Obituaries: William A. Gassiott, 1937, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: April 29, 1937 Winn Parish Enterprise

William A. Gassiott Dies Of Heart Attack

Funeral Services Were Held At Methodist Church Sunday

William A. Gassiott, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Gassiott of Winnfield, died
suddenly as he entered a filling station at Campti, La., last Friday
afternoon, at 1:30 o'clock.  He appeared in his usual health when he left home
that morning and had not complained until he was stricken by what is thought
to have been a heart attack.  He had been in poor health for more than two
years, but his death came as a distinct shock to his family and friends.

William A. Gassiott was born March 9, 1902 near Groveton, Texas.  He moved
with his parents to Winnfield in 1919 where they still reside.  Bill, as he
was familiarly known, attended the Winnfield High School during the year 1920
and later attended the Max Morris School of Pharmacy in Macon, Georgia.  He
passed the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy in February, 1925, and later passed the
Texas Board of Pharmacy and was employed in both Louisiana and Texas until his
health failed in 1935.

Surviving are his parents, two sisters, Miss Josie Gassiott of Winnfield and
Mrs. H. D. Emerson of Jonesboro, Ark., and one brother, Ed Gassiott of
Winnfield.

Funeral services were held at the First Methodist Church Sunday afternoon with
the Rev. Alwin Stokes, Presbyterian minister in charge, assisted by Rev. G. A.
Morgan, Methodist pastor, and the Rev. B. C. Land, Baptist pastor.  Burial was
made in the Winnfield Cemetery under the direction of R. S. Walsh.

Active pallbearers were L. C. Carter, A. L. Smith, J. L. Corley, John Emerson,
Hugh Mercer, and W. H. Bass.

Honorary pallbearers were Messrs. J. W. Crippen, W. S. Maxwell, S. G.
McDaniel, W. L. Boone, A. Jenkins, J. W. Taylor, V. Crippen, E. S. Coel, John
Steen, J. P. Warren, H. F. Hicks, J. A. Madden, J. F. Womack, J. J. Carr,
Jessie Boyett, G. E. Stuffs, Lee Vining, R. O. Mills, Lewis Jenkins, Chas.
Taylor, Kelly Broussard, E. L. Henderson, H. Pelz, Marvin Shaw, J. O. Wilson,
Phil Butts, O. Trahan, A. L. Smith, Jr., L. H. Smith, Dan Page, A. C. Stuart,
J. W. Mitchell, John T. DeLoach, H. L. DeBray, P. C. Burnett, M. L. Stater, T.
A. Ferrell, George Kelly, W. F. Mercer, M. L. Branch, Joe Emerson, A.
Peterson, J. W. Teddlie, Jr., J. E. Carter, E. J. Byrnes, Moorehead, J. B.
Stothart, Matt Milam, Jim Long, Oscar Barton, Jack Flournoy, H. F. Halstead,
Oscar Lattier, U. B. Carpenter, P. K. Abel, Jessie Durham, B. Sholars, Chas.
Walsworth, B. L. Anderson, Johnnie Wright, Jimmie Wright, L. F. Morrison, H.
B. Bozeman, J. V. Waller, Jim Scott, A. E. Scott, Dr. John Mosley, D. F.
Shell, L. Tugwell, E. C. Johnson, J. W. Keith, Mont Breedlove, O. B. Thompson,
Clint Wright, Ben Trahan, and John Robert Gilcrease.