Obituaries: Ivy Simon, 1972, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: October 18, 1972 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Ivy Simon, 84, Sikes Native, Dies Friday

Funeral services for Ivy Simon, 84, of Winnsboro, were held at 2:30 p.m.
Sunday in the Bouef River Baptist Church with the Rev. Earl Gibson
officiating.  Burial was in Ogden Cemetery.

Mr. Simon died Friday night, October 13, 1972 in the Franklin Parish Hospital
after a long illness.

He was the eldest son of the late Marion and Mary Thompson Simon, former
residents of Sikes, having moved with his family to Franklin Parish some 65
years ago.  He was a retired farmer and cattleman and a member of the Baptist
Church.

Survivors include his widow; three sons, Roy Simon and Marion Simon, both of
Shreveport, and Blanchard Simon of Raceland; five daughters, Mrs. Katie Kemper
and Mrs. Garland Kemper, both of San Bernardino, Calif., Mrs. Bonnie Thompson
of Houston, Texas, Mrs. Doris Guzman of Fayetteville, Ark., and Mrs. Geraldine
McGiffin of Anaheim, Calif.; two brothers, Clarence Simon of Winnfield and
Monroe Simon of Winnsboro; two sisters, Mrs. Ellen Smith and Mrs. Nancy
Nugent, both of Winnsboro; 16 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren, and a
host of nieces and nephews, including a niece, Mrs. Bessie Martin of Route 2,
Winnfield.