Obituaries:  John R. Elliott, 1938, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by: Deanna Simmons Hess, RR 9, Box 1548, Livingston, TX 77351
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THE WINNFIELD-NEWS AMERICAN
Friday,  August 5, 1938

Final Rites Held At Dodson
For John R. Elliott

Widely Known Citizen and
Member of Prominent Family Dies

   John R. Elliott, 77, died Saturday afternoon at the Ruston Lincoln
sanitarium after a brief illness.  Funeral services were conducted
Sunday at the Methodist Protestant Church.  The Rev. I. A. Patton of
Monroe, pastor of the church which the deceased was a member and the
Rev. S. G. Rodgers of Pineville Baptist Church  officiated.  Interment
was in the New Hope cemetery.  The pallbearers were, H. R. Sylvest, A.
L. Mixon, W. D. Temple, E. J. Hogan, J. R. Emmons and Wilbur Sholars.
   Mr. Elliott was a member of the Methodist Church and of Dodson Lodge,
No. 289, F. and A. M.
   Surviving the deceased are his wife; four daughters: Mrs. W. C. Webb,
Alexandria; Mrs. C. W. Edwards, Ruston; Mrs. Hugh Larson, Norphlet, Ark;
Mrs. L. M. Doucet, Washington;  three sons:  Elmo Elliott and Ashford
Elliott both of Dodson and A. H. Elliott of Alexandria.