Obituaries: Mattie Chandler Boyett, 1946, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: August 2, 1946 Winnfield News-American

Funeral Conducted For Mrs. Boyett, Winnfield, Route 4

Mother of Four in Winn Dies Suddenly Saturday Afternoon

Funeral services for Mrs. Mattie Boyett, 72, who died suddenly at her home at
Winnfield, Route 4, at 6 p.m. Saturday, were conducted at the Zion Hill
Baptist Church at 3:30 p.m. Sunday with Rev. Alwin Stokes, pastor of First
Presbyterian Church of Winnfield, officiating.  Interment was in the Zion Hill
Cemetery, under the direction of Hixson Brothers Funeral Home.

Born in Lincoln Parish, Mrs. Boyett was educated in Winn and Jackson Parishes
and was married to the late James A. Boyett at Vernon, La., in 1894.

She is survived by four daughters, Mrs. A. D. Carson, Shreveport, Mrs. I. C.
Creel, Winnfield, Route 4, Mrs. C. L. Rowell, Lake Charles, and Mrs. Dan Oden,
Pine Bluff, Ark.; three sons, Jessie, Lloyd, and Howard Boyett, all of
Winnfield, Route 4; two brothers, Robert Chandler of Winnfield, Route 4, and
Wilie Chandler of Quitman; two sisters, Mrs. Della Cooper and Mrs. Euie
Albright, Quitman;; and 22 grandchildren and three great grandchildren.

Pallbearers were Lendon Creel, Charles Creel, Gordon Carson, A. D. Carson, I.
C. Creel, and C. L. Rowell.