Obituaries: Lela Fowler Tilton, 1950, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: December 8, 1950 Winnfield News-American

Final Rites For Mrs. Lela Tilton Held at Mt. Zion

Funeral services for Mrs. Lela Fowler Tilton, 59, native and lifelong resident
of Winn Parish, were conducted at Mt. Zion Methodist Church at 2:30 p.m.
Wednesday, November 29, with the Rev. T. A. Brown of West Monroe officiating. 
Interment in Mt. Zion Cemetery was directed by Hixson Brothers Funeral Home.

Mrs. Tilton died suddenly of a heart attack at her residence at Tilton's Camp
on Saline Lake, Rt. 1, Atlanta, early Tuesday morning.  She was born in Winn
Parish January 16, 1891 and was a member of the Methodist Church.

Surviving are her husband, Charles E. Tilton of Rt. 1, Atlanta, three sons,
Elbert Tilton of Atlanta, Olan Tilton of Ville Platte, and Albert Tilton of
Montgomery; one daughter, Mrs. Willo Dee Dykes of Shreveport; three brothers,
Tobe Fowler, Sam Fowler, and Frank Fowler, all of Montgomery; one sister, Mrs.
Clara Johnson of Montgomery.

Pallbearers were S. M. Fowler, Burke Fowler, Orville Fowler, Buford Fowler,
W. A. Fowler, and Red Johnson.