Bogalusa Enterprise Obituaries 11/1948, Washington Parish Louisiana Submitted by Beth Van Cleave Date: September 4, 2006 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ Bogalusa Enterprise, Bogalusa, LA 11-04-1948 Hundreds Attend Funeral Services For Enterprise Publisher Clyde Moss Tuesday Clyde Scott Moss, president of the enterprise Publishing Company, was buried in Ponemah Cemetery Tuesday afternoon after hundreds of friends and relatives attended funeral services at this residence on Mississippi avenue at 2 o’clock. The 68-year-old publisher of The Bogalusa Enterprise & American died Sunday at 10:35 a.m. at the Desporte Clinic following a severe cerebral hemorrhage the latter part of August. He had been unconscious since that time. The Rev. Charlie Webb, pastor of the Superior Avenue Baptist church, who officiated at the services declared, “As a newspaperman, he was fearless in the prosecution of his convictions, recognizing that “the pen is mightier than the sword.’ Mr. Moss used that instrument to assist in making Bogalusa what it is today.” Pastor Webb pointed out that Moss was one of the first citizens that new-comers to the city met and that he had been one of the city’s greatest boosters and leaders since it was incorporated in 1914. The pastor also paid tribute to Mr. Moss’ leadership in the political and social field. He reminded the throng attending the funeral that the late publisher has helped many youths to get their start in life. Mr. Moss held a record in political life unexcelled by most newspapermen. He supported all five mayors who have been elected in Bogalusa, including W. H. Sullivan, E. R. Cassidy, D. T. Cushing, I. A. Magnitzky and Curt Siegelin. “Mr. Moss was a man of strong convictions,” the minister said, “and on the decisions which affected his day and generation, he was not a man to waver, but with deft ability he was able to express himself clearly at all times.” The service was opened with a brief prayer by the Rev. Porter Caraway, pastor of ESM Methodist church, following which the Rev. Webb read the 23rd Psalm, John 14:1-3; Matthew 11:28-30; and Matthew 5:4. Pallbearers at the funeral were close personal friends of the late publisher, including W. G. Sharp, A. E. Knight, Jack Coakley, H. Y. Bowman, Joe Cohen, M. Berenson, P. W. Lindsley, and W. R. Armour. During the time that the body was at rest at the home, one of the largest displays of floral offerings in the history of Bogalusa lined the walls and front porch of the Moss home. Coming to Bogalusa the year the city was incorporated, Mr. Moss purchased The Bogalusa American in December, 1914, and established The Bogalusa Enterprise & American. He has been active in the newspaper business and civic affairs since he first arrived in Bogalusa. He and his wife, Mrs. Anna Coakley Moss, devoted their time untiringly to publication of a first-rate newspaper for 35 years. The editor of the Enterprise was born in Bloomfield, Ind., 68 years ago. He was graduated from high school there and attended the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md., as well as the University of Louisville in Kentucky. He first associated himself in the newspaper business with his late father on the Linton, Ind. Daily Call. He later worked on the Terre Haute, Ind. Tribune, and on a paper in El Paso, Texas. For a short time, Publisher Moss was a member of the staff of a Clarksville, Tenn. Newspaper, from where he went to New Orleans to accept a position on the advertising staff of the Times-Picayune. He was also the publisher of Baton Rouge’s first morning daily newspaper selling his interests to the late C. P. Manship of the Baton Rouge Morning Advocate and State-Times after he came to Bogalusa. Clyde S. Moss was a member of the Christian church, and at one time was exhaulted ruler of the Elks Lodge in Bogalusa. He was a master mason. He had served as chairman of the City Democratic Executive Committee for the past 25 years. The late editor was chairman of the William Henry Sullivan Memorial Association, which promoted the construction of Sullivan Memorial Trade School here. He was one of the charter members of the Bogalusa Rotary Club, but had later dropped his affiliation with the club. Editor Moss was the father of Bill Moss, publisher of The Bulletin and vice- president of The Enterprise Publishing Company, and Mrs. Dorothy Siegelin, wife of the mayor of Bogalusa; the brother of Claude S. Moss of Long Beach, Calif., W. Dexter Moss of Tulsa, Okla; Mrs. Gertrude m. Dyer of Hollywood, Calif., and Mrs. Mary Dukes of Indianapolis, Ind. Mr. Moss’s mother, Mrs. J. L. Horney, who has visited here twice during the past year, also survives as do four grandchildren, Bill, Sue and Scott Siegelin and Billy Moss. