Obituaries:  James S. Eagles, Sr., 1964, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From:  April 2, 1964 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Last Rites For James S. Eagles Held Here Sunday

Funeral services for James S. Eagles, Sr., 85, were held at 2 p.m. Sunday in
the chapel of Southern Funeral Home of Winnfield, with Rev. E. B. Barton
officiating.  Burial was in the Winnfield Cemetery.

Eagles, a retired farmer, died Friday afternoon, March 27, 1964, in a
Springhill hospital after a brief illness.  He was the last survivor of 10
children of early Winn pioneers who came here in 1858 from Fort Trenton (West
Monroe).  His parents, Edward Eagles, Sr., and Nancy Jan Scarborough Eagles,
settled near Winnfield. He was a member of the Methodist Church.

Survivors are four sons, James S. Eagles, Jr., of Praire Du Rocher, Ill,
Edward Eagles of Doyline, Murphy and Clifford Eagles, bothof Winnfield; two
daughters, Mrs. J. O. Wilson of Alexandria, and Mrs. G. W. Jenkins of
Springhill; 15 grandchildren; 27 great grandchildren, and a large number of
nieces and nephews.