Obit for Mrs. S.J. Harper, 1958, Winn Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies
120 Ted Price Lane
Winnfield, LA 71483
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>From the Winn Parish Enterprise, July 3, 1958.

MRS. S. J. HARPER SUCCUMBS AFTER LONG ILLNESS

Mrs. Clarenda Josephine Schumaker Harper, 89, widow of the late Senator
S. J. Harper, passed away June 27 at her home on Center Street,
Winnfield, after many years of illness.

Funeral services were conducted at the Hixon Brothers Chapel at 10 a.m.,
June 28, with Dr. W. L. Holcomb and Rev. J. L. Holt officiating.  Burial
was in the Winnfield cemetery under direction of Hixon Funeral Home.

Acting as pallbearers were W. D. Walker, Judge Jack Oglesby, Mayor 
D. C. Allen, Ottis Paul, J. D. Jones, and Harper Terrill.

Mrs. Harper was a life-long resident of Winn Parish and was a member of
the First Baptist Church of Winnfield.  

Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Ruth Harkrider of Greenwood and Miss
Maud Harper of Winnfield; one son, Blanchard Harper, Winnfield; one
grandchild, and four great grandchildren.

She also leaves two sisters, Mrs. Howard McCarty of Beech Creek, and
Mrs. John Newsom, of Grayson.