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bogalusa Enterprise, Bogalusa, LA 11-04-1948 H. E. Magee 61 Died Last Night Henry Elton Magee, 61-year-old former member of the parish police jury, died at his Isabel home Wednesday night at 11:30 o’clock. Mr. Magee was a native of Washington Parish and served on the police jury from his ward for many years. Funeral services will be conducted at 10 a.m. Friday at the Isabel Church with the Rev. Malcolm Talbot and the Rev. Horatio Mitchell officiating. Interment will be in Isabel Cemetery with Poole Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Mr. Magee is survived by three sons, Shanler Magee of Bogalusa, Henry Doyle Magee of Pascagoula and Loyd Victor Magee, a student at Southeastern Louisiana College; two daughters, Mrs. N. C. Reviere of Pascagoula and Mrs. W. H. Robbins of Angie. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bogalusa Enterprise, Bogalusa, LA 11-11-1948 Pierce Seal Died Sunday Funeral services were conducted on Monday at 4 o’clock for Jessie Pierce Seal, 69-year-old parish surveyor, who died at the Bogalusa Medical Center at 1:40 a.m. Sunday after remaining a patient there for several weeks with a heart attack. Mr. Seal was surveyor for the Gaylord Container Corporation for many years, and has served as parish surveyor since the resignation of Tom Pigott several years ago. The funeral was held at the Franklinton Baptist Church with Dr. A. W. Robbins officiating. Interment followed in Ellis cemetery. A Masonic rite was also conducted. Mr. Seal is survived by his widow, Mrs. Ruth Jenkins Seal, two sons, Durwood and J. P. Seal, Jr., one daughter, Mrs. Ethel Seal Fornea, all of Franklinton, Fyler C. Seal of Bogalusa was a brother of the deceased. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bogalusa Enterprise, Bogalusa, LA 11-11-1948 Sam Ott Dies at Ball Game George Herbert “Sam” Ott, member of the Parish Police Jury form Ward 2, and one of Washington Parish’s most active citizens, died suddenly of a heart attack Saturday in Tulane stadium in New Orleans while watching the Tulane-Navy football game. Mr. Ott was elected to the police jury in the 1948 elections from the Mt. Hermon vicinity. He was active in community affairs at Mt. Hermon and was a member of the Ruritan Club there. A native of Washington Parish, the deceased police juror was for 30 years Mt. Hermon mail carrier, retiring a few years ago. He was the youngest son of the late Walter P. Ott, who died at the age of 98 several years ago. Sam Ott was associated in business with his brother, John, at Mt. Hermon where Ott Brothers general merchandize store plays a prominent part in the community. Funeral services were conducted Monday afternoon at 2 p.m. at the Mt. Hermon Methodist Church. Interment was in the family plot just above Mt. Hermon. The deceased is survived by his widow, Mrs. Aline Tate Ott; three brothers, John M. Ott of Mt. Hermon; Magee Ott of Franklinton and A. O. Ott of Kentwood; two sisters, Miss Edith Ott of Mt. Hermon and Mrs. C. D. Ott of Kentwood. He was a cousin of Norman Ott of Bogalusa and of Judge C. Ellis Ott of this city. His successor to the police jury will be appointed by Governor Earl K. Long. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bogalusa Enterprise, Bogalusa, LA 11-11-1948 Sailor’s Body En Route Home Mrs. J. Russell Cooper, 429 Lexington street, has received message from Washington that the body of her son, S. 1/C James A. Beatty, U. S. Navy, will be returned to the United States and Bogalusa with the next several weeks. S1/C Beatty, who served aboard the USS Houston was killed in action during the battle of Java Sea on February 4, 1942. He was the first man from Washington parish reported killed in action. Beatty was 21 years of age at the time of his death, and was reared in Varnado, where he was graduated from the Varnado High School in 1940. Immediately following his graduation, he enlisted in the Navy. Survivors include his stepfather and his mother, Mr. and Mrs. J. Russell Cooper; three sisters, Mrs. E. W. Hunter, Norfolk, Va, Mrs. Rodney Warner and Mrs. Norman Lang, Jr., of Bogalusa; and one step-sister, Mrs. Jack Berry, also of Bogalusa. