Obituaries: Cleo F. Merchant, 1991, 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: January 23, 1991 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American Cleo F. Merchant Services for Cleo F. Merchant were held at 11 a.m. Saturday in Burk's Temple C. M. E. Church with the Rev. Sherman Davis officiating. Burial was in the Bethlehem Baptist Church Cemetery, Atlanta, under direction of Winnfield Funeral Home. Mrs. Merchant, 73, of Winnfield, died Saturday, January 12, 1991, in Lincoln General Hospital, Ruston. She was president of the Eighth District Missionary Society and was a member of the stewardess board and the choir at Burk's Temple C. M. E. Church. Survivors include one daughter, Elzenia Merchant of Winnfield; two brothers, Henry Fobbs and Morrel Fobbs, both of Winnfield; four grandchildren and four great-great grandchildren.