Obituaries: Ella Josephine Spikes, 1953, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: January 16, 1953 Winn Parish Enterprise or Winnfield News-American

Last Rites For Mrs. Ella J. Spikes Held At Mars Hill

Mrs. Ella Josephine Spikes died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. H. B.
Drewett, in Montgomery, January 8, 1953, at 11 p.m.

Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. January 10, 1953, in the Northside
Baptist Church in Montgomery with Elder Horace Weaver officiating.  Interment
was in the Mars Hill Cemetery.

The deceased was born in Grant Parish and was 85 years, 10 months, and 24 days
old at the time of her death.

Survivors include four daughters, Mrs. H. B. Drewett, Mrs. C. L. Lemoine,
Alexandria, Mrs. E. W. Church, Salina, Kansas, and Mrs. J. B. Welch, Dry
Prong.  She also leaves 18 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren.

Funeral arrangements were under the direction of Hixson Funeral Home of
Winnfield.