Obit: Cynthia Mary Durham Bazar, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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>From the January 16, 1953 Winnfield News-American

Mrs. Cynthia Bazar, Winn's Oldest Native Citizen, Claimed By Death

Mrs. Cynthia Mary Bazar, 94, died at 4 a.m. Sunday morning, January 11, at her
home on the Atlanta Road.

Grandmother Bazar, as she was known, had been in poor health for sometime. 
She was Winn Parish's oldest citizen at the time of her death, and had many
friends throughout Winn and Grant Parish.  She was a member of the Laurel
Heights Baptist Church.  Born on October 16, 1858, Grandmother Bazar had lived
her entire life in Winn Parish.

Funeral services were held Monday at 11 a.m. in the Sardis Baptist Church with 
Rev. H. J. Mott officiating.  Interment was in the Sardis Cemetery with
funeral directions under the direction of Southern Funeral Home.

Grandmother Bazar is survived by four daughters, Miss Reba Bazar, Winnfield,
Mrs. Laura Lashley and Mrs. Lola Lashley, Verda, Mrs. Bell King, Monroe, and
two sons, Watson and Ellis Bazar of Winnfield.  Three sisters, Miss Mattie and
Casie King of Robeline, and Mrs. Kizzie Box.  Two brothers, J. L. Durham,
Atlanta, and A. C. Durham, of Santa Rosa, California.

Pallbearers were Julius Shelton, Bill Evans, Iley Taylor, Dennison Evans,
Clarence Shelton, and Dewitt Collins.

(Submitted by Greggory Ellis Davies, Winnfield, Winn Parish, LA.)