Obituaries:  Jacob P. Myers & Jacob Thomas Myers, 1970, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From:  September 27, 1970 Winn Parish Enterprise-News American

Jacob P. Myers, Son, Hebron Natives, Die

Jacob Payton Myers, 75, of Alexandria, La., died at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday,
September 15, 1970 in the Veterans Administration Hospital at Biloxi, 24 hours
after one of his four sons, Jacob Thomas Myers, died in the VA Hospital at
Pineville, La.

He was a native of the Hebron Community in Winn Parish and a retired farmer.

Survivors include three sons, Rudolph Myers of Houston, Texas, Glenn Myers of
Alexandria, and Carl Myers of Westlake, La.; one daughter, Mrs. Roxie Reeves
of Ferriday, La.; two brothers, Hobson Myers of Grayson, La., and Homer Myers,
of Winnfield; two sisters, Mrs. Lelia Robertson of Nederland, Tex., and Mrs.
Carrie Gregory of Grayson, La., 11 grandchildren and five great grandchildren.

Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Friday in the Hebron Baptist Church at
Sikes with Rev. J. C. Eubanks of Urania, officiating.  Burial was in the
church cemetery under direction of Hixson Bros. Funeral Home, Alexandria.

Funeral services for the son, Jacob T. Myers, were held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday
in the chapel of Hixson Bros. Funeral Home, Alexandria, with Rev. Waynon Mott
officiating.  Burial was in National Cemetery.