Obituaries: Lena Meyers McLaren, 1972, 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: August 23, 1972 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American Mrs. McLaren, 86, Dies; Burial at Springhill Funeral services were held Thursday for Mrs. Lena M. McLaren, 86, of Atlanta, at Southern Funeral Home of Winnfield with the Rev.J. O. Dumas officiating, assisted by the Revs. Wayne Blue and Carl Smiley. Mrs. McLaren died early Wednesday morning, August 16, 1972 at Winnfield General Hospital after a lengthy illness. She was a member of the Spring Branch Baptist Church. A second service was held at 10 a.m. Friday at Bailey Funeral Home of Springhill with the Rev. Kenneth Everett officiating. Burial was in Springhill Cemetery. Survivors include a son, John Pugh McLaren of Atlanta; four daughters, Mrs. Rayford Fowler of Brownfield, Texas; Mrs. W. R. Tisdale, Mrs. S. E. Halterman, both of Springhill, and Mrs. Oscar Thomas of Greenwell Springs; two brothers, Oscar Meyers of Campti and J. A. Meyers of Cullen; 25 grandchildren and 29 great grandchildren.