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bogalusa Enterprise, Bogalusa, LA 11-11-1948 Mrs. M. Buckley Died in Slidell Mrs. Mattie Lea Buckley, 48, a former resident of Bogalusa, died at her home in Slidell at 3:40 p.m. Friday after an extended illness with a heart ailment. Mrs. Buckley had been treated here and was taken back to her home several weeks ago. Her condition had continued to weaken until death came Friday. Funeral services were conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday at the chapel of the Poole Funeral Home with the Rev. M. H. Fields, pastor of the Slidell Baptist church, and Rev. Charlie Webb, pastor of the superior Avenue church, officiating. Interment was in Ponemah Cemetery. Mrs. Buckley is survived by her husband. Albert Buckley of Slidell, two daughters, Mrs. Maxine Moss of Bogalusa, and Mrs. Kathleen Canulette of Slidell; one sister, Mrs. Johnny Branch of this city; and three grandchildren, Bruce and Mayo Canulette and Billy Moss. Serving as pallbearers for Mrs. Buckley were Ben Wheat, Ottis Bates, Fred “Doc” Dailey, Johnny Branch, Jr., Ray Branch, Claude Carr, Mayor Curt Siegelin and Amacker Strickland. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bogalusa Enterprise, Bogalusa, LA 11-11-1948 Culbert6 Fornea’s Father Succumbed H.W. Fornea, 78-year-old father of Culbert Fornea of this city, died in Poplarville at 1 p.m. Saturday at his home of a cerebral Hemorrhage. Although Mr. Fornea was in ill health, death came suddenly. Funeral services were held Sunday at 3 p.m. at the Poplarville Methodist Church, with interment following in Poplarville cemetery. Mr. Fornea is survived by three son, Culbert of this city, Ray of Columbia and Wayne of Biloxi; five daughters, Mrs. M.M. Slaydon of Picayune, Mrs. Ed Landrum of Lumberton, Mrs. Herbert Holcomb, Mrs. Jack Amacker and Miss Ida Fornea, all of Poplarville. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bogalusa Enterprise, Bogalusa, LA 11-11-1948 Will Bateman Found Dead William A. Bateman, 71-year-old Clifton farmer, was found dead in bed Saturday morning, Mr. Bateman was a life-long resident of Washington Parish. Funeral services were conducted Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Clifton Church with the Rev. J. Hardy Kennedy officiating. Interment was in the Ellis Cemetery with Poole-Simmons Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. The deceased is survived by his widow, Mrs. Janice Magee Bateman; two sons, Madison Bateman of Franklinton and Shelton Bateman of New Orleans; one daughter, Mrs. Agnes Johnson of Angie; one brother J. Wesley Bateman of Baton Rouge, and one sister, Mrs. Mary Magee of Franklinton. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bogalusa Enterprise, Bogalusa, LA 11-18-1948 Deceased Leaves 58 Survivors Mrs. Bernice Husser Crockett, 64, who died at the Washington-St. Tammany hospital this morning (Thursday) at 8:25 o’clock, leaves a total of 58 survivors. The body is at rest at her late residence on Route 4, Franklinton until 3 p.m. Friday when funeral services will be conducted at the San Pedro church with the Rev. G. V. Hamilton officiating. Interment will be in Corkern Cemetery. Mrs. Crockett’s survivors include her husband, Henry Crockett; seven sons, P. L., L.C., W.L., Clyde, D. W. and Milford Crockett, all of Bogalusa, and Jessie Crockett of Franklinton; four daughters, Mrs. Bertha Stafford, Mrs. Hester Knight and Mrs. Geneva O’Bryant, all of Bogalusa, and Mrs. Mary Barbara of Franklinton; three brothers, Tony and Delos Husser of Franklinton, and Robert Husser of Hammond; eight sisters, Mrs. Lena Passman, Mrs. Olevia Bennett, Mrs. Florence Morgan, Mrs. Viola Williams, Mrs. Myrtle Seal and Mrs. Clara Varnado, all of Franklinton, Mrs. Mamie Faust of Jackson, La., and Mrs. Rosa Corkern of Amite. She is also survived by 27 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bogalusa Enterprise, Bogalusa, LA 11-18-1948 Funeral Slated For Mrs. Rasch Funeral Services will be conducted today (Thursday) in New Orleans for Mrs. Philip Rasch, former Bogalusan, who died Tuesday at the family home in New Orleans. Interment will be in a New Orleans cemetery. Mrs. Rasch is survived by her husband and one son, Elwood. Mrs. Robert Borde of this city, and Mrs. Allen LeBlane and Ed Michenhime are also related to Mrs. Rasch. