Obituaries: Louie Dolton Brand, 1968, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: February 8, 1968 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Louis Brand, 65, Dies; Rites Held Saturday

Funeral services for Louis Dolton Brand, 65, of Sikes, former postmaster at
Sikes and retired railroad depot agent, were held at 4 p.m. Saturday in the
Sikes Baptist Church with the Rev. Willie James officiating.

Burial was in the church cemetery under the direction of Hixson Brothers
Funeral Home of Winnfield with Masonic graveside rites performed by Rosemary
Lodge No. 278 of Sikes.

Mr. Brand died Thursday, February 1, 1968 in a local nursing home after a
lengthy illness.

He was a native of Heflin and a member of the Sikes Baptist Church.

Survivors are his widow, Mrs. Onie White Brand of Sikes; three daughters, Mrs.
Jimmie Corry of Alexandria, Va., Mrs. Estes Bozeman of Winnfield, and Mrs.
Betty Creel of Sikes; two brothers, Clay Brand of Beaumont, Texas, and Francis
Brand of Sikes; three sisters, Mrs. Mae Erskins of Sikes, Mrs. Trudie Simmons
of Verda, and Mrs. Gladys Crain of Pollock; and ten grandchildren.

Clarence Thompson, H. R. Forrest, Floyd Dulaney, Puckett Willis, Clyde
Herring, and Harold Simmons, all members of Rosemary Lodge No. 278 of Sikes,
acted as pallbearers.

Among others participating in the graveside rites were Ed Gassiott, Eugene
Love, and Stanley Branch.