Obituaries: Alonzo Malachi Douglas, 1929, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: May 23, 1929 Winn Parish Enterprise

Funeral Services For A. M. Douglas Held

Mr. Douglas Died At His Home Wednesday Night.  Services At 3 O'Clock Today

Funeral services for Alonzo Malachi Douglas, age 71 years, who died at his
home here Wednesday night at nine o'clock, were held at the First Baptist
Church this afternoon at 3 o'clock.  The Rev. J. R. Edwards, Baptist minister
of Ruston, assisted by the Rev. Cullen, pastor of Winnfield Baptist Church,
had charge of the services.

Interment was in the Winnfield Cemetery.

Mr. Douglas was a resident of Winnfield for more than twenty five years.  For
the past number of years he was owner of the Winnfield Shoe Hospital.  Before
coming to Winnfield, Mr. Douglas was an architect.  Mr. Douglas at one time
served as town councilman of Winnfield.  He was one of the organizers and a
director of the First National Bank.  He was a member of the First Baptist
Church.

Mr. Douglas was born in Caldwell Parish, the son of Franklin and Elizabeth
Douglas, deceased.  He was married three times, first to Mrs. Primrose
Raymond, 1879, second to Mrs. Cordelia Smith, 1896, and to Miss Bertha
Alexander, in 1916.  His only child, Mrs. S. N. Thomas, preceded him in death.

He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Bertha Alexander Douglas; three
grandchildren, Mrs. Lucille Thomas Jones, Junction City, Ark.; Miss Lovia
Thomas, El Dorado, Ark., and Marjorie Thomas, Winnfield; one brother, D. E.
Douglas, Wyatt, Route 2; and one step son, Mr. Raymond of Wyatt, Route 2.

Out of town relatives and friends attending Mr. Douglas' funeral were Mr. and
Mrs. Bishop and family, Minden; Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Worsham, Woodworth; Mr. D.
E. Douglas, Wyatt; Mrs. Pearl Buchanan, Wyatt; Mr. and Mrs. Will Watts, Wyatt;
Mr. J. F. Raymond, Wyatt; Mr. and Mrs. K. A. Thomas, Atlanta; Willard W.
Smith, Shreveport; Mrs. Brantley and Miss Ruie Brantley, Minden; Rev. and Mrs.
J. R. Edwards, Ruston; Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Gandy, Bossier City; Rawlings Thomas
and family, Pineville; and Mr. J. T. Walsworth, Dodson.