Obituaries: R. A. Norred, Sr., 1961, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: September 14, 1961 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

R. A. Norred, Sr., Succumbs; Burial Friday At 2:30 P.M.

R. A. Norred, Sr., of Dodson, Route 1, who would have been 85 years this
coming October 7, died Wednesday night in a Winnfield hospital after a long
illness.  He was a retired farmer and was a member of the Church of God.  Mr.
Norred had been prominent in farming and in civic and religious affairs of the
parish.

Funeral services will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 15, at the
Highway Chapel Church of God, just north of Hodge, and burial will be in the
Antioch Cemetery nearby.  The body will remain at the family home until time
for the funeral.

Officiating at the last rites will be Mr. P. P. Greson, church minister, the
Rev. Dell Durand, and the Rev. L. M. Waldron.

Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Dora Stringer Norred, Dodson; six sons, Earl of
Shreveport, Cedric of Dallas, Newton of St. George, S. C., David of Oak Grove,
Clayton of Dodson, and Paul of Detroit, Mich.; one sister, Mrs. Molly
Hennington, Memphis, Tenn., and eight grandchildren.