Obituaries: Mrs. T. A. Fortner, 1941, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483

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From: August 21, 1941 Winn Parish Enterprise

Last Rites Held For Mrs. T. A. Fortner

Mrs. T. A. Fortner, age 58 years, succumbed at a Winnfield clinic August 17,
1941, following a stroke she suffered in July.  Mrs. Fortner was well known
throughout the parish and this section.  She came from Alabama to Louisiana 30
years ago and has taken a leading part in church work in her community.

Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Jones at Mt. Zion with burial in the
Mt. Zion Cemetery under the direction of Edmonds.

Surviving are her husband, three daughters, Mrs. W. W. Flatt, Austin, Texas;
Mrs. W. E. McCollum, Deweyville, Texas; Mrs. W. E. Rikard, Atlanta; and three
sons, T. F. Fortner, Atlanta; C. P. Fortner, Montgomery; and D. C. Fortner,
Beaumont, Texas; four sisters, Mrs. J. L. Johnson, Crossett, Ark.; Mrs. B.
Lackley, Crossett, Ark.; Mrs. Mollie Atkins, Columbia, Miss.; and Mrs. Etta
Fortner, Birmingham, Ala.; five brothers, John Rickman, Columbia, Miss.;
Jessie Rickman, Birmingham, Ala.; Robert Rickman, Crossett, Ark.; Pete
Rickman, Crossett, Ark., and James Rickman, Little Rock, Ark.; and a host of
nieces and nephews.