Obituaries: Leitha S. Bryant Allen, 1961, Winn Parish, LA]
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: August 3, 1961 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Final Rites Held For Mrs. Leitha Allen July 30

Mrs. Leitha S. Allen, 73, died at 3:35 a.m. Saturday, July 29 after an illness
of several weeks.  She was a native of Grant Parish but had spent most of her
life in Winnfield.

Funeral services were held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, July 30, at the Winnfield
First Methodist Church with the pastor, Rev. R. H. Staples, officiating. 
Burial was in the Garden of Memories Cemetery under direction of Southern
Funeral Home.

Mrs. Allen was a devout member of the Methodist Church and was active in the
missionary societies.

Survivors are one son, Bryant R. Allen, Clearfield, Utah; three daughters,
Mrs. C. E. Thompson, Baton Rouge; Mrs. Jewel Canerday, Calvin; Mrs. Rayford
Roark, Winnfield; two brothers, Willie and DeLeon Bryant, both of Montgomery;
four sisters, Mrs. Jim Jackson, Montgomery; Mrs. Elizabeth Reeves, Monroe;
Mrs. Willis McIlwain, Winnfield; Mrs. Niece Williams, Ferriday; and 10
grandchildren.

Pallbearers were Dennis Shell, Denton Shell, Harold Roark, J. W. Wroten, Jim
Russell, Jr., and D. L. Dunklebarter.