Obituaries: Marjorie Smith Bartley, 1962, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: August 30, 1962 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Mrs. R. W. Bartley Succumbs Aug. 25 In Local Hospital

Mrs. R. W. Bartley, 89, of Jordan Hill community, died in a Winnfield hospital
Saturday, August 25, after a long illness.  She was the former Miss Marjorie
Smith, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Smith, pioneer residents of
that community, and she spent her entire life in that area.

Funeral services were held at the Big Creek Baptist Church, of which she was a
member, at 2 p.m. Monday, August 27.  Officiating were the Rev. C. E.
Arrington, Rev. Glen Griffin, and Rev. Willie Broadway.  Burial was in the Old
Corinth Cemetery.

The following grandsons acted as pallbearers: Harvey and Owen Jordan, Dennis
and Walter Bartley, Lavell Bartley, Hubert and Herbert Bartley, and Thomas
Antley.

Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Florence Williams, Mrs. Lawrence Jordan,
and Mrs. Bill Antley, all of Winnfield; five sons, John, Walter, and Clifford
Bartley, all of Winnfield, Charlie Bartley of Urania, and Wade Bartley of
Joyce; two brothers, Jim Smith and Charlie Smith, both of Winnfield; one
sister, Mrs. Missouri Dawson of Monroe; 18 grandchildren, 36 great
grandchildren, and three great great grandchildren.