Obituaries: Iona Mercer Lovell, 1953, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: May 14, 1953 Winn Parish Enterprise

Funeral Today For Mrs. Iona Lovell Of Joyce

Mrs. Iona Mercer Lovell, 57, long time resident of Joyce, died at a local
hospital on Wednesday.  Funeral services were scheduled at East Winnfield
Baptist Church today, Thursday, at 3:30 p.m.

Rev. Turner Davis, pastor of the East Winnfield Church, was to officiate, with
Rev. George H. Foster, assisting.

Mrs. Lovell, wife of John H. Lovell, had lived at Joyce for about 30 years. 
She was born in Pineville, September 13, 1895.

Burial was to be in McCartney Cemetery, under direction of Southern Funeral
Home.

Survivors are her husband, two sons, H. T. Lovell of Joyce, J. T. Lovell, with
the U. S. Marine Corps in Norfolk, Va.; two daughters, Mrs. Jack Sumner of
Bastrop; and Miss Ina Jean Lovell, of New Orleans; six grandchildren, four
brothers, Frank Mercer, Buren Mercer, Lee Mercer, and Leonard Mercer, all of
Alexandria; four sisters, Mrs. Elijah Keyes, Mrs. Oscar Rush, Mrs. Rudolph
Wilson, Mrs. J. L. McCann, all of Alexandria; and her mother, Mrs. J. J.
Mercer of Alexandria.