Obituaries:  Mary Lavonia Hyde Fisher, 1941, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483

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From: July 18, 1941 Winnfield News-American

Mrs. Mary L. Fisher Dies At Her Home Here Tuesday A. M.

Mrs. Mary Lavonia Fisher, widow of the late M. M. Fisher, died at her home
Tuesday morning at 9:15 o'clock, following a long illness.

Mrs. Fisher with her children and friends, observed her eighty-first birthday
on July 4.

Funeral services were held on Wednesday morning at ten o'clock at the First
Methodist Church with the Rev. Alwin Stokes, pastor of the First Presbyterian
Church in charge, assisted by Rev. A. W. Townsend, Jr., pastor of the Hodge
Methodist Church.  Interment was made in Winnfield.  The deceased was a
lifelong member of the Methodist Church.

Mrs. Fisher was born at Montgomery, July 4, 1850.  Her parents were Mr. and
Mrs. Hartwell Hyde.  She was married January 4, 1883, to M. M. Fisher, also of
Montgomery, who died March 7, 1918.

Mrs. Fisher, her husband and their family came to Winnfield in 1906, and Mr.
Fisher became engaged in the mercantile business.  Later he assisted in the
organization of the First National Bank of Winnfield and served as president
for a number of years.

She is survived by three daughters, Mrs. C. W. Stienkamp of Memphis, Tenn.,
Mrs. G. B. Davis of Clarence, Mrs. R. F. Stovall of Dodson; one son, C. M.
Fisher of Winnfield; two brothers, Albert Hyde of Zwolle and Frank Hyde of
Montgomery; two nieces of Winnfield, Mrs. A. L. McDonald and Mrs. W. C.
Colvin.  Also, two nephews of Winnfield, J. M. Hyde and Rob Hyde; 14
grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.