Obituaries: W. T. Jolly, 1937, Winn Parish, LA Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** From: June 11, 1937 Winn Parish Enterprise or Winnfield News-American W. T. Jolly Dies At Gansville Home Tuesday Afternoon Funeral Services Held Wednesday Afternoon At Four O'clock W. T. Jolly, age 83, died at his home at Gansville Tuesday afternoon and funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at four o'clock conducted by the Rev. John L. Dodge of Jonesboro. Interment was in the Gansville Church Cemetery. Mr. Jolly was born in Georgia and moved when a young man to Winn Parish. He was a member of the Baptist Church and although active in all civic and religious circles never aspired to political office beyond being drafted by his community to serve as justice of the peace. In 1899 he was married to Mrs. Jennie Parsons Parkman, who with one stepdaughter, Mrs. Dora Gresham of Lake Charles, survive him.