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

Mrs. Idell Bland Will Be Buried Here Friday

Mrs. Idell Bland, 59, Winnfield native, who died in St. Petersburg, Fla.,
her home residence after her illness, will be brought to Winnfield
Thursday to 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 direction of Southern
Funeral Home.

Mrs. Bland, daughter of Mrs. Sadie Thomas of Winnfield, spent most of her
life in Winnfield, and returned her 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; her mother of
Winnfield; 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.