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 1924 ------------------------------------ 1-3-1924 Marriage License: Eddie Moses to Carrie Robertson, Varnado; Murray Taylor to Annie Lee Huff, Sunny Hill; Z. Gardner, Plain Dealing, La., to Zina Bankston, Sunny Hill; Charlie Trent to Laura Wilson, Bogalusa; Harry McNeese to Corine Pounds, Bogalusa; Emile Barnes to Willie Marvin; A.W. Ard to Cornelia C. McMillian, Bogalusa; George Robinson to Mae Ola Howe, Bogalusa; Grady Arnstrong to Eula May Pittman, Bogalusa; Roosevelt Brumfield to Beatrice Pierce, Franklinton; McCauley Hart to Alphine Magee, Hackley; Eustace Wood to Ada Lee Fisher, Franklinton; S.L. Parker to Isabelle Dutch, Bogalusa; Steve Peters to Eileen Moses, Varnado; Houston Magee, Clifton to Sophronie Taylor, Franklinton; June Magee, Franklinton, to Verna Morgan, Tylertown; Herbert Miller, Sunny Hill, to Bertha Strickland, Osyka; A.C. Williams to Mamie Hull, Angie; Leonard Moses to Frances Martin, Angie; L. Taylor to Essie Crain, Franklinton; W. Wiley Wood to Lucille Stringfield, Franklinton; Ernest Creel, Franklinton, to Susie Dean, Hackley; Lee Johnson to Kathleen Russell, Bogalusa; Gus Jordon to Arthelie Gould, Bogalusa; Oliver Brown to Juanita Gayton, Bogalusa; William Ourso, White Castle, La., to Lucille False, Raceland, La.; Oscar Tullos to Daisy Bell Crowe, Bogalusa; W.A. Forrest, Varndao, to Susie Evans, Bogalusa; Henry Barnes to Mamie Shannon, Bogalusa; Frank Parker, Wiggins, Miss., to Roxie Forbes, Tylertown; Brady Malary to Beulah Buey, Bogalusa. -- Ida Thomas, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gordan Thomas of Hackley died Sunday. -- M.G. Mizell died 12-29 and was buried in the Fisher Cemetery. -- Born 1-5 to Mr. and Mrs. Fritz Garrett of Baton Rouge, a son. -- Noah Strahan, age 77 years died 1-1. Burial was in the family cemetery on the farm. -- Mrs. Claude Mizell died Tuesday. -- 1-17-1924 Marriage License: Otis Knight to Zella Bahm, Frankinton; B. Johnson to Eunice Coler, Bogalusa. -- William P. Minckler of Covington died Friday and was buried in the Matarie Cemetery. -- 1-24-1924 Born last week to Mr. and Mrs. W.A. Corkern at Kearns, Tx. a 10 lb. girl. -- Marion Magee, age 15 years, and son of Mr. and Mrs. M.M. Magee, died Monday and was buried in the Magee Cemetery. -- Born 1-17 to Mr. and Mrs. J.D. Simmons. a 10 lb. son. -- Marriage License: Zeno Bickham to Leona Crain, Franklinton; Early Brumfield to Lillie Toney, Franklinton; Thomas Morgan, Franklinton, to Bessie Herring, Bogalusa; Hammond Sylvest to Arabe Sphinx, Franklinton. -- 1-31-1924 Marriage License: John Garner to Irene Lampton, Hackley; Louis Crain to Minnie Reed, Franklinton; Clyde Pete to Clara Johnson, Hackley. -- Married 1-22 at Kentwood, W.B.F. Lewis to Alma Brumfield. -- Hon. R.D. Magee died Sunday at age 66 years, 18 months, and 7 days. Burial was in the Ellis Cemetery. -- 2-7-1924 Marriage License: John Dennis Williams to Mary Alice Breland, Varnado; Dewitt Brown to Laura Payne, Angie; W.O. Barney, Varnado, to Carrie Elizabeth Ott, Warnerton; William E. Boyd to Ethel Stella Jung, Bogalusa; Clarence Douglas to Lacy Cyprian, Bogalusa; Archie Thomas to Bessie Smith, Bogalusa; Alfred Otis to Annie Lee, Bogalusa; Isiah Hill to Sarah Jane Alsobrooks, Bogalusa; Dan Moore to Hattie Ewing, Bogalusa; Robert House to Mamie Conner, Bogalusa; Lewis Newman to Gracie Martin, Varnado; Will Kennedy to Frankie Dunmore, Bogalusa; Lewis Buster to Lillie Strickland, Bogalusa; Jno. Barber to Lillie Bell McLough, Bogalusa; Jewell Bickham to Viola Clark, Bogalusa; David Anderson to Alberta Tucker, Amite; Jewell Parker to Azara Talley, Isabel. -- Harvey Ellis Burris, son of Mrs. B.B. Burris died Friday. He married 2 years ago to Marguerite Forrester of New Orleans. Burial was in the Ellis Cemetery. -- 2-14-1924 Marriage License: William Booty to Idalia