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bogalusa Enterprise, Bogalusa, LA 11-18-1948 Mrs. Simmons Buried Tuesday Mrs. S. F. Simmons, Sr. was buried in Tylertown Cemetery on Tuesday at 2:30 o’clock after funeral services were conducted at her late residence. Mrs. Simmons had been in ill health for the past two years and had recently gone to Boston for specialized medical treatment. Her condition continued to grow worse for the past three months and she returned to her home about a week ago from Boston. Death came at 2 p.m. Monday at her home. Mrs. Simmons lived in Bogalusa for more than 15 years, where she and her husband established the Washington Parish Grocery and Grain, which is still owned by her son, S. F. Simmons, Jr. She was active in civic and church affairs in Bogalusa, being a member of the First Baptist Church. Mr. and Mrs. Simmons left Bogalusa about four years ago to make their home in Tylertown. She was a member of the Baptist Church there. Mrs. Simmons is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Nadine Mullins of Concord, N.H.; one son S. F. Simmons, Jr. of this city, and her husband, S. F. Simmons, of Tylertown, Miss. She is also survived by two brothers, Dr. W. W. Crawford Hattiesburg, Miss.; Dr. B. L. Crawford of Tylertown; and three sisters Mrs. H. J. Rines, Mrs. J. C. Prines of Tylertown and Mrs. Nat Owen of Gulfport, as well as four grandchildren. Active pallbearers were E. Bache, Robert Brock, L. J. Willoughby of Bogalusa, Charles Willis, Truley Conerly, Sr. K. E. Mangum, of Tylertown, Miss. In addition, a number of Bogalusans attend the services. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bogalusa Enterprise, Bogalusa, LA 11-18-1948 Seaman’s Body Due Saturday The body of Seaman First Class James Alfred Beatty, who died in action on February 4, 1942, will arrive here Saturday evening aboard the northbound Rebel, from where it will be carried to Poole Funeral Home chapel until services Sunday. The services will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the Poole chapel with the Rev. A. W. Robbins and the Rev. Charlie Webb officiating. Interment will follow in Ponemah Cemetery with the American Legion in charge of military rites at the graveside. Seaman Beatty, who was born on June 30, 1920 and entered the navy shortly after graduating from high school in 1940, was the first Washington Parish serviceman officially reported killed in action during the recent war. He was killed in the battle of the Java Sea. The young man was a graduate of Varnado High School. Survivors include his mother, Mrs. J. Russell Cooper; his stepfather, J. Russell Cooper; three sisters, Mrs. Rodney Warner and Mrs. Norman Lang, Jr., both of Bogalusa, and Mrs. E. W. Hunter of Norfolk, Va.; one step-sister, Mrs. Jack Betty of this city; and his maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe D. Seal. Pallbearers selected for the funeral are Jack Berry, Rodney Warner, Norman Lang, Jr., Jack Seals, Frank Glover, and Leslie Mitchell. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bogalusa Enterprise, Bogalusa, LA 11-18-1948 Funeral Today for Mrs. Thornhill Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. today (Thursday) in Morgantown, Miss., for Mrs. Ella Thornhill, 65-year-old mother of Mrs. Effie Dowdy of Avenue E., who died at 6 p.m. Tuesday of a heart attack. Mrs. Thornhill, who visited here last weekend, was in apparently good health before being stricken while working in her back yard Tuesday afternoon. She is also the grandmother of Lloyd Dowdy of Louisiana Avenue, a GM&O employee. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bogalusa Enterprise, Bogalusa, LA 11-25-1948 Mrs. M. Harris Died Early Today Mrs. Myrtle McKenzie Harris, 40, of Route 3, Franklinton, died at 4 a.m. today (Wednesday) after an illness of three weeks. Funeral services will be conducted at 3 p.m. Thursday at the Cannan Baptist Church. Interment will be in a nearby cemetery. Survivors include her husband, the Rev. Joe Harris, two sons, Larry Wendal and Robert Leslie Harris of Franklinton; one daughter, Sharon Elaine Harris; her mother, Mrs. M. L. McKenzie of Biloxi, Miss. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bogalusa Enterprise, Bogalusa, LA 11-25-1948 Funeral Held for Mrs. Crockett Funeral services were conducted Friday at 3 p.m. at San Pedro Church for Mrs. Bernice Husser Crockett, who died at 8:25 a.m. Thursday at the Washington-St. Tammany hospital. The Rev. G. V. Hamilton officiated at the services, which were followed by interment in the Corkern cemetery with Brown Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. The 64-year-old resident of Route 4, Franklinton, was the mother of P.L., L.C., W.L., D. W., Clyde and Milford Crockett, Mrs. Bertha Stafford, Mrs. Hester Knight and Mrs. Geneva O’Bryant all of Bogalusa, Jessie Crockett and Mrs. Mary Barber of Franklinton.