Obituaries: Carrie Elizabeth Eck Bozeman, 1949, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: January 13, 1949 Winn Parish Enterprise

Funeral Services For Mrs. Bozeman Held Here Sunday

Mrs. Carrie Elizabeth Bozeman, 82, widow of the late M. W. Bozeman, died at
the home of her son, H. B. Bozeman, in Winnfield, Saturday, January 8, 1949,
after several months illness.

Funeral services were held at the First Baptist Church Sunday afternoon, but
the Rev. H. H. McBride, Baptist pastor, and Rev. Alwin Stokes, pastor of the
Presbyterian Church.  Interment was in the Winnfield Cemetery under direction
of Hixson Funeral Home.

Pallbearers were Dr. Jack Willis, Bossier City, Welby Willis, W. L. Sowers, M.
T. Crowe, Francis Walker, and Estes Bozeman.

Mrs. Bozeman was born in Onley, Ill., August 7, 1866.  When an infant her
parents moved to St. Helena Parish, and five years later to Arkadelphia, Ark.,
where she grew to womanhood.  There she was married to M. W. Bozeman, Feb. 20,
1890 and in 1901 moved to Dodson and to Winnfield in 1905, where she has
resided since.  The Bozemans built the first home on East Center Street.  She
became a member of the Baptist Church at an early age and was a member of the
First Baptist Church of Winnfield.  Mrs. Bozeman was active in the work of the
American Legion Auxiliary, holding the office of chaplain in that
organization.

She is survived by three sons, H. B. and Eck H. Bozeman of Winnfield and M. E.
Bozeman, Sr., of Montgomery; two daughters, Mrs. P. J. Willis, Bossier City
and Miss Eva Bozeman, Baton Rouge; one brother, Fred W. Eck of Pine Bluff,
Ark., and a sister, Mrs. G. A. Bennett of Alice, Texas.  Also 10 grandchildren
and four great grandchildren.