Cooper, Bogalusa; C.D. Warner to Bettie Smith, Bogalusa; William Thomas to May Cooper, Franklinton; J.C. House to Josie May Coleman; Eugene Wilson to Kizzie Brown, Hackley; Marshall Warner to Lollie Mae Bickham, Hackley. -- Yves Simmons, age 5 years, and son of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse W. Simmons, died Tuesday. Burial was in the Ellis Cemetery. -- 2-21-1924 Marriage License: Otto Stokes, Wilmer, to Cora Lee Lebo, Arcola; Murray Seal to Myrtle Husser, Franklinton; A.C. Crain to Corine May, Bogalusa; Salvador Margiotta to Francis Pasario, Bogalusa. -- 2-28-1924 Vera Mae Knight, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W.P. Knight married 2-16 in Raleigh, N.C., to Excie C. Bannister, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charley Bannister. -- Marriage License: Tom Jenkins, Isabel, to Mattie Jenkins; W.M. Thomas, Hackley, to Della Fornea, Angie; C.E. Bateman to Velma Malley, Bogalusa; Moses O. Dedrick to Rosa Ploughman, Bogalusa; Albert Washington to Trudie May Adams, Bogalusa; Silas Brown to Henrietta Strickland, Bogalusa; Mathew Magee to Ardell Peters, Bogalusa. -- 3-6-1924 Marriage License: Henry Lewis, Folsom, to Burnice Pierce, Blond; Martin Seal, Varnado, to Minnie Kennedy, Hackley; John Fields to Mary Ross, Bogalusa; Albert Petitt, Isabel, to Pearly Talley, Sun; Arthur Leming to Elsie Renfrow, Varnado; J.R. Wood to Emma Jane King, Bogalusa; Eddie Brumfield to Mattie Johnson, Mt. Hermon. -- Mrs. Edward Myles died Sunday and was buried in the Magee Cemetery. She was 77 years old. -- A.J. Seal died Monday at age 73 years, 6 months, and 20 days. Burial was in the Pounds Cemetery. -- 3-13-1924 Marriage License: Orrison S. Moak to Ida Penton, Bogalusa; Arthur Wicker to Lillie Burkhalter, Franklinton; T.C. Magee to Ada Lee, Bogalusa. -- The 16 year old son of Rev. and Mrs. Earley Corkern died Tuesday from measles. -- 3-20-1924 Marriage License: N.E. Taylor, Bogalusa, to Emma Dora Smith, Lexie; Charlie McDaniel to Pearl E. Williams, Bogalusa; B.J. Murrill to Lillian E. McKean, Slidell; Albert Cothern to Ella Adams, Bogalusa; Harold F. Harton to Sara E. Pellegrim, Bogalusa; Chester Dickson to Larcena Chicken, Bogalusa; J.L. Rayborn to Ella J. Jackson, Bogalusa; Ed. Wislon, Franklinton, to Lizzie Lee, Bogalusa; Jas. T. Talley, Sun to Viola Jenkins, Isabel; J.W. Smith to Mrs. Mary Ezell, Bogalusa; Jack Gill to Nora Pritchard, Wilmer. -- 3-27-1924 Marriage License: Densil Adams, Bogalusa, to Bessie Williams, Lees Creek; Cleveland Smith, Bogalusa, to Rosa Riley, Picayune; Gus Harvey to Isabel Partman, Bogalusa; Beverly Matory to Mamie Blackman, Bogalusa; Moke Davis to Dixie Newman, Marston Camp, La.; Ilie Bickham to Allie Warner, Hackley; Charley Expose to Lillie Bowers, Franklinton; Cleveland Magee to Pinky Holden, Bogalusa. -- Born 3-22 to Mr. and Mrs. O.H. Gatlin, a daughter. -- 4-1-1924 John W. Bickham, age 59 years, died 3-29. -- Born several night ago to Mr. and Mrs. Luther Schilling of Mt. Hermon a 9 lb. boy. -- James Stafford, born 7-29-1855 in Meridian, Miss., died 3-31-1924. He married Ludie Brumfield and had 4 childred. Burial was in the Fisher Cemetery. -- Marriage License: Otis Magee, Warnerton, to Annie Warner, Hackley; Norman Johnson to Mattie Scott, Bogalusa; G.T. Ravencraft, Dallas, Tx., to Ethel McGuyre, Shreveport; Nelson Mason to Ezelia Gardiner, Bogalusa. -- 4-10-1924 Born to Mr. and Mrs. J. Wright Simmons on Tuesday, twins. -- Robert Summerall, age 21 years, and son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Summerall, died Sunday. -- Born 4-4 to Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm D. Magee, an 8 1/2 lb. son, Malcolm Jr. -- Married 4-4 Dan Foil and Ozzie Passman. -- Born last week to Mr. and Mrs. D.H. Stringfield, an 8 3/4 lb. girl, Flora Elizabeth. -- Rube Fornea died Tuesday in Lumberton. Survivors are a wife and 4 