Obituaries:  James Howard Straughan, 1968, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From:  December 5, 1968, Winn Parish, LA.

J. H. Straughan, Business Man, Dies Sun., Dec. 1

James Howard Straughan, 57, Winnfield business man, died Sunday night,
December 1, 1968 while attending church.

He was a member of Laurel Heights Baptist Church.

Funeral rites were conducted at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Laurel Heights Church with
Rev. C. C. Martin, Rev. Thomas Cox, and Eugene Love officiating.  Interment,
under direction of Southern Funeral Home of Winnfield, was in Garden of
Memories Cemetery.

Survivors include his widow, one son, Thomas Ray Straughan, one daughter, Mrs.
John Carter, his mother, Mrs. Minnie Dean Straughan, all of Winnfield; two
brothers, Louis B. Straughan, Jr. of Oklahoma, Harold Straughan of San Angelo,
Texas, and two grandchildren.

Pallbearers were Marvin Caraway, Jack Shelton, James Machen, Gene Porter,
Tommy Bankston, W. O. Rigdon.