Obituaries: Gordon Crosby Gaar, Sr., 1952, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: November 13, 1952 Winn Parish Enterprise

G. C. Gaar, Sr., Winn Native, 63, Dies In Thibodaux

Gordon Crosby Gaar, Sr., 63, of Thibodaux, a Winn Parish native, died suddenly
at his home last Sunday, November 9, 1952.  A cerebral hemorrhage was the
cause of death.

Funeral services were conducted at the Methodist Church in Thibodaux, with a
Masonic burial in the Natchitoches cemetery.  Mr. Gaar was a native of Winn
Parish, and was at the time of his death engaged in a private abstract
business for several oil companies.

He was first married to the former Virginia Freeman, now deceased, and they
had three children, now surviving, Mrs. Harley Womack, of Dodson; William
James Gaar, Williamsburg, Va., with the U. S. Navy; and Gordon C. Gaar, Jr.,
of Pride, La.  Other survivors include his present wife, Mrs. Frances Ford
Gaar of Thibodaux, and a daughter, Mrs. Evelyn Richardson, of Thibodaux, one
brothers, Homer Gaar of West Monroe, a sister, Mrs. Rose Goolsby of the Hudson
Community.

Pallbearers were business friends from Thibodaux, where he had lived for the
past seven years.