Obituaries: Mrs. J. S. Gassiott, 1940, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: July 25, 1940 Winn Parish Enterprise

Last Rites For Mrs. J. S. Gassiott Will Be Held Friday

Succumbs At Her Home Thursday After Long Illness

Mrs. J. S. Gassiott, 59 years of age, died at her home here Thursday morning
at 2:30 following an illness of three years duration.  Funeral services will
be held at the Winnfield Methodist Church Friday afternoon at 2:30 with the
pastor, Rev. G. A. Morgan, in charge.  He will be assisted by the Rev. Alwin
Stokes, Presbyterian minister, and the Rev. H. H. McBride, Baptist pastor. 
Interment will follow in the local cemetery.

A native of Texas, Mrs. Gassiott was married to Mr. Gassiott on November 17,
1894, and moved to Winnfield with her husband and family from Groveton in
1919.  Mr. Gassiott was employed in Groveton by the Tremont and Gulf Railway
and transferred to Winnfield with the same company.  Mrs. Gassiott is a member
of the First Methodist Church, the Ladies Society of Brotherhood of
Locomotive, Firemen, and Enginemen, the Macabees, and the Woodmen Circle.

Surviving are her husband, one son, J. E. Gassiott of Tremont, and two
daughters, Mrs. H. D. Emerson of Jonesboro, Ark., and Miss Josie Gassiott of
Winnfield.  She also leaves one sister, Mrs. Pearl Madden, Crockett, Texas;
and two brothers, L. P. Billington, Velasco, Texas, and L. J. Billington, of
Corpus Christi, Texas.