Obituaries: J. H. Cookston, 1949, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: December 29, 1949 Winn Parish Enterprise

Former Local Timber Dealer Buried Sunday

J. H. Cookston, 92, died Friday, December 23, at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. G. W. DeLaughter, in Sparkman, Ark.  Funeral services were held in
Jonesboro, La., at the Edmonds Funeral Home chapel Sunday morning, December
25, at 10:00 o'clock with Rev. Hearn, Baptist pastor, conducting the services.

As a resident of Winnfield from 1915 to 1945, Mr. Cookston was engaged in
timber and saw mill business.  

Survivors are one son, Roy Cookston, of Alexandria, La., and a daughter, Mrs.
G. W. DeLaughter, of Sparkman, Ark,; eleven grandchildren and ten great
grandchildren.

Pallbearers, grandsons of the deceased, were Jimmie Cookston, Dr. Cavitt
Cookston, John DeLaughter, James Taylor, G. W. DeLaughter, Jr., Roy P.
Cookston, Gresham Shinn, and Ray Jenkins.