belle Crawford, age 20 years, of Slidell, died yesterday. -- 9-20-1923 Marriage License: Charley B. Voth to Arzella Jenkins, Isabel; Houston Pierce to Leota Simmons, Varnado; Averice Breland to Fannie Crow, Franklinton; A.A. Flynt to Cynthia Crain, Hackley; Miles Davis, Bogalusa, to Ellen Ory, Garyville, La.; G.C. Rivers to Ida Gains, Bogalusa; Bill Reed to Fannie Howard, Bogalusa; Alfred E. Krake to Myrtle J. Johnson, Bogalusa; Eddie Jackson to Thelma Rice, Bogalusa; Robert Louis to Minnie Brumfield, Bogalusa. -- Married Friday, Prof. A.A. Flynt to Cyntha Crain, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Crain. -- 9-27-1923 Marriage License: Dewey Jenkins to Gertrude Adams, Isabel; William Brown, Franklinton, to Alma Dillon, Mt. Hermon; Louis Reviere, Oaklawn, La., to Bessie Whittington, Folsom; an error was made in last week's marriage license, the names of Averice Breland to Fannie Crow was in error. -- Ann Dyson, 101 years old negro woman died Friday. -- 10-4-1923 Marriage License: Joe Okeefe to Otameze Fussell, Blond; Eddie Kelley to Bobbie Whicker, Bogalusa; L.W. Quen to Mattie Craft, Bogalusa; D. Dunbar to Virginia Hutchinson, Bogalusa; Albert B. Adams, Bogalusa, to Alice Miller, Lees Creek; B.D. Miller, Mariana, Fla., to Joyce White, Bogalusa; Arthur Johnson to Bessie London, Bogalusa; Mathen Sampson to Minnie Walker, Bogalusa. -- Toler Schilling and Vera Davis married yesterday. -- Rose Alford, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Alford, married 9-28 in Jackson, Miss. to C.G. Welch. -- Married 9-23 in Liberty, Miss., Willie Pierce and Ettie Stafford. -- 10-11-1923 Thomas J. Wood married Sunday to Nettie Davis. -- Marriage License: Tolar Schilling to Vera Lambert, Mt. Hermon; Thadius A. Nobles to Martha L. Jenkins, Bogalusa; Eddie DuLarcey to Mandy Tyler, Bogalusa; J.T. DeLoach, Winnfield, La., to Emma L. Fortner, Vicksburg; T.J. Powell to Mary Cooke, Bogalusa; Calvin Holden, Epney, La. to Maudie O'Bryant, Osyka, Miss. -- Bob May was killed Sunday by his Brother-in-law, Joe Simmons. -- Born 10-4 Jackson, Miss. to Mr. and Mrs. J.B. Swift, a son. -- Born 10-7 in Lindsay, La. to Mrs. Henrietta Griffith McKowan, a son. -- 10-17-1923 Missing -- 10-25-1923 Marriage License: Luther Miller to Myrtle Haire, Lees Creek; Reuben Conley to Rosa Smith, Bogalusa; George L. Gentry to Mrs. Jemima Sandifer, Bogalusa; Myra Taylor to Zenie Crain, Boglausa; James Biggon to Georgia Cileston, Hackley; Bosa Miller, Mt. Hermon, to Marie McClendon, Bogalusa; Fred Murry to Lizzie Magee, Bogalusa. -- Born 10-18 to Mr. and Mrs. E.G. Pearson, a 7 1/2 lb. daughter. -- 11-1-1923 Eugene Rogers of Folsom was killed last Wednesday. -- Prof. J.F. Peters, age 65 years, died Saturday. He is the husband of Louise C. Peters. -- Marriage License: Hamp McCain to Alma Spears, Franklinton; George Riley, Mt. Hermon to Francis McNeece, Franklinton; Frank Carrier to Effie Carter, Bogalusa; Martin Kenzie Penton to Roxie E. Alford, Franklinton; Silas Schilling to Lettie Mae Miller, Mt. Hermon; A.C. Peters, Varnado, to Della Lott, Angie; Fleet McKenzie to Hazel Johnson, Bogalusa; Earl Swaford to Ozzie Lee Thompson, Colfax, La.; Zaron Crain to Josie Crain, Hackley. -- 11-8-1923 Married Thursday in Tylertown, Lura Burris and Melton McLain. -- Marriage License: Bud Taylor