Obituaries: James Andrew Gaulden, 1996, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: February 6, 1996 Funeral Program

James Andrew Gaulden 
January 8, 1917 - February 6, 1996
Funeral services Friday, February 9, 1996 2:00 p.m.
Mt. Olive Baptist Church
Grambling, Louisiana
Reverend B. V. Bissic, Pastor

James Andrew Gaulden (J. Andrew), the first son of Johnnie Lee Gaulden
Prescott and Jim Gaulden, departed this life on Tuesday, February 6, 1996.

He joined the Mt. Olive Baptist Church at a young age while residing with his
grandfather, Andrew Gaulden, one of the founding fathers of this church.  For
James, the pursuit of knowledge was his trademark.  His passions were reading,
writing, and orations.  He loved his family and fellow man.

During his career, he was principal of three public schools; Englewood
Elementary of Shreveport, Louisiana; Abbeville High School of Abbeville,
Louisiana; and Pinecrest High School of Winnfield, Louisiana, respectively. 
He worked hard and strong for equal salaries and equal rights for Louisiana
black school teachers as Field Secretary during the pre-desegregation era.

James was employed as Program Director for the Economic Opportunity Board of
Riverside County in California; he was Grambling State University's first
Public Relations Director, and was responsible for publishing the University's
first Gramblinite paper and the first yearbook.  He retired from Grambling
State University in 1981 as its first Historian.

James was a published author of both fiction and non-fiction short stories. 
He was a featured columnist for several newspapers during his lifetime: The
Houston Informer; The Shreveport Sun; The Los Angeles Sentinel; and The Denver
Sun, respectively.  He was publisher of a magazine called Negro Louisiana in
the 1950s, and a newspaper, The Grambling News, in the 1970s.

He is survived by his loving wife of 58 years, Helen Norsworthy Gaulden; son,
Jimmy Frank; daughter, Barbara; granddaughter, Daphne; grandson, Mark.  Also
he leaves his two brothers, Reuben L. Gaulden and Edwin Prescott; two sisters,
Milby Ford and Rosemary Montgomery; and numerous nephews and nieces.  Many
relatives and friends celebrate the life of J. Andrew Gaulden.

Tributes: Dr. Helen R. Smith, Mrs. Irene Thomas, Dr. C. O. Simpkins, and Dr.
Floyd Sandle.

Acknowledgements: Mrs. Lucy Melvin

Eulogy: Rev. B. V. Bissic

Active pallbearers: Rev. Nat Clark, Roy Jackson, Gregory McNeal, Eugene
Harvey, Oscar Williams, James Carrodine, Dr. Gerald Ellis, Rev. Kenneth Sapp,
Rev. J. W. McGuire, and Eric Montgomery.

Honorary pallbearers: Omega Psi Fraternity, Calvin Wilkerson, Eddie G.
Robinson, Clyde Wilson, E. O. Ennis, and Donald Newton.

Flower bearers: Omega Psi Phi Fraternity

Ushers: Mt. Olive Baptist Church

Interment: Grambling Memorial Gardens, Grambling, Louisiana

Entrusted to the staff of Winnfield Funeral Home, Winnfield, Louisiana