Obituaries: Orpha Speed, 1988, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Donna Corbett, 905 South Street,  Winnfield, Louisiana 71483
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From: Winnfield Newspaper
(not sure of the name of the newspaper office when the obituary was
printed)

Services for Orpha Speed were held at 4 p. m. Friday
in the chapel of Southern with Bishops Bob Taylor
and Loy Gaar officiating.  Burial was in the Winnfield
City Cemetery.
      Mrs. Speed, 88, of Winnfield, died at 7:15 p. m.
Wednesday, March 2, 1988, in Humana Hospital.
      She was a native of Arkansas and a member of
The Church of  Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
      Survivors include four sons, Walter Speed of
Winnfield, James Speed of Van Horn, Texas,
Veldon Speed of Delta Junction, Alaska, and Wallace
Speed of Cypress, Calif.; six daughters, Nettie Hand,
Loretta Howard and Hollis Johnson, all of Winnfield,
Myrtle Huey of  Choudrant, Edith Keith of Coushatta,
And Ruth Dorn of Lincoln, Neb.; one stepbrother,
Clint Hamm of Alexandria; one sister-in-law, Edna
Lawrence of Winnfield; 55 grandchildren, 78 great-
grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren.
(Note: Mrs. Speed's full name was Dessie Orpha
Lawrence Speed.)