Obituaries: Emily Elizabeth Brand, 1965, Winn Parish, LA. Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** From: August 26, 1965 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American Funeral Rites For Mrs. Emily Brand Held Wednesday Funeral services for Mrs. Emily Elizabeth Brand, 85, were held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, August 25, 1965 at Sikes Baptist Church with the Rev. Willie James officiating. Burial was in Sikes Cemetery under direction of Edmonds' Funeral Home of Jonesboro. Mrs. Brand died Monday, August 23, 1965 in a Winnfield hospital. Survivors include four sons, Amos Brand of Shreveport, Clay Brand of Beaumont, Texas, Louie Brand and Francis Brand, both of Sikes; three daughters, Mrs. Mae Erskins of Sikes, Mrs. Trudie Simmons of Joyce, and Mrs. Gladys Crain of Pollock; one sister, Mrs. Lannie Roberts of Crossett, Ark.; 16 grandchildren, 41 great grandchildren, and 13 great-great grandchildren. Pallbearers were Estes Bozeman, Homer Simmons, Marion Feltenberger, Richard Feltenberger, Bill Trittle, Charles Crain.