Obituaries: Rev. Lorenzo Dow Emmons, 1945, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: March 23, 1945 Winnfield News-American

Rev. L. D. Emmons of Sikes Buried At Harmony Grove


Funeral services for Rev. Lorenzo Dow Emmons, 88, of Sikes, who died in a
Jonesboro clinic on Thursday, were held Friday, March 16, at the Harmony Grove
cemetery.  Conducting the last rites was Rev. J. W. Buckner of Jonesboro, and
was under direction of Southern Funeral Home of Winnfield.

Rev. Emmons was reared and educated in Winn Parish and was a member of the
Baptist Church and the Masonic Lodge.

He is survived by his wife and three sons, G. R. Emmons of Baton Rouge, J.
R. Emmons of Houston, Tex., and J. M. Emmons of Shreveport; one brother, G. E.
Emmons of Winn Parish; five sisters, Mrs. A. A. Crain of Sikes,  Mrs. L. G.
Womack of Chatham, Mrs. J. F. Bowen of Wyatt, Mrs. L. T.  Newsom of Lake
Charles, and Mrs. G. C. Kidd of Sikes.