Major William A. Strong, d. 1908, Winn Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies
120 Ted Price Lane
Winnfield, LA  71483
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MAJOR WILLIAM A. STRONG DEAD

Prominent Newspaper Man and Confederate Soldier Passes Away

Died in Winnfield, La., at 1:25 a.m., Friday, December 11, 1908, Major Will A.
Strong, aged 62 years.

The deceased was born at St. Maurice, September 14, 1847, and was in his 62nd
year.  A boy when the summons came to arms, he served his country faithfully
and true during the war as a member of Company D, 2nd Louisiana Cavalry. 
After the war he returned to his home to fill the role of a useful citizen. 
He was always an active participator in the affairs of life among his fellow
citizens.  Hence, he has made his mark along the avenue of time.

As a citizen of Winnfield and Managing Editor of The Southern Sentinel, he has
contributed largely to the growth of this town.  His life has been one of
usefulness and benefits to his fellow-men.  He was the beau ideal of the
Southern Gentleman.  Always kind and considerate for his friends, he was the
acme of good humor and that hospitality that marks the gentleman to the manner
born.

He leaves a wife and several children to mourn his untimely death.  His
remains will be laid to rest in the family burial grounds at St. Maurice, La. 
He was a prominent member of the Masonic Fraternity, Knights of Pythias and
Locomotive Engineers.

Few men there have been in the active pursuits of life who have left more
prominent marks of his usefulness.  Gentle, kind, sociable and always ready to
do good.  There have been few men in active life more publically useful, truer
to his friends and the typical type of the Southern gentleman.

His family have lost a true husband and father, his sisters a loving brother,
and his friends one of God's gentlemen.  How deeply the sympathy extended to
one and all no mere words can express.  May their hearts be comforted in their
sudden affliction.

(This obituary appeared in a Winnfield newspaper and was taken from a copy of
same found in my grandmother Nena Plunkett Davies' possessions years ago.  It
probably appeared in the Southern Sentinel. Will Strong also served as the
Louisiana Secretary of State and in various political positions in Winn
Parish.  Submitted by Greggory Ellis Davies, Winnfield, Winn Parish, LA.)