Obituaries: J. P. Mayes, 1961, Winn Parish, LA Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** From: November 16, 1961 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American J. P. Mayes, 69, Buried Tuesday At Beech Creek J. P. Mayes, 69, died Sunday morning, November 12, in the Veterans Hospital in Alexandria after an illness of about six months. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Beech Creek Baptist Church with the Rev. Willie Broadway officiating and the Rev. E. B. Barton and Rev. Doris Dearman assiting. Interment was in the church cemetery. Survivors include his widow, Annie Lee Mayes, Olla; two sons, James T. Mayes, Olla, and Drew Mayes, Columbia; two daughters, Mrs. Josie Byrd, Shreveport, and Mrs. Mary A. Mihalha, Santa Anna, Calif.; and two grandchildren.