Obituaries: Martha Parlee Adams, Mrs. C. L. Boles, 1950, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: November 30, 1950 Winnfield News-American


Aged Mother and Daughter, 45, Died In Winn This Week

An 85 year old Winn Parish native and her 45 year old daughter died this week
only a day apart.  They were Mrs. Martha Parlee Adams, lifelong resident of
Ward 3, who died Sunday, October 29, and her daughter, Mrs. C. L. Boles of
Winnfield, who succumbed at 6:55 p.m. Monday, October 30, after a lengthy
illness.

Funeral services for Mrs. Adams were held Monday at 10 a.m. at Shady Grove
Baptist Church.  Last rites for Mrs. Boles were conducted Thursday, November
2, at Hurricane Grove Baptist Church near Sikes.

Mrs. Martha Parlee Adams was born April 2, 1885 in Ward 3, Winn Parish, and
had lived all her life in that area.  She was a member of the Shady Grove
Baptist Church.  Mrs. Adams died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Ellard
Kennedy in Sikes.  Officiating the last rites were Rev. B. G. Dyess and Rev.
A. D. Murry.  Interment, under direction of Southern Funeral Home, was in the
family cemetery.  Her grandsons served as pallbearers.

Surviving were four daughters, Mrs. C. L. Boles, of Winnfield, who died the
following day, Mrs. Ellard Kennedy of Sikes, Mrs. Dottie Parker of Olla, and
Mrs. Claire Jordan of Sikes; three sons, T. J. Adams, W. C. Adams, and J. E.
Adams, all of Sikes; and one brother, A. C. Brister of Pineville.  Also
surviving are 45 grandchildren and 21 great grandchildren.

Rites For Mrs. Boles

Funeral services for Mrs. C. L. Boles who passed away at her home on East
Lafayette Street Monday night after a lengthy illness of several years, were
held at Hurricane Grove Church Thursday, November 2, at 2 o'clock, with the
Rev. B. G. Dyess officiating.  Burial in Hurricane Grove Cemetery was under
direction of Southern Funeral Home.

She was born in 1905 in Ward 3 and had lived all her life in Winn Parish.  For
the past seven years she had made her home in Winnfield.

Surviving are her husband, C. L. Boles; three sons, Victor Boles of Winnfield,
Ardis Boles of Baton Rouge, and Henry Lee Boles of the U. S. Navy in San
Diego, Calif; one daughter, Mrs. Avis Lewing of Many, La.; three sisters, Mrs.
Ellard Kennedy of Sikes, Mrs. Dottie Parker of Olla, and Mrs. Claire Jordan
of Sikes; three brothers, T. J. Adams, W. C. Adams, and J. E. Adams, all of
Sikes.