Obituaries: Rev. William James Teddlie, 1967, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: November 2, 1967 Winn Parish Enterprise

(H. B. Bozeman article reprinted with permission granted me by Mr. Estes
Bozeman)

Winn Parish As I Have Known It

by H. B. Bozeman

Excerpt from Article No. 517

Obituary of Rev. William James Teddlie (Date Unknown)

Bunkie, La.  William James Teddlie was born July 4, 1845, near Curthburt, Ga.,
from the union of William Edward Teddlie and Sarah Ann Johnson.  At the age of
10 he moved with his family and relatives to Winn Parish, Louisiana, locating
on the present site of the rock quarry and salt mines, about four miles from
Winnfield.  Here he grew to manhood and in 1863 enlisted in the war between
the states, joining the twenty-third Louisiana regiment, Feb. 23, 1864. 
(Note: this is in error, Mr. Teddlie was in the 27th La. Inf., not the 23rd.-
GED)

He married Frances Adeline Bellamy, daughter of a Methodist minister.  To this
union six children were born of whom only two survive: John F. Teddlie, Fort
Worth, Texas, and Mrs. Thomas E. Mixon, Bunkie, La.

His father had given the land near their home for a church and graveyard.  At
the age of 21 in this church, "Old Jerusalem", Brother Teddlie was converted
and received into church membership, being baptized by Rev. Dan Kelly.

In his early married life he moved to Texas on account of his family's health
and there he answered the call to preach.  He hesitated because of the sore-
felt need of education which he had foregone when he chose to go to war with
his young friends instead of the Mt. Lebanon [College] where his father had
arranged for him to go to college.  His first attempt to preach was at old
North Church near Nacogdoches, Texas, substituting for the revivalist who was
unable to come.  The only convert at this meeting was his own son, William, a
lad of 15, who died shortly after.  He was pastor of several churches in
Louisiana, among which were Montgomery, Hargis, Calvin, Pine Grove, and
Fairfield.

Age and disease dimmed his mind in his last days, but the day that Jesus
washed his sins away grew brighter and brighter, almost his last conscious
effort being to sing, "Oh, Happy Day."