Obituaries: William Ellis LaCroix, Jr., 1933, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: February 24, 1933 Winnfield News-American

Billy LaCroix is Laid To Rest Here Sunday Afternoon

Large Concourse of Friends Attend Funeral of 3 Year Old Child

Little Billy (William Ellis, Jr.) LaCroix, age 2 years and 9 months, son of
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. LaCroix, died at the home of his grandparents, Mr. and Ms.
A. T. Drewett, on Saturday morning, February 18, at 6:20 o'clock, after only a
few days' illness.

Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the Baptist
Church, with the Rev. L. D. Posey of Jena officiating.  Rev. Posey was 
assisted in the last rites by Rev. Alwin Stokes of the Presbyterian Church,
Rev. Ellis Smith of the Methodist Church, and Rev. F. W. Tinnen, of
Shreveport.  Burial was in the local cemetery.

The child is survived by his parents, his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. A. T.
Drewett of Winnfield and Mr. and Mrs. I. B. LaCroix of Pineville, and two
great grandmothers, Mrs. J. A. Colvin and Mrs. S. F. Drewett.

Pallbearers were the four uncles of the little boy: Drew and I. B. LaCroix and
A. T. Jr.  And J. C. Drewett.

Funeral arrangements were under the direction of T. J. Drewett, undertaker of
Mansfield.

Out of town relatives and friends attending the funeral included Mr. and Mrs.
I. B. LaCroix, I. B. LaCroix, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Drew LaCroix, Miss Lou Lee,
Mrs. Fred Schaedal, Mr. and Mrs. Elisha Tannehill, Mrs. Windon, T. H. Colvin,
Elizabeth and Henry Colvin, Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Bailey, all of Pineville; Mrs.
G. E. Bozeman and son and Alice Mildred Bozeman of El Paso; Mr. and Mrs. T. L.
Smith of Dubach; Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Drewett of Ruston; Oliver Lilly of
Alexandria; Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Drewett, Mrs. Everett Griffith, Mrs. Lucy
Hebert, all of Mansfield; John Marion LaFleur of Opelousas; Mrs. C. R. Colvin
and children and Mrs. Foster of Georgetown.

The large concourse of friends at the funeral showed that Little Billy, even
in his short life, had made a host of friends in Winnfield for he was loved by
all who knew him.