Obituaries: William Lake Howard, 1942, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: July 30, 1942 Winn Parish Enterprise

Funeral Services For W. L. Howard Held Wednesday

Funeral services were held at the First Baptist Church here Wednesday
afternoon for William Lake Howard, 53, who died at the Baptist Hospital in
Alexandria, La., Tuesday, July 23.  His death resulted from injuries he
received when struck by a hit and run driver last Thursday night, as he and
companions were fixing a flat on their car which was parked on the
Alexandria-Winnfield highway.

Rev. Alwin Stokes, Winnfield, Rev. W. T. Strain, Simsboro, and Rev. J. W.
Buckner, Jonesboro, were the officiating ministers.  Interment was in the
Winnfield Cemetery under the direction of Southern Funeral Home.

Serving as pallbearers were: Active: Reed Carson, V. Matt Milam, J. W. Allen,
John Steen, Eli Harrell, Fred Lovell, E. L. McGuffee, and John Emerson. 
Honorary: John Bell, Walter Allen, Mack Branch, Bryant Sholars, A. L.
Rickerson, John Rogers, Eugene Keyes, Clarence Sutton, Shirley Jackson, Leamon
Sullivan, Harper Terrill, Raymond Dubois, Wesley Dubois, Virgil Hatten, Codie
Thompson, J. C. Brooks, Woodrow Traylor, Ebb Machen, W. C. Colvin, P. Hugh
Mercer, and Joe Emerson.

Mr. Howard moved to Winnfield from Jonesboro and has been in the transfer
business here for the past 23 years.  He was a member of the First Baptist
Church of Winnfield.

Surviving are his wife; a daughter, Mrs. J. A. Elkins, Jr., of Shreveport; a
son, Corporal Billie Howard, U. S. Army, Dilworth, N. C.; three brothers, Ed
Howard, Konowa, Okla.; John Howard, Shreveport; and Louis Howard, Jonesboro;
one sister, Mrs. J. M. Buitte, Winnfield.