Obituaries: Ella Machen Burnum, 1956, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: December 27, 1956 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Mrs. E. Burnum Dies In Texas, Buried In Winn

Funeral services for Mrs. Ella Machen Burnum, 74, were held at 2 p.m. Sunday,
Dec. 23, at Southern Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. John Kitchingham
officiating.  She died Thursday at Arlington, Texas.

Burial was in the Cypress Creek Cemetery under direction of Southern Funeral
Home.  Pallbearers were O. W. Machen, W. H. Machen, D. C. Machen, Luther
Frazier, Elmo Frazier, and Garland Robinson, all nephews of the deceased.

Mrs. Burnum was a native of Calvin and had lived most of her life in Winn
Parish.

Survivors include three sons, Ebbin and Clarence Burnum, Arlington, Texas;
Martin Burnum, Spring Field, Ore.; one daughter, Mrs. Emma Waller, Arlington;
two sisters, Mrs. J. E. Frazier, Winnfield and Mrs. Alma Robinson, Tallulah;
four brothers, Henry Machen, Pierce F. Machen and H. M. Machen, all of
Winnfield, and Morris Machen of Tallulah; 11 grandchildren and 24 great
grandchildren.