Obituaries: Amanda Pyburn Morris, 1957, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: May 2, 1957 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Final Rites Held For 98 Year Old Resident April 28

Mrs. Amanda Pyburn Morris, 98, died here Saturday at the home of her son,
Hasson Morris.  She had been in ill health for several years.  Before
suffering a stroke about three years ago, she was considered one of the best
informed authorities about Winn Parish history.

She was the oldest native citizen of Winn Parish, having been born at
Gansville, January 8, 1859.  She was a great granddaughter of William Mackie, 
the famous civil engineer who supervised the preliminary surveys of the of the
entire Louisiana Purchase territory prior to its acquisition by the United
States, and later established the original boundaries for the state of
Louisiana.

Her husband, the late W. H. Morris, died 30 years ago.  Since then she has
made her home with her son here.

Funeral services were held here Sunday afternoon at the First Methodist
Church, conducted by the Rev. L. L. Booth, and the Rev. M. E. Morgan.  Burial
was in the Gansville Cemetery under the direction of Southern Funeral Home.

Acting as pallbearers were grandsons and great grandsons, Bill and Jack
Hagler, Eslie and Paul Wells, Dannie and Roger Hagler.

Survivors are a son, Hasson Morris, Winnfield; three daughters, Mrs. Etta
Hagler, Jonesboro, Mrs. T. C. Moffett, San Antonio, Texas, and Mrs. J. C.
Barnes, Jonesboro; 12 grandchildren, 14 great grandchildren, and five great
great grandchildren.  Also, scores of other relatives including Dewitt Pyburn,
a nephew, who is a member of the U. S. Mississippi River Commission.