Obituaries: Jessie Davenport, 1972, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: April 5, 1972 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Funeral Rites For Sister Davenport Held

Funeral services for Sister Jessie Davenport were held Saturday, April 1, 1972
at 2 p.m. at Union Hill Baptist Church with Rev. F. T. Eddins, pastor,
officiating.

Interment, under direction of Winnfield Funeral Home, was in Union Hill
Cemetery.

Sister Davenport died March 26, 1972 at 7 p.m. in Huey P. Long Memorial
Hospital after a lengthy illness.

Survivors include her husband, Rev. J. S. Davenport of Winnfield; four sons,
Willie David Swany, Jr., and Willie Roy Davenport of Winnfield, Daniel of
Chicago, Illinois, two daughters, Mrs. Gladys Turner and Mrs. Robbie Howard of
Gary, Indiana, 14 grandchildren, and a host of other relatives and friends.