Obituaries: Sarah Hughes Sutton, 1959, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: January 1, 1959 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Mrs. Sarah Sutton Is Buried Dec. 19 At St. Maurice

Mrs. Sarah Sutton, 92 years of age, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Steve Morgan, in Ferriday, Wednesday, December 17, following three days of
serious illness.  She had been in failing health for several months.

Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. December 19 in the First Baptist Church
of Ferriday of which she was the oldest member.  Services were conducted by
the pastor, Rev. Shirley Briggs and concluded at the graveside at 1 p.m.
in the family cemetery at St. Maurice, Winn Parish.

Mrs. Sutton was born in Union County, Ark., May 11, 1866, the daughter of the
late William Johnson Hughes and Levison Hughes.  She moved to St. Maurice
with her father in February, 1890.

Mrs. Sutton was married to the late J. A. "Toad" Sutton, December 18, 1890,
and spent her entire married life in Winn and Grant Parishes.  After the death
of her husband in Atlanta, La., in 1930, she made her home with her oldest
daughter, who lives in Ferriday.

She is survived by one brother, J. G. Hughes of Shreveport; two daughters,
Mrs. Steve Morgan, Ferriday, and Mrs. Troy L. McMurry of Shreveport; four
grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.