Obituaries: Idelle Bland, 1968, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: November 7 & 14, 1968 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Mrs. Idell Bland Will Be Buried Here Driday

Mrs. Idell Bland, 59, Winnfield native, who died in St. Petersburg, Fla., her
home residence after an illness, will be brought to Winnfield Thursday to the
Southern Funeral Home, where last rites will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday.
The Rev. Thomas Cox, pastor of the First Baptist Church, will officiate.

Burial will be in the Winnfield Cemetery under the direction of Southern
Funeral Home.

Mrs. Bland, daughter of Mrs. Sadie Thomas of Winnfield, spent most of her life
in Winnfield and returned here several years ago, where she and her late
husband spent one year before moving to Florida.

She is survived by one son, Robert Earl, of Little Rock; two sisters, Mrs.
Thelma Nicholson of Choudrant and Mrs. Amelia Prentiss of Dallas; three aunts,
Mrs. Olive Colwell and Mrs. Thelma DeBerg of Dallas, and Mrs. Virginia Porter
of Ferriday.

Out of Town Relatives Attend Funeral of Mrs. Idelle Bland

Out of town relatives attending the funeral of Mrs. Idelle Bland were Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Earle, Little Rock, Ark.; Mrs. and Mrs. R. J. Prentiss, Dallas,
Texas; Mrs. Thelma Nicholson, Choudrant, La.; Mrs. A. M. Cook, Little Rock,
Ark.; Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Bradford, Choudrant, La.; Mr. B. S. Bradford,
Columbia, La.; Mrs. Virginia Porter and S. L. Porter of Ferriday; Mrs. Thelma
de Berg, Miss Olive Colwell, Pineville, La.; Mrs. D. T. Colwell of Alexandria;
Mrs. Verna Manning of Monroe; Mrs. J. R. Mann, Bossier City; and Mr. and Mrs.
Scaife of Shreveport.