Obituaries: Gene Edward Gassiott, 1940, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: July 11, 1940 Winn Parish Enterprise

Last Rites Held For Gene Edward Gassiott Tuesday

Gene Edward Gassiott, 12, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Gassiott of Tremont, who died
early Monday morning in the Ruston sanitarium following an operation, were
held at the Winnfield First Baptist Church Tuesday with the Rev. H. H.
McBride, pastor, the Rev. G. A. Morgan, Methodist minister, and the Rev. Alwin
Stokes, Presbyterian pastor, officiating.  Interment was in the local
cemetery.

The youth was the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Gassiott of Winnfield.  Both
Mr. J. S. Gassiott and Mr. Ed Gassiott are veteran employees of the Tremont
and Gulf railway.

Surviving Gene Edward, besides his parents and grandparents, are one brother,
Bobby Ray.

Acting as pallbearers were Don Walsh, Estes Bozeman, C. C. Carter, Robert
Edgington, Gary Sikes, Jimmy Taylor, and Prentice Cole of Tremont; Ray
Grinshaw and Floyd Sandiford, of Winnsboro; and Roy Grinshaw of Rayville. 
Honorary pallbearers were members of the 7th grade of the Choudrant High
School.