to Martha Coleman, Sunny Hill; Archie Crow to Fannie Seals, Franklinton; Dock Henderson to Eva McKnight, Bogalusa; Claude Lawrence to Ruby G. Varnado, Bogalusa; Eddie T. Johnson to Mary Williams, Bogalusa; Percy Keel, Bogalusa, to Bessie Thomas, Mitch, La.; Cornelious Bloom to Blanche Jennings, Bogalusa; Jesse Lee to Sallie Smith, Bogalusa; J.L. Puckett to Lystrena Earl, Bogalusa. -- 11-15-1923 Marriage License: Henry B. Dean, Sheridan, to Lessie Russell, Holmesville, Miss.; John Winding to Ella Mae Sibley, Franklinton; Larkin Sumrall, Franklinton, to Stella Toney, Hackley; H.C. Baham, Franklinton, to Velma Miller, Mt. Hermon. -- 11-22-1923 Born Friday to Mr. and Mrs. W.J. Burris, a 10 1/2 lb. son, William Hood. -- Born Monday to Mr. and Mrs. J.J. Reese, a girl. -- Marriage License: B.H. Morris to Mrs. Bell Crain, Bogalusa; Rennie Smith to Mamie Bridges, Bogalusa; Mydris Blackwell to Mollie Bell, Franklinton. -- 11-29-1923 Marriage License: Israel Passman to Flossie Seal, Franklinton; E.W. Starns, Bogalusa, to Mary Lewis Klene, Lumberton, Miss.; Alexander Scott to Annie May Johnson, Bogalusa; Edmond LeBlanc, Bogalusa, to Golda Holmes, Tylertown; John Owens to Emma Farrell; Blue Gray to Lena M. McCray, Bogalusa; W.M. Lewis to Ella May Bankston, Bogalusa; D.W. Anderson, Bogalusa, to Gertrude M. Bentz, New Orleans; Johnnie Clark to Nancy Rawls, Bogalusa; Henry Hammond to Emma Holmes, Bogalusa; Joe Bickham, Picayune, to Raily Warren, Clifton; Louis Smith to Frankie Graves, Warnerton. -- Married Sunday, Otis Passman and Ola Mae Bateman. -- 12-6-1923 Mrs. Sam Seals died Tuesday. Interment was in the church cemetery. -- Ed. Fleming died Saturday. -- Married Saturday, Guthire Manning and Azie Davis. -- Married Saturday, George Simmons and Mildred Frickie. -- Marriage License: Merle Walker, Wilmer, to Avie Miller, Mt. Hermon; Robert Bell to Mary Vernes, Bogalusa; John Hall to Annie Mae Webster, Bogalusa; K.K. Davis to Lou Gussie Tate, Franklinton; Fred Barnes, Bogalusa, to Fannie Nettel, Warnerton; David Barnes to Ellen Adams, Bogalusa; Otis J. Passman to Ola Mae Bateman, Franklinton; E.D. Breedlove to Grace King, Kokomo, Miss.; Clinton Hoover, Robert, La., to Willie Warner, Angie. -- 12-13-1923 Mrs. S.D. (Ida Varnado) Bulloch of Covington died Thursday. -- Born 12-9 to Dr. and Mrs. A.G. Smith. an 8 lb. daughter. -- Marriage License: George W. Simmons to Mildred Fricke, Franklinton; Jewel Manning to Willie Mae Wilson, Franklinton; Arnold Martin to Faith Nevers, Bogalusa. -- 12-20-1923 Mr. Alford, born 5-4-1857, died 12-5-1923. He married at age 27 to Rose Holiday. -- Marriage License: Bill Magee to Rachael Tate, Clifton; Jas. Gill to Josie Lacey, Bogalusa; Gene Dyson to Mary Warren, Covington; George Williams to Bertille Haney, Bogalusa; Charles G. Manning, Franklinton, to Azzie David, Bogalusa; Walter Garner to Sarah Pickens, Bogalusa; Jesse Jones to Essie Washington, Poplarville; Thomas Husser to Lexie Miller, Franklinton; Preston Sanders, Baton Rouge, to Hattie Davis, Enon; Daniel Cotton, Hackley, to Nurcelia Graves, Warnerton. -- Married Sunday, A. Ward to Cornelia McMillan, Widow of the late Huey McMillan. -- 12-27-1923 Married 12-20, Eustice Wood and Ada Lee Fisher. -- Born 12-22 to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Roberts, a son. --