Obituaries: Hattie Webb Groves, 1965, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: April 29, 1965 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Final Rites For Mrs. Hattie Groves Held Thursday

Mrs. Hattie Webb Groves, 89, owner and operator of the Marlin Hotel in
Winnfield for 35 years or more, died at 1 a.m. Wednesday, April 28, 1965,
after a long illness.

She was a native of Magnolia, Arkansas but lived in Winn Parish since the age
of 14, having resided in Atlanta during her early years.  She was a member of
the First Baptist Church of Winnfield.

Funeral services were held at 2:30 p.m. Thursday in the chapel of Southern
Funeral Home in Winnfield, with Dr. W. L. Holcomb officiating.  Burial was in
the Atlanta Cemetery.

Acting as pallbearers were Troy Smith, J. G. Berry, E. J. Buchanan, Albert
Little, J. E. Ruddell, and Johnny Meadow.

Mrs. Groves is survived by two daughters, Mrs. C. H. Roden and Mrs. H. E.
Parham, both of Winnfield; one sister, Mrs. Pearl Boehm of Alexandria; two
grandchildren and four great grandchildren.