children. -- Marriage License: Isaac James Garrett to Vanda Bickham, Franklinton; Nathan Lott to Della Morgan, Bogalusa; Dan A. Foil to Ozzie Passman, Franklinton. -- 4-17-1924 Marriage License: Louis Taylor, Hackley to Ethel Popwell, Tylertown; Robert Lumzy, Improve, to Beulah Lenora, Columbia; Wedie Magee to Allie James, Bogalusa; Tom Smith, Bogalusa, to Lou Ethel Williams, Baton Rouge; John Conely to Rosa Fields, Bogalusa; Eugene Hubbard to Maggie Morris, Bogalusa; Jas. T. Rayborn to Annie May Boyd, Bogalusa; J.L. Hennesy to Mrs. Della Nobles, Bogalusa; Laura Fennell, Bogalusa, to Alberline C. Schultz, Richmond, Va.; W.M. Murray to Mary Jordon, Bogalusa; C.H. Stine, Clearfield, Pa., to Rosie Holmes, Varnado; Ramsey Evans, Brewton, Ala., to Ruth Bennett, Bogalusa; Willie Lee to Blanch McGlossman, Bogalusa; Jas. Meekin to Mollie Adams, Bogalusa; J.J. Barner to Edna Smith, Varnado; John Smith to Helen Diggs, Varnado. -- Born 4-18 to Mr. and Mrs. Bryant Smith, a 10 lb. daughter. -- 5-1-1924 Marriage License: Alva Myers to Irene Galloway, Bogalusa; James Reece to Alma Jackson, Bogalusa; Isaiah Bryant to Mamie Ritchey, Bogalusa; Isaah Brown to Ola Rayford, Bogalusa; W.M. Harrison to Rosa Morris, Bogalusa; Isaiah Forester to Ulalia Jefferson, Bogalusa; Miles Robertson to Bessie Sam, Varnado Alonzo Dykes to Nurcelia James, Franklinton; Murphy Sam to Lillie Foster, Varnado; Ford Pope to Gladys Roberts, Angie; Bennie Felts to Leota Jenkins, Franklinton. -- Born 4-24 to Mr. and Mrs. Slidell Pierce, a daughter. -- Married 4-23, Ford Pope to Gladys Roberts. -- 5-8-1924 Avery Graves, age 19 years and son of Mr. and Mrs. Bennie Graves, died 4-21. -- Marriage License: Eddie Holland, Hackley, to Mandy Gibbens, Bogalusa; Harry Watskey, New Orleans, to Jeanette Kayman, Bogalusa; James Leonard to Lela Holmes, Bogalusa; Jesse M. Steinwinder to Lena Self, Bogalusa; John King to Rita Strong, Bogalusa; P.L. Ramsey to Stella Smith, Poplarville; H.W. Boone, Angie, to Ollie Ellis, Hackley; Clarence Warner to Beulah Branch, Hackley. -- Hollis Dykes, nearly 60, was found Monday in the Pearl River near Bogalusa. -- 5-15-1924 Sandy Brock died 4-30. Burial was in the Mt. Pisgah Cemetery. -- Marriage License: Tom Tate to Idellia Cook, Bogalusa; Iverson Elzey to Anna Penn, Bogalusa; Eddie Lacey to Velma Wheat, Bogalusa; F.E. Strader to Mrs. C.C. Gray, Slidell; J. Delos Williams, Bogalusa, to Gertrude Robertson, Norfield, Miss. -- Born Thursday to Mr. and Mrs. G.A. Ford, a daughter. -- 5-22-1924 Albert Weston Ott, born 9-17-1855, died 5-15-1924 and was buried in the family cemetery in Mt. Hermon. On 12-24-1885 he married Martha L. Leggett. -- Marriage License: George Powell to Dora Corkern, Bogalusa; Charlie Smith to Ellen McCall, Bogalusa; Curtis Magee to Lillie Sims, Bogalusa; Joe Pace to Iva Coleman, Hackley; Gus Weary to Rosa Lee Collins Vernado. -- 5-29-1924 Mike Graves was killed Friday. -- Marriage License: Jim Williams to Carrie Lee Ballard, Bogalusa; B.K. Bankston to Mrs. Lucille Bone, Amite; Will Kerney to Nancy Nathaniel; Gus Weary to L.E. Louis, Varnado. -- Born 5-17 to Mr. and Mrs. L.J. Simmons, a 6 1/2 lb. daughter, Roberta Gayle. -- 6-5-1924 Marriage License: Albert Helton to Lorena Mixon, Warnerton; Henry Brown to Cass Jarrell, Varnado; Leroy Penton, Picyune to Flora Seal, Bogalusa. -- Laura Jones, 58, died 5-28 at the residents of her brother, Dr. W.J. Jones. