Obituaries: Yvonne Long Atkins, 1960, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: September 22, 1960 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Accident Takes Life Of Mrs. Orlean Atkins

Funeral services were held September 8, 1960, at 2:30 p.m. for Mrs. Yvonne
Long Atkins, who died at approximately 2:00 a.m. September 6, 1960, near Mt.
Pleasant, Texas, as a result of a one car auto crash.  Mrs. Atkins was
returning home after a week's visit with her husband who was employed in
Ashland, Kansas as a welder with the R. H. Fulton Company.  There were no
witnesses to the accident, although it is believed the driver fell asleep. 
The other occupant of the foreign-made car, Don A. McCartney, was also killed
in the accident.

Mrs. Atkins is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John N. Long, lifelong residents
of Winn Parish.  Her late grandparents were Mr. and Mrs. Felix Long and
Mr. Robert Wright and Mrs. Mary Ann Chandler.

She is survived by her husband, James Orlean Atkins, Rt. 2; three sons,
Orlean, Jr., age 14, Monty Wayne, 12, and Michael, 9; her parents; two
sisters, Mrs. Annie Sasser, Lubbock, Texas; Mrs. Vera Wells of Rt. 2; two
brothers, J. W. Long of Rt. 2 and Norris Long, of Shreveport; nine nieces and
nephews and two great nieces; also a host of other relatives and friends.

The body lay in state at Hixson's Chapel for a few hours before being placed
in her parent's home to remain until shortly before services began.

Pallbearers were Orville Allbritton, Johnny Jones, College Station, Texas,
nephews; Doyal Thomas, J. C. Wright, and James Long, cousins, of Winnfield;
and Paul Lavespeare, Rt. 2, Sunday School Superintendent of Calvary Baptist
Church.

Mrs. Atkins' burial was in the new church cemetery.  Her grave is on the spot
where the old Curry schoolhouse once stood, the school she entered as a
beginner.

Yvonne graduated from the Winnfield High School June 5, 1942, attended
Louisiana College, Pineville, and School of Nursing, Ponca City, Okla.

She became a Christian and a member of Crossroads Baptist Church in 1946, and
has since worked untiringly in church and community welfare.  Mrs. Atkins was
instrumental in organizing the first Vacation Bible School in her church; and
was a charter member of the New Calvary Baptist Church on Highway 84 East
where the body was laid to rest in the new cemetery.

She lived nearby the church and during the past year worked almost daily
inside the building, painting, cleaning, planning, or outside on the grounds. 
She contributed much in Christian training and education in her church and
will be greatly missed by the host of friends and loved ones she left behind.