Obituaries: Roy Colvin, 1932, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: September 22, 1932 Winn Parish Enterprise

Funeral Rites Held Here For Roy Colvin

Dies At His Home in Georgetown After A Stroke Of Paralysis

Roy Colvin, 39 years of age, died at his home in Georgetown, La., Tuesday
morning, September 20, 1932.  He had been ill only since Friday, having had
a stroke of paralysis and hemorrhages of the brain.

Funeral services were conducted at Georgetown by the Rev. A. H. Cullen,
Baptist pastor of Winnfield.  Interment was in the Winnfield Cemetery with
Rev. Alwin Stokes, Presbyterian minister, in charge of the services.

Pallbearers were nephews of the deceased: Justin Colvin, Henry Colvin, Richard
Colvin, Jared Bevill, Howard Finn, and W. E. LaCroix.

The deceased was born in Lincoln Parish and moved to Winnfield when a child
with his parents.  He was the son of the late J. A. Colvin.  While living here
he married Miss Sallie Mobley, of Bernice.  They have been residing at
Georgetown for a number of years where he owned a freight line.