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W.H. Jones. Interment in the Ellis Cemetery. -- 6-12-1924 Marriage License: Thomas Miller to Maude Jenkins, Warnerton; Oliver Gassage, Bogalusa, to Lillian Steckling, Wasusau, Wisc. -- Born 6-2 to Mr. and Mrs. W.E. Knight, a 9 1/2 lb. boy, William Knight, Jr. -- Married 6-8, Carrie Carter, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E.A. Carter, to H.S. Brumfield, son of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Brumfield. -- 6-19-1924 Married Thursday, Otis Simmons and Vanda Burris, daughter of J.M. Burris. -- Marriage License: Bery P. Smith, Bogalusa, to Katie E. Armstrong, Franklinton; John Huffman to Elsie Pinford, Bogalusa; Alex Jenkins to Lizzie Jefferson, Bogalusa; Reuben Jones to Mazie Burrell; Henry Burk, Bogalusa, to Ardella Crapps, Lees Creek; Alvin Penton to Lena Townsend, Bogalusa; Elmer J. Good, New Orleans, to Pearl M. Torico; John Crommeday, Sandy Hook, to Almeda Smith; W.L. Fauguier to Mrs. S.A. Dunn, Bogalusa; Charlie Anthony to B. Bulloch; George Jackson to Julia Freeman, Bogalusa; Bob Roberts to Mollie Barnes, Bogalusa; H.S. Brumfield, Baton Rouge, to Carrie Mae Carter, Franklinton; Eli Gladd to Emma Passman, Franklinton; Karl Lindell Starnes to Marie Celeste Lasseigne, Bogalusa; Talmadge Crain, Franklinton, to Marie Vernon, Mt. Hermon; Elton Brumfield, Mt. Hermon, to Vera Toney, Franklinton; Heyman Ottis Simmons, Tylertowm, to Vanda Victoria Burris, Franklinton. -- 6-26-1924 Marriage License: Aron Cowart to Nancy Fortner, Franklinton; Willie Watson to Celia Anders, Mt. Hermon; Earl Odell Foil, Bogalusa, to Ross A. Green, Enon. -- Married Thursday William Magee Babington and Ruth Gentry. -- Born Friday to Mr. and Mrs. W.H. Sullivan, an 9 lb. daughter. -- Born 6-20 to Mr. and Mrs. W.E. Crain, a daughter, Gloria Dell. -- 07-03-1924 Marriage License: J.C. Frederick to Martha Longs, Rio; William E. Otis to Clara Brown, Bogalusa, S.J. Johnson to Eliza Findley, Bogalusa; Dudley Johnson, Sun, to Alberta Pierce, Picayune, Miss.; William Peters to Annie Smith, Bogalusa; Delos Creel to Lovie Mae Flournoy, Bogalsua; John Wilson to Phronia Thomas, Bogalusa; Luchia Dillon to Alva May Dyson, Bogalusa; Jas. Foster to Rosa Cotton, Poplarville; Sam Gutta to Lucille Robertson, Bogalusa; Ernest E. Gatzman to Hazel J. Harding, Bogalusa; Marcus B. Stafford to Beulah Burkhalter, Franklinton; Albert Roberton to Irah Lee Clayton; Willie Berry to Maude Magee. -- Born to Mr. and Mrs. E.C. Williams at the Elizabeth Sullivan Memorial Hospital, Saturday, June 28th, a daughter, Wilda Jaunita, weighing 6 pounds. -- Mrs. Mulina, mother of L.H. Mulina, died at her home in the 1st ward Tuesday, and was buried in the family cemetery at Caanan Church Wednesday. -- 07-10-1924 Mrs. F.M. Smith has returned from Cedar Bluff, Miss., where she attended her father, J.T. Basinger. He died June 24th, following a stroke of paralysis he substained in November last. -- Married License: R.B. Vaughn to Willie J. Mohar, Bogalusa; J.M. Pitts, Bogalusa to Lucille Johnson, Magnolia, Miss. -- Clotilde Wood married John Runte of Lake Charles. The bride is the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John D. Wood. -- Born to Mr. and Mrs. P.C. Lane of Mneston (?) Camps, on July 3rd , a daughter, Evelyn Mackie, wieghing 10 pounds. -- Mr. and Mrs. D.A. Self went to the Baptist orphanage this week and selected a child for adoption, an 8 year old boy. -- 07-17-1924 Marriage License: C. Gray to Sarah Youngblood; W.M. Babington to Ruth Gentry, Bogalusa; Ezzie Hennesy to Ethel Simmons, Franklinton; Mannie Magee to Rebecca Denny, Bogalusa; W.S. Stive to Eula Magee, Bogalusa; Lee Hall, Varnado to Mollie Wascom, Bogalusa; T.N. Klyce, Memphis, Tenn. to Mrs. Zora Lewis, Bogalusa. -- Born to Mr. and Mrs. Otto Magee at Spring Hill on Saturday, July 12th , a fine girl weighing 8 1/2 pounds. -- Buddy Seal, 24 year old son of Jake Seal of Varnado was shot and killed in Bogalusa Saturday night by Archie Singleton, son of Murray Singleton formerly of Mt. Hermon. -- 07-24-1924 Saturday, July 19th , Mrs. Willie Fusssell of the Richardson neighbor- hood died at the Elizabeth Sullivan Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Fussell was a member of the Fisher Methodist Church. She leaves a husband, four children, a mother. Interment being made in the