Obituaries: Marjorie Brown Milam, 1946, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: February 27 and March 6, 1946 Winn Parish Enterprise

No. 1

Funeral Services For Mrs. Milam Friday, 2:30 P.M.

Funeral services will be held for Mrs. V. Matt Milam, Jr., 23, of Winnfield,
at 2:30 p.m. Friday at the First Baptist Church of which she is a member.
Burial will be in the Winnfield Cemetery.

Rev. H. H. McBride will be in charge of the services and will be assisted by
Rev. Harold Rutledge, Rev. H. Y. Mott, Rev. Alwin Stokes, and Rev. Fred
Flurry.  Pallbearers will be Edward Powell, Jimmie Harrell, Bobby Byrnes,
Lyndon Allen, Truett Thompson, and Donald Maxwell.

Mrs. Milam died Thursday morning at 6:30 o'clock in the Baptist Hospital,
Alexandria, after almost three weeks of illness caused by a rare liver
disease.  She was stricken after the birth of her twin sons February 14.

The former Marjorie Brown of Rising Star, Texas, Mrs. Milam and Mr. Milam were
married three years ago.  They resided in Monroe and other points until his
discharge from the Army Air Force, after which they established their home in
Winnfield, where both have a host of friends.

She is survived by her husband, V. Matt Milam, Jr., her twin sons whom she
named Michael and Tommy, of Winnfield, her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Brown
and her brothers, Dickie and James, of Rising Star, Texas.

Funeral arrangements will be directed by Hixson Funeral Home.

No. 2

Last Rites Held For Mrs. V. Matt Milam, Jr., Feb. 28

A large number of relatives and friends attended the funeral services for Mrs.
V. Matt Milam, Jr., here last Friday afternoon.  Winnfield stores closed
during the funeral.

Rev. H. H. McBride was in charge of the services at the First Baptist Church
with Rev. Harold Rutledge, Rev. H. J. Mott, Rev. Alwin Stokes, and Rev. Fred
Flurry assisting.

Active pallbearers were Edward Powell, Donald Maxwell, Robert C. Byrnes, Jimmy
Harrell, Lyndon Allen, Woodrow Holmes, Truett Thompson, and Charles Dark.

Honorary pallbearers were Howard Sowers, Percy Hallmark, John Stroud, Willie
James, Elzie Jennings, Sollie Hilton, Troy Strange, Homer Park, W. D. Temple,
George Foster, Harper Terrill, J. B. Stothart, E. J. Buchanan, Roy James, Otis
Woods, Bluch Haddox, Curtis Austin;

W. C. Bounds, J. E. Reeves, Jack Givens, Leslie Kelly, Arthur McVay, Chester
Wilder, J. C. Stevenson, W. B. Thigpen, Weldon Middleton, Otis Jones, Curtis
Jackson, Leslie Moore, R. B. McIlwain, T. O. Teddlie, Reggie Gates, J. G.
Russell, Clayton White, Robert Buchanan, Parker Thompson, Horace Branch,
Luther Keaton, J. A. Spangler, W. H. Spangler, A. T. Valentine, O. O. House,
L. C. Ingles, R. L. Moore, Miley Walsworth, Jr., S. L. Terry, Eugene Buchanan,
Guy Futrell, and John Paul Garner.