Obituaries: Rebecca Thompson Rikard, 1944, 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: August 17, 1944 Winn Parish Enterprise Death Calls Mrs. W. L. Rikard of Couley For seventy years the Couley community was the home of Mrs. Rebecca Thompson Rikard. She was born February 4, 1874 and died August 2, 1944. Part of her childhood was spent as an orphan. She married W. L. Rikard soon after she reached her fifteenth birthday. They were the parents of eleven children, eight of whom grew into adults. Mrs. Rikard is survived by six children: C. L. Rikard, Chetnut, La.; J. E. Rikard, Mrs. L. H. Kelley, Atlanta, La.; Mrs. B. Deville, Oak Grove, La.; W. L. Rikard, Jr., Natchitoches, La.; W. E. Rikard, Montgomery, La. She leaves 21 grandchildren, one brother, R. B. Carter, Atlanta, La.; and one sister, Mrs. H. A. Durham, Leesville, La. Mrs. Rikard had made her home with her daughter, Mrs. L. H. Kelly, since the time of her husband's death in 1937. She will be missed by her family group and a host of relatives and friends.