Obituaries: Bessie Smith Mercer, 1970, 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: November 19, 1970 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American Mrs. B. Mercer Succumbs; Rites Held Tuesday Mrs. Bessie Smith Mercer, 81, of Winnfield, died at noon Monday, November 16, 1970 at Winnfield General Hospital. Survivors include a son, Laurie Mercer of Winnfield; a brother, P. B. Smith of Dodson, and two sisters, Miss Lonnie Smith of Winnfield and Mrs. C. W. Fox of Dodson. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Southern Funeral Home Chapel with Elder Woodrow Wilson and Elder J. R. Ware officiating. Burial was in Zion Hill Cemetery under direction of Southern Funeral Home.