Obituaries: John Marion Deen, 1968, Winn Parish, LA
Submitter: Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
Source: Winn Parish Enterprise News-American 
Date: August 22, 1968
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Brother of Local Resident Dies In Gulfport

John Marion Deen, 66, retired superintendent of mails at the U. S. Post Office
in Gulfport and a resident of Gulport for 38 years died at 12:25 a.m.
Thursday, August 15, 1968 at Memorial Hospital where he had been a patient
since May 15.

Mr. Deen was born March 12, 1902 in Grant Parish, La., son of the late W. P.
and Ida Albright Deen.

He was a member of Gulf Gardens Baptist Church and Gulfport Masonic Lodge No.
422, F. & A. M.

He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mildred Tunis Deen, Gulfport; one son James
M. Deen, Long Beach; one daughter, Mrs. B. T. Herring, Gulfport; five
grandchildren and five sisters, Mrs. Ebb Hyde and Mrs. Ed Guilliams, Grant
Parish; Mrs. J. A. McBride, Jonesboro, La., Mrs. C. E. Smith, Pineville, La.,
and Mrs. E. J. Buchanan, Winnfield, La.

The funeral service was held Friday morning at 11 o'clock at the funeral home
chapel with the Rev. Dr. E. N. Wilkinson, interim pastor of the Gulf Gardens
Baptist Church, officiating. Interment was in Evergreen Cemetery.