Obituaries: Rev. William D. Sherwood, 1946, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: April 19, 1946 Winnfield News-American

W. D. Sherwood Funeral Services, Jerusalem Sunday

Beloved Baptist Minister Succumbs at His Home Saturday, A. M.

Funeral services for the Rev. William D. Sherwood, who died Saturday morning
at his home here, were held Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at the Jerusalem
Church followed by interment in the church cemetery.  The rites were conducted
by the Rev. H. H. McBride, pastor of the First Baptist Church and the Rev. H.
J. Mott, pastor of the Laurel Heights Baptist Church of Winnfield.

One of the best beloved ministers of this section, Rev. Sherwood had been in
failing health for the past several years and suffered a stroke about a week
ago at his home here, to which he and his wife, the former Miss Polly Hand,
moved five weeks ago from their home in the Sardis Community.  The couple had
resided in the Sardis Community since their marriage in 1900.  He engaged in
farming along with his ministerial work that took him into every community of
Winn and adjoining parishes.  Among the churches he served during his more
than 30 years as a pastor and minister were Sardis, Pleasant Hill, Corinth,
Williana, Fairfield, Cypress Creek, Zion, Zion Hill, and others.

Born in Catahoula Parish, January 6, 1874, he moved with his parents when
quite young to Texas where they remained for only a short time before coming
to the Sardis Community in Winn Parish.

Surviving him are his widow, five sons, C. E. Sherwood, Alan Sherwood, and
Leck B. Sherwood, Lanis Sherwood (note, only four sons listed); three
daughters, Mrs. John Hyde, Pollock, Mrs. Lee Dean, Alexandria, and Mrs. Conrad
Nugent, Dry Prong; and one sister, Mrs. Addie Anders, Tioga.

Pallbearers were Louis Moffett, W. I. Billings, R. D. Gunn, Fletcher Melton,
Clifford Melton, and C. C. Parker.