Obit of Manie Mazella Riley Dawson, 1946, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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>From the July 26, 1946 Winnfield News-American


Funeral Conducted For Mrs. Dawson, 76, at Zion Church

Long Time Winnfield Resident Dies Thursday After Long Illness


Funeral services for Mrs. Manie Mazella Riley Dawson, 76, who died at her home
here at 
9:40 a.m. Thursday following a long illness, were conducted at the Zion
Baptist Church near Georgetown at 3 p.m. Friday with Rev. Alwin Stokes, pastor
of the First Presbyterian Church officiating.  Interment was in the Zion
Cemetery.

Born in Butler County, Ala., on February 20, 1870, Mrs. Dawson moved to Winn
Parish when she was a young woman and was married to Robert T. Dawson on
January 1, 1899.  To this union were born a son,  Homer Dawson, who died in
infancy, and three daughters, one of whom, Marie (Mrs. Chris Bailey), died
several years ago.  Surviving besides Mr. Dawon are two daughters, Velma (Mrs.
Will Maxwell), Route 2, and Idell (Mrs. L. D. McConathy), Route 4; three
brothers, T. R. Riley and George Riley of Route 2, and Gip Riley of Winnsboro,
and ten grandchildren, including:  Billy, Lyndle and Felton Maxwell, Mrs.
Christine Bennett, Mrs. Magadene Collins and George Bailey, and Shepherd
McConathy (now with the armed forces in Japan), Bobby Joe, Dorene and Jack
McConathy.  Four grandchildren are deceased.  

Mrs. Dawson was a member of the Zion Baptist Church for 44 years, and had
resided in Winnfield for the past 22 years.

Pallbearers, with the exception of Leslie Collins, were grandsons of the
deceased, including Billy, Lyndle and Felton Maxwell, George Bailey and Bobby
Joe McConathy.

(Submitted by Greggory Ellis Davies, Winnfield, Winn Parish, LA.)