Fisher Cemetery. -- Born to Mr. and Mrs. C.T. Jenkins at Jenkins, La., a son, on July 25th . -- Born to Mr. and Mrs. O.A. Green at Bogalusa on July 16th , an 8 pound son. -- Born to Mr. and Mrs. T.J. Wood on July 21st , an 8 pound son. -- 07-31-1924 Miss Johnnie Brumfield, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G.E. Brumfield of Bogalusa, formerly of Sunny Hill, will be married Wednesday at the Methodist Church in Bogalusa, to Mr. Walter Ray Daniels of Opelousas. -- Born to Mr. and Mrs. W.C. McDaniel of Rio, a 10 pound son. Louis Aaron. -- Born to Mr. and Mrs. W.M. Welch on July 23rd , a son. -- Married July 27th , at the residence of Rev. and Mrs. F.N. Sweeney, Miss Athelee Magee, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R.H. Magee of Varnado to Mr. James M. Ruger. -- Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Smith of Poplarville announce the marriage on July 20th of their daughter, Marah Lee to Mr. Fred Fortinberry of Tylertown. -- 08-07-1924 S.S. Morris of the 2nd ward died from a self inflicted gun shot wound. He was 58 years of age. -- Born on August 4th to Mr. and Mrs. W.M. Erwin. a daughter. -- 08-14-1924 T.H. "Peggy" Blackwell, 35 years old, the father of four children is in the parish prison here, charged with the killing in Bogalusa, Saturday, of Mrs. Diana Blackwell, 22 years old. The dead women is not related to Blackwell. -- Mrs. Blackwell was formerly the wife of Dave Thomas of Bogalusa. Her body was sent to Sandyhook, Miss. for burial. -- Married on August 7th , Clyde Poole to Louise Ziegler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E.L. Ziegler of Jackson, Miss. -- Born to Mr. and Mrs. G.C. Watson of Spring Hill, on July 28th , a daughter. -- Born on August 9th to Mr. and Mrs. E.C. Corkern of Jenkins, a 10 pound daughter. -- Mrs. G.T. Spring of Sunny Hill, died at the Bogalusa Hospital Sunday after a short illness and was buried at the Edwards Cem- etery Sunday. She leaves a husband and four children. -- Marriage License: J.D. Stroga to Mary Quinn, Franklinton; Will Bulloch to Hattie Goodwin, Franklinton; Murdock Fitch to Delilah Warner, Bogalusa; William Varnado to Ada Lee Taylor, Bogalua; Willie McClendon to Masaline Lewis, Bogalusa; W.R. Daniel, Harrisonburg, La. to Johnie I. Brumfield, Bogalusa; Henry West to Modena Lampton, Bogalusa; Loyd L. Day, Windslow, Arizona to Effie Breland, Bogalusa; Herbert Bickham, Franklinton to Nola Bickham, Warnerton. -- 08-21-1924 Leo Stevens, 15 year old son of Martha Stevens, had a log from a truck to roll on him and crushed his leg. He died Wednesday from the effects of the wound. He was buried in the Mt. Hermon Cemetery. -- Mrs. Flora Burris died after a long illness at the home of her daughter, Mrs. D.M. Wadsworth at Bogalusa on Sunday, at the age of 86 years. Funeral services were held at the residence of her son, with interment in the Ellis Cemetery. Surviving her are two sons, E.A. and R.L. Burris of Franklinton and one daughter, Mrs. D.M. Wadsworth of Bogalusa. -- 08-28-1924 At the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. H.J. Stafford of Richardson, Thanie Stafford married Jewett Mizell of Rio on August 21st . -- Marriage License: Theo R. Crump to Emma Maxwell, Bogalusa; Edgar J.P. Thomas to Ida Mae Chain, Hackley; E.W. Pope to Lou Ella Bulloch, Bogalusa; Wiley H. Creel to Wilmath Sheridan, Bogalusa; M. Jewette Mizell, Rio to Thanie Stafford, Franklinton. -- 09-04-1924 Marriage License: Jessie Anderson to Celine Thompson, Bogalusa; Frank Benson to Myrtle Bell Brumfield, Bogalusa; Hollis Raeborn to Mary Field, Bogalusa. -- 09-11-1924 Elbert Haley, 30 years of age , and son of E.T. Haley of Clifton, died Wednesday following an automoblie accident Saturday night. He is survived by his father and step-mother, 11 brothers and sisters. He was buried in the Hayes Creek Church Cemetery. -- Mrs. Mary