Obituaries: Ollie Hammons Stringer, 1940, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: April 11, 1940 Winn Parish Enterprise

Last Rites Are Held For Mrs. D. W. Stringer April 6

Succumbs At Gaars Mill Home After Illness of More Than A Year

Last rites for Mrs. D. W. Stringer, 52 years, who died at her home in Gaars
Mill Friday, April 5, 1940, after an illness of more than a year, were held at
the Harmony Grove Baptist Church Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock.  The Rev. O.
L. Hughes and the Rev. R. L. Bridges officiated.  Interment was in the Harmony
Grove Cemetery.

Acting as pallbearers were Troy Lee Kelly, Lloyd Newsom, Sharon Parker, Dean
Hammons, Charlie McCartney, and Garvin Hammons.

Mrs. Stringer, a native of the Gaars Mill community, was before her marriage,
Miss Ollie Hammons, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Hammons.  She was
a consecrated member of the church, a member of the W. M. U. and of the Gaars
Mill home demonstration club and for several years had been correspondent for
the Winn Parish Enterprise.

Besides her husband, Mrs. Stringer leaves three daughters, Mrs. T. L. Kelly,
Gaars Mill, Mrs. Sharon Parker and Mrs. Lloyd Newsom, Sikes; one son, Gwin
Stringer, Monroe; and two brothers, Dayton Hammons and Hilton Hammons, of
Gaars Mill.