Obituaries:  Viola Stone Milam, 1967, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From:  July 20, 1967 Winn Parish Enterprise-News American

Mrs. J. B. Milam, Sr., Buried Sat. At Gansville

Funeral services for Mrs. J. B. Milam, Sr., 96, of Jonesboro, and a native of
Winn Parish ,  were held at Siloam Baptist Church at Gansville at 10 a.m.
Saturday, July 15, 1967, with the Rev. John P. Allen officiating.  Burial was
in the church cemetery.

Mrs. Milam died Thursday afternoon at her home after a brief illness.  Her
late husband, a prominent merchant and farmer, was past president of the Winn
Parish Police Jury.

Mrs. Milam, the former Viola Stone, was born and reared in the
Gansville-Dodson area.  She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star.

She is survived by two sons, J. B. Milam, Jr., of Ruston and Ott Milam of
Tullos; two daughters, Mrs. Mable Gatlin and Mrs. Nell Parker, both of
Jonesboro; seven grandchildren, 16 great grandchildren, and one great-great
grandchild.

Pallbearers were Don Milam, Dr. John Milam, John LaRue, Sonny M. Gatlin, Rev.
Roy Prager, Tom Handy, M. C. Walker, and Jack Emmons.