Lampton died at midnight Sunday at her home in Magnolia, Miss. at age 66 years. Mrs. Lampton married 43 years ago to L.L. Lampton whom she sur- vived by 3 months to the day. They had one son, Robert Lampton, who died about 4 years ago; 3 daughters survive: Mrs. E.W. Reid of Magnolia; Mrs. J.T. Brown of Jackson; Mrs. L.M. Holmes of Magnolia; 2 grandchildren: Lucius Lampton Reid of Magnolia and Robert Benjamin Lampton of Illinois. Mrs. Lampton has been ill since the death of her mother, Mrs. Ellen Babington. -- Born to Mr. and Mrs. M.K. Penton, Monday, an 8 pound boy, Lora Wayne Penton. Mr. and Mrs. Penton were married last October at the Washington Parish Fair. -- Married Saturday, Josie Wood, daughter of Mr. and Mrs J.E. Wood to John H. Foerster of New Orleans. -- Mrs. Angus Brumfield, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M.I. Hennesy died Thursday. The deceased was 28 years old and was buried in the Hennesy Cemetery. -- Married September 4th , Alice Magee, daughter of R.E. Magee md. Rev. Samuel C. Rushing. -- Born to Mr. and Mrs. O.O. Varnado on September 3rd , an 10 pound son. -- Marriage License: S.D. Sheridan to Myrtle Thomas, Bogalusa; S.C. Rushing, Raymond, Miss. to Alice Magee, Franklinton. -- 09-18-1924 September 9th, at Angie, Mrs. S.W. Wilks died. She was born in Georgia on 1-27-1849, being 75 years old. Fifty-five years ago she married Samuel W. Wilkes. They had 12 children of which 6 survide; S.W. Wilkes and Mrs. C.B. Bankston of Mt. Hermon: Lucius Wilkes of Oskya, Miss.; Mrs A.W. Robbin of Angie; Mrs A.C. Bankston and Mrs. W.E. Crain, both of Bogalusa; Furnal services were conducted at the Angie Methodist Church. -- Mr. and Mrs. Willis Jenkins announce the approaching marriage of their daughter , Beatrice to Mr. E.S. Richardson of Bogalusa. The wedding will take place September 25th . -- Married on September 12th , Frank Gayer of Fort Worth, Texas, formerly of Franklinton to Mabel Page. -- 09-25-1924 Marriage License: Lonnie Weary to Blanche Gray, Bogalusa; Edward A. Boyd, New Orleans, to Margaret Cross, Bogalusa; Arnold Fussell, Franklinton, to Jinnie Miller, Mt. Hermon; Luther Gray to Ora Rayborn, Bogalusa; Arthur Ard to Thelma Sharp, Franklinton; Bryant A. Bateman to Geneva Burch, Franklinton; Johnson Seal, Bogalusa, to Susie Hall, Varnado. -- Born to Mr. and Mrs. Carl M. Babington at New Orleans on October 21st, a son. -- Born to Mr. and Mrs. Fred C. Frey on September 23rd, a daughter, Mary Gallaher, weighing 8 pounds. -- George Wesley Corkern, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sylvanus Corkern, who lived near Enon, shot and killed himself about day break Monday morning with a shot gun. Ill health was the cause of the crime. Mr. Corkern was 39 years of age, and was buried in the Corkern Cemetery in the first ward. -- Married September 18th, at the home of Rev. and Mrs. H.E. Pettus, Mr. Bryant A. Bateman, son of Mr. and Mrs. F.B. Bateman to Miss Geneva Burch. -- 10-02-1924 Married September 25th, Beatrice Jenkins, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Willis Jenkins of Franklinton, to Mr. E.S. Rich- ardson, of Bogalusa, son of Mr. J.M. Richardson of Enon. -- Lucy Tate, an old negro woman died Wednesday at the home of one of her children in the 2nd ward. She was over 100 yeas old, and was the slave of Alec Brumfield. -- 10-09-1924 On September 30th, in the sanitarium at New Orleans, Delton Tullos of Ponchatoula, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Tullos of Spring Hill, died following an operation for appendicitis. The young man was 23 yeas old and raise in this parish and left here about two years ago for Ponchatoula where he married seven months ago. Interment was in the Magee Cemetery at Spring Hill. -- Marriage License: E.S. Richardson, Bogalusa, to Beatrice Jenkins, Franklinton; Charley Johns to Mary Lilliam Belton, Bogalusa; Frank