Obituaries: Mrs. J. A. Madden, 1948, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: October 28, 1948 Winn Parish Enterprise

Last Rites For Mrs. J. A. Madden Held Wednesday

Funeral services for Mrs. J. A. Madden, 54, resident of Winnfield for the
past 27 years, were held at the Winnfield First Baptist Church at 10
a.m. Tuesday, October 26, with the Rev. H. H. McBride officiating. 
Burial was in the Minden Cemetery at 2 p.m. under direction of Hixson Brothers
Funeral Home.

Mrs. Madden, who was born in Red River Parish on April 2, 1894, died suddenly
at her home on Center Street in Winnfield at 10:30 a.m. Monday, October 25. 
It is believed she suffered a heart attack.

The remains lay in state at the Hixson Funeral Home and Eastern Star services
were conducted at the home at 9:15 a.m. Wednesday.

Mr. and Mrs. Madden moved to Winnfield about 1920 and since that time he has
been employed by the Tremont and Gulf Railway Company here.  Mrs. Madden was
born and reared in Red River Parish.  She was a member of the local Eastern
Star organization, the Woodmen of the World ladies' circle, and of the
Winnfield First Baptist Church.  For many years she had taken an active part 
in church and civic work of the community.

Surviving are her husband, J. A. Madden of Winnfield; her mother, Mrs. J. V.
Hughes, of Winnfield; four sisters, Mrs. Annie Murphy of Liberty, Texas; Mrs.
Nellie Loker of Alexandria; Mrs. Evelyn Prescott of Winnfield, and Mrs.
Ethelin Greer of Jonesboro; and three brothers, Joe and Sam Massey of
Winnfield, and Robert Massey of Hall Summit.

Pallbearers were Jesse L. Corley, S. G. McDaniel, J. E. Gassiot, Ovey Trahan,
Albert Smith, Sr., and E. C. Frazier.