Obituaries: Jesse Madison Mercer, 1939, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: August 31, 1939 Winn Parish Enterprise

J. M. Mercer, 74, Dies At His Home In E. Winnfield

Burial Was Made at Pleasant Hill Cemetery Saturday

J. M. Mercer, 74 years of age, died Friday, August 25, 1939, at 11 p.m. at his
home in East Winnfield.  Mr. Mercer had been in ill health for the past two
or three years.

Funeral services were conducted at the Pleasant Hill Church Saturday evening
at 3 o'clock with the Rev. D. W. McDaniel and the Rev. Moses Mercer
officiating.

Mr. Mercer was born and reared in this parish.  He was a farmer and carpenter,
but had been employed by the highway commission until his health began to
fail him.  He was a member of the Winnfield Baptist Church.

Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Lucy Smith Mercer, two daughters and one son,
Perry H. Mercer, Monroe; Mrs. M. E. Figley, Downsville, La., and Mrs. L. C.
Mayeaux, New Orleans; one brother, Millard H. Mercer, Pleasant Hill; four
sisters, Mrs. C. Jordan, Mrs. Mary Allen, Mrs. R. L. Frantom, Winnfield, and
Mrs. W. M. Crawford, Campti.