Obituaries: Minnie Powell Carpenter, 1957, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: October 17, 1957 Winn Parish Enterprise

Mrs. A. Carpenter Succumbs; Buried At Bethlehem

Last rites for Mrs. Alon Carpenter, 48, of Calvin, who died in a local
hospital October 12, after a lengthy illness with a brain tumor, were held
Sunday, Oct. 13, at 2 p.m. at the Calvin Baptist Church, with the pastor, Rev.
Carter Hall, and Rev. Jewel Canerday officiating.

Burial was in the Bethlehem Cemetery under direction of Southern Funeral Home.

The former Miss Minnie Powell, she leaves her husband, Alon Carpenter, and
three sons, Tracy, Bobby, and Michael, all of Calvin; two daughters, Mrs.
Mignon Brown, Shreveport, and Mrs. Shirley Brewton, Calvin; three
grandchildren.

She also leaves her mother, Mrs. Olla Powell, Calvin; three brothers, J. F.
Powell, Shreveport, Jimmie Powell, Evadale, Texas, and Woodrow Powell, Calvin;
three sisters, Mrs. Rosella Price, Pollock, Mrs. Edith Lincecum, Georgetown,
and Mrs. Marie Lovell, Shreveport.