Obituaries: Riffie Harrell, 1952, Winn Parish, LA.

From: October 10, 1952 Winnfield News-American
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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Riffie Harrell, 53, Former Winnfield Resident Succumbs

Rites Held Saturday At Ruston; Interment In Simsboro Cemetery

Riffie Harrell, 53, of Simsboro, former Winnfield resident, died at 4 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 3, 1952 in a Ruston hospital following a long illness.  Funeral
services were held Saturday at the Kilpatrick Funeral Home in Ruston, with
interment in the Simsboro Cemetery.

Mr. Harrell, a son of the late Eli Harrell of Winnfield, and a step-son of
Mrs. Emma Harrell who now resides here, left Winnfield in 1931.  He was
employed by the American Railway Express agency until failing health forced
his retirement about a year ago. 

The deceased was a member of the Methodist Church.

He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Vado Jones Harrell; two sisters, Mrs. Lizzie
Lee Penny of Krotz Springs and Mrs. Nelda Flennigan of Monroe; six brothers,
Paul Harrell of New Orleans and Eli, Hovey, Pat, Jimmie, and Marvin Harrell of
Winnfield and his step-mother, Mrs. Emma Harrell of Winnfield.