Obituaries: Oliver Drew LaCroix, 1953, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: March 3, 1953 Winn Parish Enterprise or Winnfield News-American and/or
     March 5, 1953 Winn Parish Enterprise or Winnfield News-American


Funeral Rites Held For Brother of W. E. LaCroix

Oliver Drew LaCroix, 45, brother of W. E. LaCroix of Winnfield, passed away at
his home in Pineville Friday at 9:55 a.m.

Funeral services were held Saturday at 4 p.m. in Hixson's Chapel in
Alexandria, with Rev. Jolly Harper and Dameron, Methodist ministers,
officiating.  Interment was in the Greenwood Memorial Park.

The deceased had been ill for about seven months.  He had been a registered
pharmacist for twenty-five years, and was the owner of the Owl Drug Store in
Pineville.  He was a member of the Methodist Church and the Solomon Lodge No.
211, F. & A. M.  He was a former resident of Winnfield.

He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ferol Schaedel LaCroix; two brothers, W. E.
LaCroix of Winnfield and I. B. LaCroix, Jr., of Pineville; one niece, Helen
Lynn LaCroix of Winnfield; one nephew, Fred Tannehill of Pineville; his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. I. B. LaCroix, Sr., of Pineville.