Obituaries: John W. Teddlie, Jr., 1976, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: September 15, 1976 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Final Rites For John W. Teddlie, Jr. Sept. 12, 1976

John W. Teddlie, Jr., 73, retired, died in a local hospital Friday, September
10, 1976, following a short illness.

Funeral services were conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday in Southern Funeral Home
Chapel with Rev. Eskel Tatum and Rev. W. R. Gage officiating.  Burial was in
the Winnfield Cemetery.

Born October 30, 1903 on a plantation in Rapides Parish, the deceased was the
son of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Teddlie, Sr., pioneer residents of Winn
Parish.  He became a member of the Methodist Church in early life, served in
World War II, and was employed by the Louisiana State Tax Commission and later
by the Louisiana Forest Service.  For 20 years he was employed by Emerson
Drugs in Winnfield before retiring.

He is survived by two sisters, Miss Lowice Teddlie and Mrs. Bess T. Davis,
both of Winnfield, two nieces, and a number of great nieces and nephews.

Acting as pallbearers were Tracy Lee Harrel, Tommy Harrel, Sr., Walter Mince
of Flint, Mich., Ernest Vaughn, Harvey Myrick, and Harper Terrill.

Among friends and relatives attending the funeral were Mr. and Mr. Walter
Mince, Flint, Mich.; Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Hill, Dallas, Texas; Mr. and Mrs. J.
L. Shevnin, Yvonne, and Greg Shevnin, Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Spillers, Mrs. Mary
Avie Cleveland of Leesville; E. C. Jackson, Hargis; Johnny Jackson,
Montgomery; Mrs. Madeline Bagley, Mr. Robert H. Scott of Leesville; Mr. and
Mrs. E. C. Strickland, Mrs. Monica Milling Nutt of Montgomery; Mrs. Dessie
Milling Hines, Verda; Mrs. Edna Winham, James Frost of Pollock, La.; Mrs.
Nettie Vercher, Natchitoches; Mrs. Allan Ragan, Clarence; Mrs. Juanita
Lasyone, Baton Rouge; Miss Marsha McElwee, Shreveport; Mrs. Maxine Goodin;
Newport News, Va.; Mrs. Maude Purvis Fuglaar, Pineville; Mrs. Lucille Dyess,
Dry Prong; Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Coorpender, Shreveport, La.