Obit: Mrs. Waco Grigsby, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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>From the December 30, 1949 Winnfield News-American

Mrs. Waco Grigsby Dies Suddenly At Home Wednesday

Funeral Conducted For Prominent Local Woman on Thursday

Funeral services were held here at 2 p.m. Thursday for Mrs. Irene Eagles
Grigsby, 60, who was found dead in her room in the family residence here
by her husband, Waco Grigsby, at 8 a.m., Wednesday.  Services were
conducted at the residence by the Rev. H. H. McBride, pastor of the First
Baptist Church, assisted by the Rev. Alwin Stokes, First Presbyterian
Church, and the Rev. H. J. Mott, Laurel Heights Baptist church.

Interment was in the Winnfield Cemetery, under the direction of the Hixon
Brothers Funeral Home.  Pallbearers were Dr. A. W. Radescich, Johnny
Holmes, Shirley Jackson, Edward Horton, Bill Horton, Ivy Keyes, and Clyde
DeLoach.

Mrs. Grigsby, who was born December 7, 1889, and lived here all of her
life, is survived by her husband, Waco Grigsby; four sons, Edward W.
Grigsby and Ulysses S. Grigsby of Winnfield, Joe Grigsby of Shreveport and
W. M. Grigsby of Lake Charles; three daughters, Mrs. Elsie Dickerson of
Shreveport, Mrs. T. R. Stafford of Baton Rouge, and Mrs. W. H. Blakewood
of Liberty, Miss.; two brothers, George Eagles and Earl Eagles of
Winnfield, and three sisters, Mrs. Guy Johnson of Winnfield, Mrs. J. L.
Land of Shreveport and Mrs. T. G. Smith of Victoria, Texas.

Mrs. Grigsby was a member of the Baptist Church here.

(Submitted by Greggory Ellis Davies, Winnfield, Winn Parish, LA.)