Obituaries: Charles S. Gilstrap, 1946, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: June 7, 1946 Winnfield News-American

Charles S. Gilstrap Funeral Conducted Wednesday A. M.

Prominent Winnfield Lumberman Dies Of Heart Attack

Funeral services for Charles S. Gilstrap, 61, who died of a heart attack early
Monday morning at Coffeyville, Kansas, were conducted at the chapel of
Southern Funeral Home at 10 a.m., Wednesday, with the Rev. Alwin Stokes,
pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, officiating.  Interment was in the
Winnfield Cemetery.

Mr. Gilstrap's death was preceded Friday by that of his brother, T. J.
Gilstrap, also by heart attack and also in Coffeyville.  Charles Gilstrap and
his son, Jack, of Winnfield, had left Saturday by automobile for Coffeyville
to attend T. J. Gilstrap's funeral on Monday.  Charles Gilstrap retired at
about 8 p.m. Sunday, and was found dead at 8 a.m. Monday by his son.

Born June 15, 1884, Mr. Gilstrap had long been a resident of Winnfield and had
been prominent in the Louisiana lumber industry for 35 years and had operated
a number of pine and hardwood mills in this state.  He was general manager of
a lumber mill at Bremerton, Wash., several years ago and was operating a
lumber sales office here at the time of his death.

He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Clara Gilstrap, Winnfield; four sons,
William C., Charles, Jr., and Carl Gilstrap of Winnfield and Jesse Gilstrap
of Monroe; three daughters, Mrs. May Nash and Mrs. Norman A. Smith. both of
Winnfield, and Mrs. Fay Ratcliff of Minden; his mother, Mrs. P. A. Gilstrap of
Fayetteville, Ark.; two brothers, William Gilstrap of Fayetteville and James
Gilstrap of Coffeyville, Kansas; and a sister, Mrs. Mary Castile of St. Paul,
Ark.

Pallbearers at the funeral Wednesday included Bryant Sholars, Hasson Morris,
Harley B. Bozeman, R. W. Oglesby, Joe Emerson, and Tracy L. Harrel.