Obituaries: Janis McMahan, 1953, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: September 8, 1953 Winnfield News American

Janis McMahan, 16, Is Buried Here On Saturday

Janis McMahan, 16 year old daughter of Mrs. L. A. Caskey and the late Horace
McMahan of Winnfield, was buried Saturday at 3:30 p.m.  She died Friday in a
local hospital after an illness of several months.  The cause of her death was
nephritis.

Funeral services were held in the First Baptist, of which she was a member,
with the pastor, Rev. W. L. Holcomb officiating, assisted by Rev. Waynon Mott
of Laurel Heights Baptist Church.  Burial was in Winnfield Cemetery under
direction of Southern Funeral Home.

She is survived by her mother, Mrs. Caskey; two sisters, Sue and Judith Ann
McMahan of Winnfield; two brothers, Richard Lee and James David Caskey of
Winnfield; her maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Killen of Winnfield;
three aunts, Mrs. Charlie Works and Mrs. Lucille Reed of Winnfield and Mrs.
Joe McConathy of Lake Charles; four uncles, Herbert McMahan of Texas, Ben
Killen of Shreveport, Hasty Killen of Winnfield, Ford Killen of Mitchell
Field, New York, and stepfather, L. A. Caskey.

Pallbearers were John Finney, O. G. Guin, Bluch Haddox, Virgil Barton, J. M.
Thornton, and J. L. Maxey.