Collins to Josephine Toney, Bogalusa; W.W. Westphalen to Bertha L. Lawrence, Bogalusa; Sweeney Harvey to Cuttie McCray, Bogalusa; Fuller Burton to Barbara Roberts, Bogalusa; Eugene Johnson, Covington, to Mildred Davis, Abita Springs; Herrd Blanchard to Carrry Lee McCoy, Bogalusa; Robert Hughes, Hackley, to Nancy Rodgers, Lexie, Miss. -- 10-16-1924 Marriage License: Willie J. Tulls, Bogalusa to Audrey Branch, Hackley; William Booty to Verna Maples, Mt. Hermon. -- Married at the home of Rev. and Mrs. F.N. Sweeney, Saturday evening, Mr. W.J. Tullos of Bogalusa and Miss Audrey Branch of Hackley. -- 10-23-1924 Married, James Hart of Baton Rouge to Miss Edith Vernon of Tangipahoa, on Sunday. -- Marriage License: Charley Warren, Franklinton, to Mamie Cotton, Hackley; Rudolph DeLotte to Virdue Griffith, Bogalusa; C.A. Capdepon, New Orleans, to Mildred Ione Coyne, Bogalusa; John Jacobs to Tansy Killum, Bogalusa; Jas. Mies to Maggie McDonald, Bogalusa; J.C. Webb to Lillian L. McMillian, Bogalusa; Albert Cotton to Annie M. Walker, Bogalusa; Zeb Mikel to Mary Magee, Bogalusa; Leroy McKinley to Ellen Pierce, Bogalusa; Silas Magee to Edna Magee, Franklinton. -- 10-30-1924 Married, Mary Virginia, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E.L. Mason of Birmingham to J. Loyd Simmons of Franklinton. -- Mrs. J.E. Noble, was called to Jackson, Friday by the death of her father, Thomas Cole, who suffered a fractured skull from a fall on the city streets the previous night. Mr. Cole was 78 years old. -- Marriage License: Same as 10-23-1924. -- 11-06-1924 Born, November 1st, at their residence in New Orleans, a 9 pound son, to Mr. and Mrs. L.M. Hennsy. The grandparents here, Mr. and Mrs. M.I. Hennsy, are receiving congratulations for their first grandson. -- Midway between Bush and Sun in St. Tammany Parish, two children, Mathilda Henkle, 11 years old, and George Schalmaker, 7 years old were smothered to death and a third playmate about 13 years old barley escaped with his life, when an embankment into which they had dug a "robbers den" caved in upon them as they played. A fourth child went for help, but was thirty minutes before S.L. Jones of Franklinton passed by. -- Marriage License: Monroe Callahan to Olive Cottom, Frankinton; Harry C. Sibley to Caudia E. McClendon, Bogalusa; Sidney Sam to Thelma Robinson, Varnado; Allen Bickham, Warnerton, __ ___ to Mandy James, Clifton. -- 11-13-1924 Marriage License: Frank Malone to Ada Nelson, Bogalusa; James Ezell to Mary Ellen Carter, Bogalusa. -- Clara Tate, an old colored woman, 72 years old, died at her home at Sunny Hill Thursday, and buried Friday near her home. -- Died-Iverson W. Ott of Ponchatoula, died. The deceased was born and raised in this community. -- Mrs. C.E. Snell of Mt. Hermon died Tuesday in a New Orleans hospital. -- 11-20-1924 Marriage Licence: H.M. Davenport, Talisheek, to Daisy Martin, Varnado; Milton F. Simmons to Edna Mae Seals, Bogalusa; Allen Nathaniel, Bogalusa to Azaline Hartfield, Lees Creek; Leroy A. Hack, Bogalusa to Mary Alice Duhou, Bogalusa; N.E. Selmous to Willie Mae Eathem, Bogalusa; Wllie Scott to Rosa Kelly, Bogalusa; John E. Breland to Doris Moore, Bogalusa; E.L. Smith to Rudy Douglas; Tom File to Emily Harris, Bogalusa; J.D. Runnels to Essie Mae Martin, Bogslusa. -- Born to Mr. and Mrs. H.P. Magee, their second daughter, Betty Jo, weighing 7 pounds on Sunday morning. -- Mrs. G.A. Draper of Jackson, daughter of Mrs. M. Holmes of Franklinton came to Tylertown Tuesday to attend the funeral of her aunt, Mrs. Dora Ball who died Monday. -- 11-27-1924 Marriage License: Thomas Richard to Floyd Virgil, Hackley; Willie Youngblood to Rosa Clifton. -- 12-04-1924 Marriage License: Leon Seal to Wincie Bowen, Poplarville, Miss.; Henry H. Bridges to Callie Looker, Bogalusa; H.W. Galloway to Mary Jenkins, Isabel; Charlie Conerly to Elma