Obituaries: Mary E. Smith Boyett, 1945, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: June 28, 1945 Winn Parish Enterprise

Funeral Services Held For Mrs. Mary Boyett

Funeral services were held Tuesday at Zion Hill for Mrs. Mary E. Boyett, 72,
who died Sunday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Joe Holmes, in Winnfield. 
Interment was in the Zion Hill Cemetery under the direction of the Southern
Funeral Home, with the Rev. H. H. McBride, pastor of the First Baptist Church
of Winnfield, and Rev. Lynn Browning, pastor of the Church of Christ of
Winnfield, in charge.

Mrs. Boyett was a member of the Zion Hill Baptist Church.  She was born
November 13, 1873 in Grant Parish, and was a resident of the Tannehill
Community in Winn Parish for a number of years prior to her death.

Surviving Mrs. Boyett are four daughters, Mrs. Audie Howell and Mrs. Joe
Holmes of Winnfield, Mrs. Della Brasher of Tioga, Mrs. Euie Nolley of Dallas,
Texas; four sons, H. H. Boyett of Winnfield, Lewis Boyett of Olla, Odus Boyett
with the U. S. Army in England, and Luther E. Boyett with the U. S. Army,
stationed at Fort Custer, Mich.; three brothers, Matt Smith of Gerard, La.,
and Bunion Smith and Pete Smith of Winnfield; four sisters, Mrs. Bessie
Mercer, Miss Rose Smith, Miss Lonnie Smith, and Mrs. C. W. Fox, all of
Winnfield.

Besides her two sons she had five grandsons in service. They are Sgt. Arvel
Boyett of Alexandria, Lindsey Nolley of Miama, Fal, Junior Brasher, who is
serving on Okinawa, and Cpl. Cliff and Arie Hughes, who have recently returned
to the States after several months of duty in the Pacific.