Obituaries: Myrtle Brantley Anderson, 1929, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: June 13, 1929 Winn Parish Enterprise

Mrs. J. E. Anderson Dies Here Tuesday

Funeral Services At The Home Wednesday Afternoon; Burial in Winnfield Cemetery

Mrs. Myrtle Anderson, wife of J. E. Anderson, died at her home two miles from
Winnfield Tuesday afternoon after a two weeks illness.  Funeral services were
conducted at the home Wednesday afternoon by Rev. A. H. Cullen, pastor of the
Baptist Church.  Burial was in Winnfield Cemetery.

Surviving Mrs. Anderson is her husband and four children, Mrs. Oscar Barton,
Jim, Virgil, and Mabel Anderson of Winnfield, and two brothers, Joe and Philip
Brantley of Arcadia; a sister, Mrs. Jim Readhimer of Floydada, Texas, and a
half sister, Mrs. Mattie Youngblood of Mt. Lebanon.

Relatives from out of town attending the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Brantley, Mrs. Hiser and two children, Eloise and Shelly; Mr. and Mrs. Phillip
Brantley and Leonard and Guy Brantley, and Clotile, Irene, and Grace Brantley,
and Mrs. Julius Williams, Mr. and Mrs. Glen Anders, of Arcadia.  Others
attending were Mrs. R. L. Oxley and son, Jesse Lee; John Williams Henry Haley
and Miss Stewart of Arcadia.

The love and esteem in which Mrs. Anderson was held was shown by the beautiful
floral offering.  Mrs. Anderson was a member of the Baptist Church, having
joined when she was eleven years old.  She was 52 years old.

Mrs. Anderson was born in Webster Parish and moved with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. B. G. Brantley, now deceased, to Arcadia during her girlhood days.  She
was married to J. E. Anderson in 1896.