Crawford, Frank- linton; Luke Warner to Lela Dillon, Hackley. -- Married November 25th, Miss Alma Waller and Mr. Hunter Magee, son of Mr. and Mrs. E.L. Magee. -- Married November 28th, Mr. Rex M. Trigo, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Trigo of Bogalusa, to Miss Norma Booty, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dyson Booty of Franklinton. -- Married Saturday night in Tylertown, Miss., Mr. Sandy Bickham of Taft, Texas, son of Mr. and Mrs. L.A. Bickham to Miss Tince Fussell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. Fussell of Richard- son. They will make their home in Taft. -- 12-11-1924 Marriage License: Leander Varnado to George Brown, Bogalusa; Eddie C. McCain to Ira Shoemaker, Franklinton; Rooselvelt Lee to Alee McGehee, Bogalusa; Frank Robert, New Orleans, to Dessa Magee, Bogalusa; Eugene Cattrell to Thelma Richardson, Bogalusa; Norris Johnson to Sylvia Green, Bogalusa; Arthur Chatman to Doretha Ganey, Bogalusa. -- Mrs. John Mizell of Sun, died Sunday at the age of 75. Inter- ment was in the family cemetery. -- J.J. Tyson of Zona, Confederate Veteran, aged 79, died Monday at his home after a prolonged illness. Interment was in the family cemetery near his late residence. -- Married in July, Nathan Burris to Gladys Bateman. -- Married November 26th at First Methodist Church in Shreveport, Richard Babington to Mrs. J.C. Herbert. They will make their home in Leesville, La. -- Mrs. May James died last Thursday night at the home of her son, Hosia James in Crystal Springs. Mrs. James was about 82 years old and daughter of Rev. Jacob Schilling. She married William E. James on 10-28-1866. Besides her son, she leaves a daugher, Mrs. C. Banister of Mt. Hermon. -- 12-18-1924 Marriage License: Sollie Adams to Eugenie Williams, Bogalusa; Lige Brumfield to Ellen Quinn, Bogalusa; Robert Thompson to Bertha Smith, Bogalusa; A. Brock to Maggie Bonds, Mt. Hermon; E.H. Carr, Detroit, Michigan to Ethel Mae Galloway, Poplar- ville, Miss.; J.L. Sharp, Franklinton to Beullah Toney, Franklinton. -- December 10th, Mrs. Celia Varnado Brumfield died at her home at the age of 70 years. She is daughter of the late Dr. Varnado. She is survived by her husband L.A. Brumfield, and 9 of 12 children born to this union: Mesdames Carter Welch, Dan Garrett, H.C. Fussell, and J. Wright Simmons of Franklinton; Mrs Jack King of Taylor, Texas; four sons: Don and Angus of Bogalusa; Marshall of Ponchatoula, and George Brumfield of Franklinton. Also 36 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren. Mrs. Brumfield was buried in the Varnado Cemetery east of Franklinton. -- 12-25-1924 Marriage License: Silas Partman to Katie Burris, Franklinton; John L. George to Effie Provost, Zona; William Davis to Ina Bickham, Hackley; Oscar R. Cooper to Erah Mae Smith, Frank- linton; Louis Dillon to Lura Holmes, Tylertown. -- Born to Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Simmons at their home in Jackson, Miss., an 8 pound girl on December 28th. -- Mr. and Mrs. John F. Ulmer announce the marriage of their daughter, Augustine to C. Wilmon Stuart at Picayune, Miss. on December 19th. -- -- Mary Mizell, wife of M.G. Mizell, died Tueday and was buried in the Fisher Cemetery. -- 1-10-1924 Marriage License: Ottis S. Alford, Bogalusa, to Angie Pierce, Warnerton; Marcus Mitchell to Ruby Cook, Bogalusa; Noah Magee to Malinda Williams, Sunny Hill; Carl Barnes to Velma Miller, Franklinton; Wade Grimm to Enice Jackson, Bogalusa; Augustus Troy to Alberta Brown, Bogalusa; Wilbert Joseph to Pearlie Monday, Bogalusa; Harold Penton to Lillian Sheridan, Bogalusa; Ed. Tate to Leontine Coleman, Bogalusa; J.P. Letnee, Harahan, to Ethel Hart, Bogalusa; Will Sutton to Rosa Taylor, Bogalusa; Clarence Gibson to Bessie Corkern, Bogalusa; C.G. Middleton to Dora Holmes, Bogalusa. -- Born 12-31 to Mr. and Mrs. S.S. Thomas, a daughter.