Obituaries: Mary Varnell, 1968, Winn Parish, LA Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** From: October 10, 1968 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American Mrs. M. Varnell Succumbs; Rites Held Saturday Mrs. Mary Varnell, 89, died late Thursday, October 3, 1968 at her home after a brief illness. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the New Jerusalem Baptist Church near Winnfield with the Rev. Willie Broadway officiating, assisted by the Rev. Homer Ivy. Burial was in the Bolton-Teagle Cemetery. Survivors include four sons, Frank Varnell, Mack Varnell, and John Varnell, all of Winnfield, and Willie Varnell of Texas; three daughters, Mrs. Myrtle Jordan of Dodson, Mrs. Ola Hyde and Mary Franks, both of Winnfield; 23 grandchildren, a number of great grandchildren, and several great-great grandchildren.