Obituaries: Senria/Serina Lasyone Lashley, 1939, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: October 6, 1939 Winn Parish Enterprise or Winnfield News-American

Funeral Services Mars Hill Lady Held Wednesday

Mrs. Senria L. Lashley Dies At Age of 73 on September 26

Funeral services for Mrs. Senria Lasyone Lashley, 73 year old resident of Mars
Hill, were held at the Baptist Church there on Wednesday, September 27, with
interment in the Baptist Cemetery.

The wife of J. M. Lashley, she was the second daughter of the late Mr. and
Mrs. John Lasyone.  Surviving are her husband, four daughters, Mrs. S. L.
Garrett of Shreveport, Mrs. Eller Guilliams of Verda, Mrs. Laura Corbett and
Mrs. Annie Dean; two sons, J. H. Lashley of Alexandria and B. E. Lashley of
Atlanta, Route Two; two sisters, Mrs. Sidney Lashley and Mrs. Mary Keith; aond
one half brother, R. J. Lasyone of Winnfield.

Mrs. Lashley passed away at 1:40 p.m Tuesday, September 26 at her home.  Final
rites were conducted by Rev. Otto Hughes, Mars Hill Baptist pastor.  A beloved
resident of her community, she was know as "Aunt Senria" by those who knew her
familiarly.  She leaves nineteen grandchildren and two great grandchildren.

Pallbearers were Lloyd Guilliams, J. T. Guilliams, Monroe Corbett, her
grandsons, Lonnie Deen, Sug and Tommy Lashley.

Out of town friends attending the services were Mrs. Bryan Rimball, Mrs. H. P.
Mayeaum, Mrs. T. C. Lanningham, Mrs. J. M. Murphy, Miss Doris Mayeaum, Mr.
Stokes and Dave Hoffman of Alexandria.

(According to descendants Sybil James Guilliams, Dorman Guilliams, and Bobby
Deen, "Serina" is the proper spelling of the first name).