Obituaries: Robert Edward Milling, Sr., 1947, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: July 17, 1947 Winn Parish Enterprise

Prominent Winn Native Succumbs In New Orleans

Robert Edward Milling, Sr., 86 year old prominent attorney of New Orleans and
a native of Winn Parish, succumbed at his New Orleans home early Tuesday
morning, July 15.

Religious rites were held at the Rayne Memorial Methodist Church by Dr. B. C.
Taylor, pastor.  Funeral services were held at the House of Bultman in New
Orleans.  Interment was in Metairie Cemetery.

Mr. Milling was born in Winn Parish on April 16, 1861 and was the son of
Thomas David and Mary Edna Teddlie Milling.  He received his early education
in the Winnfield schools and was graduated in law from L. S. U.  Later he
received his Ph. D. from Cooper Institute in Lauderdale, Miss.  He was
admitted to the Louisiana Bar in 1885 and also qualified to practice law in
Mississippi.  After graduation Mr. Milling returned to Winnfield to practice
law with his father in law, J. C. Roberts.

He was elected District Attorney for the Fourth Judicial District in Winn
Parish in 1888 and served in that capacity until 1896 when he moved to St. 
Mary Parish where for a number of years he practiced in Franklin as partner 
of the late U. S. Senator Murphy J. Foster.

In 1883 Mr. Milling was married to Miss Ida Roberts of Winnfield who preceded
him in death.

At the time of his death Mr. Milling was a senior member of the law firm of
Milling, Godchaux, Saal, and Milling in New Orleans.

He was a member of the American Bar Association, the La. State Bar
Association, the New Orleans Bar Association, the Boston Club, and the La.
Lodge of Masons.