Obituaries:  James E. Strickland, 1948, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From:  August 26, 1948 Winn Parish Enterprise

Final Rites Held At Mt. Zion For James Strickland

Funeral services for James E. Strickland, 59, native of Winn Parish were held
at the Mt. Zion Church at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, August 24, with the
Rev. Tidwell Brown, Rev. C. M. Robinson, and Rev. Hall officiating.  Masonic
rites were held at the grave and burial was in Mt. Zion Cemetery under
direction of Southern Funeral Home.

Mr. Strickland died at 4:30 p.m. Sunday, August 22, at the home of his son, J.
H. Strickland, route four, Winnfield.  He had been ill for several months.

He was born and reared in the Wheeling Community in Winn Parish.  He recently
moved to El Paso, Texas, to make his home with his son.

Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Hattie Strickland of Winnfield; one daughter,
Mrs. Sam Craig of Monroe; two sons, J. H. Strickland and Cecil Ray Strickland
of Winnfield, Rt. 4; two brothers, E. C. Strickland of Montgomery, and J. R.
Strickland of Terral, Texas; and two sisters, Mrs. Elmer Dow of Epps, La., and
Mrs. Rosa Parish of Natchitoches.  He is also survived by three grandchildren.

Members of the Masonic Lodge served as pallbearers.