Obituaries: Irma Ruth McLaren, 1938, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: February 25, 1938 Winnfield News-American

Last Rites Held For Ruth McLaren On Thursday Afternoon

Ruth McLaren, age 9, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. McLaren of Atlanta, died
at midnight Tuesday at the Mosley Clinic where she was taken Monday, February
7th.

Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon at three o'clock at the Sardis
Church and interment was made in the Sardis Cemetery.  Rev. H. S. McLaren,
uncle of the deceased, assisted by Rev. J. A. Jones, pastor of Mt. Zion
Church, and Rev. J. B. Boyd, pastor of Five Forks Church, officiated.  The
pallbearers were six teachers, Miss Odell Durham, Miss Evelyn Miller, Miss
Clara Nelson, Miss Dorcas Barrett, Mrs. M. H. McIlwain, and W. C. Sheffield.
At the beginning of the service a group of grammar school pupils sang "Silent
Night."  The choir was composed of teachers and students of the school.

Ruth, after suffering an attack of influenza, suddenly developed pneumonia and
was taken to the Mosley clinic.  Death came late Tuesday night.

Surviving are her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. McLaren; four sisters,
Mrs. Rayford Fowler, Elvie, Hattie Lee, and Mary McLaren; three brothers,
Iley of Lamesa, Texas, Pugh of Wheeling, and Drew of Springhill; a
grandmother, Mrs. J. T. McLaren of Shreveport and several uncles and aunts.