Obituaries: Ella Pinder McIlwain, 1965, 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: April 22, 1965 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American Mrs. McIlwain Succumbs To Long Illness April 21 Mrs. W. P. McIlwain, 74, a resident of Winnfield for many years died in a local hospital Wednesday, April 21, after a long illness. She was a native of Grant Parish and a member of the First Baptist Church of Winnfield. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, April 23, in the Southern Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. W. L. Holcomb officiating. Burial will be in Garden of Memories Cemetery. Survivors include her husband, W. P. McIlwain, Winnfield; one son, David W. McIlwain, Alexandria; two daughters, Mrs. Lee Couvillion, Alexandria, and Mrs. Willie Courville, Eunice, La.; one brother, Dillon Bryant, Montgomery; three sisters, Mrs. Vivian Jackson, Montgomery, Mrs. Lizzie Reeves, Winnfield, and Mrs. S. G. Williams, Ferriday; two grandchildren and two great grandchildren.