Obituaries: Thomas W. Lucas, 1959, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: August 20, 1959 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Last Rites Held For T. W. Lucs At Sikes August 15

Funeral services were conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday, August 15, 1959, at the
Sikes Baptist Church for Thomas W. Lucas, 73, who died August 14 in a
Winnfield hospital.

The Rev. Winfred Emmons and Rev. Carter Hall officiated.  Burial was in the
church cemetery.

Acting as pallbearers were Red Crain, Charles and Thurmon Shell, Machel Mayes,
Carl Womack, and E. E. Parker.

Mr. Lucas was a lifelong resident of Winn Parish and was a retired farmer and
public worker.

Survivors include the widow, Mrs. Mary McCarty Lucas; two sons, Cas Lucas of
Lake Charles and Leo Lucas of Long Island, N. Y.; two daughters, Mrs. Cicero
Adams of Sikes and Mrs. Doyle Anding of Baton Rouge; two brothers, William
Lucas of Chatham and Enos Lucas of Shreveport; two sisters, Mrs. Rosa Devore
of Alexandria and Mrs. Becky Watson of Pineville; nine grandchildren and six
great grandchildren.