Obituaries: Mrs. Silas Mercer, 1953, 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 28, 1953 Winnfield News-American Services For Mrs. Silas Mercer Held Saturday Funeral services for Mrs. Silas Mercer, 67, who died at the home of her sister in West Monroe, Friday, were held Saturday afternoon at Beech Creek Church. Rev. Turner Davis, pastor of East Winnfield Baptist Church and Rev. E. B. Barton, officiated. Surviving are her husband, one son, Rev. Homer Mercer of Bastrop, three sisters, Vinnie, of California, Ada, of Bunkie, and Nellie, of Monroe, two brothers, Henry and Walter Spangler, of West Monroe.