Obituaries: David Franklin Averett, 1927, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: November 17, 1927 Winn Parish Enterprise

D. F. Averett, Confederate Soldier, Dies At His Home Friday

David Franklin Averett, age 89 years, 8 months and 16 days, died at his home
Friday morning, November 11, after an illness of several months.  Mr. Averett,
notwithstanding his venerable age, was hale, hearty, and energetic up until
the death of his wife, July 30, 1927, after which he began to decline in
health.

He was born and reared in Alabama and has a splendid war record, serving in
the Infantry, 15th Alabama Regiment, during the entire period of the Civil
War.  In the Battle of Wilderness, May 6, 1864, Mr. Averett escaped death by
the narrowest of margins, a bullet entering one side of his forehead, passing
under the skin and emerging from the other side of the forehead.  While he was
convalescing from these wounds, he married Martha Tinnerman (Timmerman?) In
Coosa County, Alabama, December 8, 1864.  After the close of the war, Mr. and
Mrs. Averett moved to Louisiana where they spent the rest of their lives. 
They were residents of Winnfield about 14 years.

Mr. Averett is survived by nine children: W. O. Averett, Mrs. J. R. Watts, and
Mrs. C. E. Sompayrac, of Winnfield; J. R. Averett, Halleville, Texas; D. E.
Averett, Gilmer, Texas; Mrs. W. A. Stamper, Natchitoches; W. W. Averett,
Shreveport; Clarence Averett, Dallas, Texas; Mrs. William Baker, Pocahontas,
Miss.

Funeral services were held at the First Baptist Church Saturday morning, Rev.
A. H. Cullen and P. M. Caraway officiating.  Interment was in the Winnfield
Cemetery.