Obituaries: Olive Shelton Eagles, 1969, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: October 14, 1969 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Mrs. O. Eagles, Retired Teacher, Dies In Miss.

Mrs. Olive Shelton Eagles, 76, died Saturday night, October 11, 1969 in a
Canton, Miss., hospital.  She was a resident of Winnfield and a native of Winn
Parish.  She was a school teacher in Winn Parish schools for over 35 years, a
member of the First Baptist Church here, and a member of the National Retired
Teachers Association.

Survivors include two sons, Harry Clayton Eagles of Canton, James Rowland
Eagles of Gibsonia, Pa.; a daughter, Mrs. F. C. Ratliff of Camas, Wash.; a
sister, Mrs. C. R. Mixon of Shreveport; seven grandchildren and one great
grandchild.

Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Tuesday in the chapel of Southern
Funeral Home with Rev. Thomas W. Cox officiating, assisted by Rev. Robert
Gage.  Burial was in Winnfield City Cemetery.

Pallbearers were Eugene F. Love, Don Turner, R. L. Terry, Kidd Farr, Woodard
Barr, and Richard Cole.