Obituaries: Mattie Martha Crippen, 1952, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: April 25, 1952 Winnfield News-American

Mother of Two Local Men Dies in Houston, Texas

Mrs. Crippen Rites Held in Winnfield Thursday Afternoon

Funeral services were held at the J. W. Crippen residence at 3 p.m. Thursday
for Mrs. Mattie Martha Crippen, 87, of Houston, Texas, mother of two local
men, who died in Houston April 23 after several years illness.  Rites were
conducted by Dr. W. L. Holcomb, pastor of the First Baptist Church, assisted
by the Rev. Alwin Stokes, pastor of the Winnfield Presbyterian Church, and
interment was in the Winnfield Cemetery under direction of the Hixson Brothers
Funeral Home.

A native of Texas, Mrs. Crippen was born March 12, 1865.  She is survived by
two sons, J. W. Crippen and Frank Crippen of Winnfield; one daughter, Mrs.
Willie Goodman of Fort Worth, Texas, and several grandchildren and great
grandchildren.

Pallbearers were J. J. Crippen, Willie Lasyone, Fred Cottonbrooks, George
Crippen, Frank Crippen, Jr., and Earl Baggett.