Obituaries: Alma Eugene Townsend Robbins, 1945, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: December 20, 1945 Winn Parish Enterprise

Mrs. Alma Robbins, 34, Died Here On Tuesday Morning

Mrs. Alma Eugene Robbins, 34 years old, an employee at the Carey Salt Mine for
a number of years, died Tuesday morning at 8:35 in Faith Clinic.  She lived
at 603 Pecan Street.

Funeral services were held at 2:30 Wednesday afternoon at the First Baptist
Church with Rev. H. H. McBride, First Baptist Church, Rev. Alwin Stokes,
Presbyterian Church, and Mr. Lynn Browning, Church of Christ, officiating. 
Burial was in Winnfield.

Born April 8, 1911 in Winnfield, Mrs. Robbins was reared in this community and
was a member of the First Baptist Church.  She married Vernon Robbins March
16, 1938.

She leaves her husband of Winnfield, who was recently discharged from service;
her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Townsend of Winnfield; three
brothers, Elmo, John, and Stanley, the latter in the U. S. Navy, all of
Winnfield; five sisters, Mrs. G. C. Hall, Baton Rouge; Mrs. H. L. Prestridge,
Baton Rouge; Mrs. N. H. Gates, Dodson; Mrs. H. W. Wilkes, Lovington, N. M.;
and Anne Townsend, Winnfield.

Pallbearers were A. T. Tracy, H. E. Parham, Claud Brock, W. H. Cameron, Robert
Maxey, and Ardist McElroy.  Hixson Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.