Obituaries: Joe Dodson, 1948, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: June 3, 1948 Winn Parish Enterprise

Joe Dodson, 83, Colored Yard Man Succumbs Sunday

Joe Dodson, 83, colored yard man for numerous Winnfield citizens for many
years, except during the cotton picking season, died at his home in the
McMurdo Quarters Sunday.  An employee of the L & A Railway for 33 years, he
retired on a pension in 1935 and devoted his time to yard work except during
the cotton picking season when he would tell his white friends that he
couldn't work for them "because there's nothing I like better than rairoadin'
and pickin' cotton."

Joe was married to Mat Jones who washed for many Winnfield families previous
to the day of the automatic washing machines.  She survives him with a number
of daughters.

Funeral services were held Tuesday with burial in the Union Cemetery.