Obituaries: Sara Wright Grice, 1952, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: October 17, 1952 Winnfield News-American

Mrs. Laura Grice Funeral Held At Old Union Church

85 Year-Old Native Of Winn Succumbs After Long Illness 

Funeral services were held at the Old Union Church near Joyce last Friday at
10 a.m. for Mrs. W. M. Grice, 85, who died at her home on the Tullos highway
Wednesday morning, Oct. 8, 1952 after an illness of many months.  Rites were
conducted by the Rev. E. B. Barton, assisted by the Rev. Louis B. Williams,
and interment was in the old Union Cemetery under direction of Edmonds Funeral
Home.

Pallbearers were Harmon Porter, Hezzikiah Porter, Parker Long, Sr., Max Allen,
W. P. Shows, and Ernest Vines.

A native of Winn Parish, Mrs. Grice had made her home on the Tullos highway
for more than 50 years.  She was Miss Sarah Wright before her marriage to the
late Rev. W. M. Grice, and was widely known as "Aunt Sally".

Mrs. Grice was a member of the Old Union Church.

She is survived by four daughters, Mrs. W. S. Dunn, Mrs. T. P. Ingles, Mrs.
Otis Wood and Mrs. J. I, Porter, all of Route Two, Winnfield; two sons, Oscar
Grice of Slidell and Arthur Grice of Joyce; 25 grandchildren, 31 great
grandchildren, and two great-great grandchildren.  A third son, Earl Grice,
preceded her in death.