Obituaries:  Hershel Mack Machen, Sr., 1969, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From:  March 6, 1969 Winn Parish Enterprise-News American

H. M. Machen, Sr., Former Resident, Dies In Bossier

Funeral services for Hershel Mack Machen, Sr., 68, of Bossier City, a retired
employee of the State Highway Department, were held at 2 p.m. Friday in the
Rose-Neath Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. George Tharpe, pastor of Shady
Grove Missionary Baptist Church, officiating, assisted by Rev. C. C. Martin of
Winnfield.  Burial was in the Hillcrest Memorial Park in Bossier Parish.

Mr. Machen died Thursday, February 27, 1969 in Bossier City General Hospital
after a long illness.

Mr. Machen, a native of Louisiana, was a resident of Winnfield for many years
before moving to Bossier City, where he had lived for three years.  He was a
member of the Shady Grove Baptist Church.

Survivors include his wife; four sons, William A. Machen, D. C. Machen, both
of Bossier City; Hershel M.  Machen, Jr., and James R. Machen, both of
Winnfield; four daughters, Mrs. Mabel Ellis of Hosston, Mrs. Maudine Bolton of
Shreveport, Mrs. Eva Pope and Mrs. Bobbie Weeks, both of Bossier City; two
sisters, Mrs. Ada Frazier of Winnfield and Mrs. Alma Robertson of Tallulah,
and 23 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren.