Obituaries: Esther Shows Walsworth Chandler, 1969, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: October 9, 1969 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Mrs. Jim Chandler, 83, Succumbs; Rites Monday

Esther S. Chandler, 83, died Sunday, October 5, 1969 at 6:40 p.m. in a
Winnfield hospital.

Mrs. Chandler was the widow of the late Jim Chandler and was a member of the
Laurel Heights Baptist Church.

She is survived by four sons, Harold Walsworth of San Antonio, Texas, Wendell
Chandler and Woodrow Chandler, both of Dodson, and Leonard Chandler of
Shreveport; two daughters, Mrs. Louie Taylor of Dodson and Mrs. Leroy Shively
of Winnfield; one stepson, Arthur Chandler of Dodson; three stepdaughters,
Mrs. Beulah Barnes and Mrs. Alma Taylor, both of Shreveport and Mrs. Auborn
Roberts of DeRidder; two brothers, S. M. Shows of Mansfield and George Shows
of Baton Rouge; two sisters, Mrs. N. L. Horton of Winnfield and Mrs. Myrtle
Adams of Coushatta; 17 grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren.

Funeral services were held at 2:30 p.m. Monday in the Southern Funeral Home
Chapel in Winnfield with Rev. Ernie Yocum, Rev. Louis Moffett, and Rev. C. C.
Martin officiating.  Burial was in Old Hebron Cemetery near Jonesboro.

Pallbearers, all grandsons, were Don Chandler, Bobby Chandler, Edward Dale
Chandler, Lynn Taylor, Hayward Shively, and Fredrick Chandler.