Obituaries:  J. P. Kornegay, 1927, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From:  August 26, 1927 Winnfield News-American

J. P. Kornegay of Dodson Suddenly Dies Last Friday

J. P. Kornegay, eighty-one years old, died at his home in Dodson last Friday
night after a short illness.  Funeral services were conducted at the Zion Hill
Church and remains buried in the Zion Hill Cemetery Saturday afternoon.

Mr. Kornegay was a Confederate Veteran, having served through the whole of the
Civil War.  He married Miss Mary Cobb, to which union were born eleven children,
nine of whom are still living.  They are Walter Kornegay, Mrs. Albert Waller,
both residents of Dodson, Mrs. James Barnes, Sodus, Mrs. Lawrence Splain,
Houston, Tex., Dock Kornegay, Dixie, Mrs. S. B. Price, Shreveport, Manda
Kornegay, Monroe, and James Kornegay, Ruston.

Mr. Kornegay with his family moved to Dodson from Olla in 1920 and has lived
there continuously since that time.  He was a member of the Baptist Church.