Obituaries: Sarah Strong Harrison, 1928, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: January 19, 1928 Winn Parish Enterprise

Mrs. Harrison Dies Following Brief Illness

Following a brief illness of pneumonia, Mrs. Sarah Strong Harrison, 55 years
old, wife of Dr. Burgess H. Harrison, died at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at
her home, 1333 Oakland Street.

She was born January 22, 1875 at St. Maurice, La., and besides her husband she
is survived by her mother, Mrs. N. E. Strong, Monroe; four children, Mrs. W.
E. Glassell, Jr., Belcher; Mrs. William H. Worden, Harlington, Texas; John
Bell and Allen Bell, both of Shreveport; two sisters, Miss Lena Strong and
Mrs. Theo Tarzia, both of Monroe; two brothers, W. H. Strong, Monroe, and Fred
Strong, Beaumont, Texas, and three grandchildren.

Mrs. Harrison was a member of the St. Mark's Episcopal Church and has a wide
circle of friends.  Funeral services were held at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon
at the St. Mark's Church, with the Rev. James M. Owens officiating.  Interment
was in the Greenwood Cemetery. 

Mrs. Harrison was a niece of Mrs. C. H. Sutton, of Winnfield, and the daughter
of the late Will A. Strong, who resided here many years ago and published the
Winnfield Sentinel (Southern Sentinel).