Obituaries: Alma Wright Harrell, 1947, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: June 12, 1947 Winn Parish Enterprise

Funeral Services For Mrs. Alma W. Harrell Tuesday

Mrs. Alma Wright Harrell, 54, wife of Douglas W. Harrell of New Orleans, died
in a local clinic at 2:15 a.m. Monday morning, June 9.  Funeral services were
held from the Dr. Roy Wright residence in Winnfield at 11 o'clock Tuesday
morning, with the Rev. H. H. McBride, officiating, assisted by Rev. Alwin
Stokes and Rev. Fred S. Flurry.  Burial was in the Winnfield Cemetery under
the direction of Hixson Brothers Funeral Home.

Mrs. Harrell is survived by her widower, Douglas W. Harrell of 7906 Plum
Street, New Orleans; two sisters, Mrs. E. B. Harrell of DeQuincy, La., and
Mrs. Florence Dalton of Winnfield; three brothers, J. D. Wright and W. H.
Wright of Baton Rouge and Dr. Roy Wright of Winnfield.

Pallbearers were W. H. Wright, Jr., Baton Rouge; Cleburn Dalton, Winnfield;
Joe Harrell Elston and David Elston, McDade; Oscar Carlston of DeQuincy, and
Cline Hanchey of Lake Charles.

Mrs. Harrell was born in Winnfield on May 15, 1892 and was a daughter of the
late Hames and Sarah Alice Long Wright.  Mr. and Mrs. Harrell had resided in
New Orleans for a number of years.  She had been in ill health for some time.