Obituaries: Madaliene Trahan, 1929, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: January 10, 1929 Winn Parish Enterprise

Funeral Services Held Sunday For Little Madaliene Trahan

Funeral services for little Madaliene Trahan, who died at the Baptist
Sanitarium, Alexandria, Saturday, January 5, were held at the First Baptist
Church Sunday afternoon, 3 o'clock.  Services were in charge of the Rev. Alwin
Stokes, of Ferriday, former pastor of the Winnfield Presbyterian Church and
intimate friend of the family, and the Rev. S. B. Williams, present pastor of
the Presbyterian Church, assisted by the Rev. A. H. Cullen and the Rev. C. C.
Wier.  A choir composed of singers from choirs of the Presbyterian, Methodist,
and Baptist churches, under the direction of Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Gladden
rendered beautiful consoling hymns.  Miss Ethie Vernon, music teacher of
Madaliene, was at the piano.  An escort of honor who were classmates of little
Madaliene was composed of the following: Louise Carter, Helen Price, Eleanor
Campbell, Jena Jackson, Ruth Elaine Harper, and Janella Williams; pallbearers
were Jim Scott, Jr., Prentis Cole, A. L. Smith, Jr., and Atwood Davis.

There were many and beautiful floral tributes.

A large concourse of sorrowing relatives and friends were in attendance. 
Interment was in the Winnfield Cemetery.

Madaliene, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ovey Trahan, was 8 years, 3 months,
and 11 days old.  She was a talented child, a sweet and loving disposition,
and her parents and relatives being held in the highest esteem in the
community, she left a multitude of friends to mourn her passing.

Madaliene was ill a little more than two weeks.  She was carried to the
Baptist Sanitarium a week before her death, where it was found she had
pneumonia and other complications.  The best of medical attentions and loving
cared was rendered, but to no relief.

She is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ovey Trahan, grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. W. W. Austin, uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Hastings, of
Winnfield; grandmother, Mrs. Trahan of Lafayette; and the following uncles and
aunts, brothers and sisters of her father, from New Orleans, Maurice and
Lafayette, La.: John, Phillip, Ernest, Henry , Gus, Bienvenue, Louise, and
Asame Trahan.