Obituaries: Eli Garner, 1961, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: February 2, 1961 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Eli Garner, 72, Dies; To Be Buried In Stapleton, Ala.

Eli Garner, a native of Alabama, and a resident of Winnfield for the past six
years, died in a local hospital Thursday, Feb. 2, 1961.

Funeral services will be conducted at Stapelton, Ala., Saturday or Sunday. 
The body will remain at Southern Funeral Home, Winnfield, until early Friday
morning.

Mr. Garner had made his home with his daughter, Mrs. John P. Duff, here.  His
wife had passed away here about five years ago.

Survivors include four daughters, Mrs. Duff, Winnfield; Mrs. Bessie Gresham,
Mobile, Ala., Mrs. George Simon, New Orleans, and Mrs. George Devines, Loxley,
Ala.; and six sons, Leroy Garner, Winnfield; Luther, Herbert, Willis, and
Wesley, all of Goldonna, and Laymon, in the Army at Willowick, Ohio.