Obit of B.F. Allbritton, 1944, Winn Parish, LA Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** >From the January 14, 1944 Winnfield News-American B. F. Allbritton of Ward 2 Succumbs To Illness Tuesday Former Police Juror Of Ward 2 and Prominent Stock Raiser B. Floyd Allbritton, former police juror of Ward 2 and prominent farmer and stock raiser of this section died at a local clinic Tuesday following an illness of several months. The deceased, the son of the late J. J. Allbritton, was born in Texas and moved here with his parents when a small boy. He grew to manhood in Winn Parish and engaged in farming and cattle raising. One of his chief interests was rodeo shows, a number of which he staged in Winnfield and his home in Ward 2. He was a member of the Beech Creek Baptist Church, where funeral services will be conducted by the Rev. R. M. Doughty, pastor, probably Sunday or as soon as arrangements can be completed pending the arrival of his sons, J. C. Allbritton who is in the armed forces located at Camp Cook, California. Surviving him are his widow, four children, three of whom are by a former marriage, J. C. Allbritton of Camp Cook, Calif., two daughters, Miss Audie Allbritton of Baton Rouge, and Mrs. J. W. Flenekin of New Orleans, and a small son, H. F. Allbritton; three brothers, E. E. Allbritton and Ed Allbritton of Ward 2, and two sisters, the former Miss Lula Allbritton but who is married and lives in Arkansas, and Mrs. Perry Keyes. He served as police juror of Ward 2 for two terms, 1928-32 and 1932-36. He was a leader in his community in all civic, political and church activities. (Submitted by Greggory Ellis Davies, Winnfield, Winn Parish, LA.)