Obituaries: Huey DeCalve Clifton, 1940, Winn Parish, LA
Submitter: Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
Source: Winnfield News-American 
Date: February 16, 1940
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H. D. Clifton, Native of Winn, Dies Saturday

H. D. Clifton, 39, of Pioneer, died in the Riverside sanitarium at Monroe
Saturday morning, February 10, following an illness of several days.

Mr. Clifton, a son of the late J. C. Clifton, and a native of Winn Parish, had
lived the past 10 years in West Carroll Parish.  He is survived by his wife,
the former Miss Zelma Fox of Baskin; two sons, Hyman and Dewain; six brothers,
Zelma Clifton of Ruston, Elmer and Henry Clifton of Natchitoches, Ernest
Clifton of Oak Grove, and Herman and Henry Clifton of Monroe; and three
sisters, Miss Mary Clifton of Monroe, Mrs. Shirley Coody of Darnell, and Mrs.
C. Durbin of Pioneer.

He was born in Winn Parish in 1901 but moved to West Carroll Parish in 1929,
settling in Pioneer, where he farmed.  He was well known in his native and
adopted parishes.

Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the Union Church at Baskin,
with the Rev. I. A. Patton of West Monroe officiating.  Interment followed in
the Union Church Cemetery.