Obituaries: Robert J. Gorham, 1960, Winn Parish, LA Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** From: July 28, 1960 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American Robert J. Gorham Succumbs; Buried At E. Winnfield Robert J. Gorham, 66, passed away in a Winnfield hospital Monday, July 25, 1960, after a lengthy illness. He was a retired farmer and a deacon in the East Winnfield Baptist Church. Final rites were conducted at East Winnfield Church at 10 a.m. Wednesday, with the Rev. Kenneth Wall and the Rev. J. O. Payne officiating. Burial was in Gorham Cemetery under direction of Southern Funeral Home. Acting as pallbearers were deacons of the East Winnfield Baptist Church. Mr. Gorham was born February 14, 1894, in Winn Parish and spent most of his lifetime here. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Estelle Gorham, Joyce; four daughters, Mrs. F. M. Brazzell and Mrs. Wilmer Jordan, Winnfield, Mrs. T. J. Allen, Shreveport, Mrs. H. D. Grissom, Ft. Worth, Texas; 11 grandchildren, three great grandchildren; one brother, Aaron Gorham, Winnfield; one sister, Mrs. Otis Davis, Joyce; and several nieces and nephews.