Obituaries: Lonnie M. St. John, 1952, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: February 15, 1952 Winnfield News-American

Former Resident of Dodson Dies

Last rites were held Thursday, Feb. 7, 1952, in Little Rock, Ark., for Lonnie
M. St. John, 48, who passed away as a result of a heart attack at the Veterans
Hospital where he had been a patient for several years.

Mr. St. John was a former resident of Dodson, Rt. 2, and was married to the
former Miss Vera Terrell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Terrell of Dodson. 
He was a member of the Dodson Baptist Church and a World War I veteran.

Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Vera St. John, 1224 Maryland Ave., Little Rock;
one daughter, Miss Betty Gray St. John, one son, Gary St. John of Little Rock;
two brothers, O. O. St. John, Houma, La., and E. R. St. John, El Dorado, Ark.;
three sisters, Mrs. Donner Mae Keith, New Orleans; Mrs. Ola Johnson, Ardmore,
Okla.; and Mrs. Arno Halbfass, Shreveport.

Among those attending the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Terrell of Dodson,
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Kelly of Winnfield, and Mrs. Cecil McKinney of Jonesboro,
a sister of Mrs. St. John.