Obituaries: Virginia Strong Sutton, 1934, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: January 4, 1934 Winn Parish Enterprise

Death Claims Mrs. C. H. Sutton At Her Home Sunday

Funeral Services Were Held Tuesday At St. Maurice

Mrs. Virginia Strong Sutton, wife of C. H. Sutton, died at her home here
Sunday morning at 5 o'clock, following three month's illness.  Mrs. Sutton was
born in Natchitoches Parish near St. Maurice, July 30, 1849, the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. William Walker Strong.  She was a sister to the late W. A.
Strong, who at one time was secretary of state in Louisiana, under the Nichols
administration, and was editor of the Southern Sentinel, local newspaper att
the time of his death.

Mrs. Sutton was educated at the Sacred Heart School in Natchitoches.  She was
married to C. H. Sutton in 1874.  They moved to Winnfield in 1901 and resided
here continuously since that time.  Mrs. Sutton at an early age united with
the Methodist Church and was a member of the local church at the time of
her demise.  She was a consecrated Christian.

Funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon at the home of here and at
the Independence Methodist Church at St. Maurice.  Rev. Ellis Smith was in
charge, assisted by Rev. Alwin Stokes.

Surviving the deceased are her husband, C. H. Sutton, 83 years of age; two
daughters, Mrs. J. H. Crawford, Winnfield, and Mrs. T. H. Stell of Shreveport;
and two sons, Clarence of Winnfield and W. E. Sutton of Montgomery; seven
grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.

Out of town relatives and friends attending the last rights were Mrs. Ralph
White and Mrs. Guy Smith, Monroe; N. B. Crawford of El Dorado; Mrs. S. P.
Carney, Harry Crawford, and O'Neil Sutton of Longview, Texas; Mr. and Mrs. W.
R. Jackson of Jonesboro; Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Jones, Pollock; Miss Jerusha
Carter, Nacogdoches, Texas; and Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Cothran of Hodge.