Obituaries: Edith Killingsworth Gates, 1951, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: August 2, 1951 Winn Parish Enterprise

Former Winnfield Resident Buried in Monroe This Week

Funeral and burial services for Mrs. John Gates, the former Edith
Killingsworth of Winnfield, were held in Monroe on July 27, at the Memorial
Park Cemetery.  Mrs. Gates died as a result of a heart ailment in a Baton
Rouge hospital on July 26.

She is survived by her husband, John L. Gates; four daughters, Miss Sybil
Gates of Chicago, Ill.; Mrs. M. A. Banta of Baton Rouge, Ann and Jeanette of
West Monroe; her mother, Mrs. J. N. Gates of Baton Rouge; one sister, Mrs. J.
Campbell of Baton Rouge; four brothers, Frank Killingsworth of Baton Route,
Iley Killingsworth of Montgomery, Dewey Killingsworth of Fort Worth, Texas,
and Perry Killingsworth of Winnfield.

Among those attending the funeral from Winnfield were Mr. and Mrs. Guy L.
McElroy, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Boyette, Mrs. Minerva McKaskle, Mr. and Mrs. Louis
Moore, and Mr. and Mrs. N. M. Kinman, Mrs. Isabel Whitten of Parish, Texas,
also attended with Mrs. McElroy.  Mrs. R. L. Fluitt of Winnfield, is a sister
in law to Mrs. Gates.