Obituaries: James Ivy Prestridge, 1967, Winn Parish, LA Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** From: December 21, 1967 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American J. I. Prestridge, 77, Dies; Rites Held Monday Funeral services for James Ivy Prestridge, 77, of Jonesboro, were held Monday at 10 a.m. at the Edmonds Funeral Home Chapel with the Revs. Louis Moffett and Richard Shreve officiating. Burial was in Gansville Cemetery near Jonesboro. Mrs. Prestridge died about 10 p.m. Saturday, December 16, 1967 in Jonesboro Hospital after a long illness. He was a retired carpenter and a member of Crowville Lodge No. 370 F. & A. M. Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Vergie Prestridge, Jonesboro; a son, Rogers M. Prestridge, Bossier City; a daughter, Mrs. Elmer Dalfulme, Sondheimer; his mother, Mrs. Mollie Prestridge, Dodson; three brothers, Arthur Prestridge and Cannon Prestridge, both of Jonesboro; and Abe Prestridge, Crowville; a sister, Mrs. Wilson Shiveley, Dodson; five grandchildren and one great grandchild. The family requested that memorials be made to the March of Dimes for Respiratory research.