Obituaries:  A. C. "Ace" Buffington, 1964, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From:  April 23, 1964 Winn Parish Enterprise-News American

A. C. Buffington Succumbs After Long Illness

A. C. "Ace" Buffington, 56, well known lumber broker, died in a local hospital
Saturday, April 18, 1964, after a long illness.  He had operated his business
during the past years in South Louisiana, but prior to that had been
associated with the Thomas Lumber Company in Winnfield before it was
dissolved.

Last rites were conducted at the First Presbyterian Church at 4 p.m. Sunday
with the Rev. W. R. Gage, pastor, and the Rev. George W. Ross, First Methodist
Church pastor, officiating.  Burial was in the Winnfield Cemetery under
direction of Hixson Brothers Funeral Home.

Acting as pallbearers were John McBurney, G. H. Trammel, Jr., Ranal Brady, R.
D. Skains, Jr., Howard Roy, Alon Bishop, Price Tomlinson, and Jesse Bertrand.

Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Jewel Watts Buffington, Winnfield; one son, Lamar
Buffington, Monroe; two sisters, Mrs. Carmon Johnson, Memphis, Tenn., and Mrs.
F. E. Klopsestein, Harlengin, Texas; and two grandchildren.