Obituaries: Bertha Crawford Wallace, 1952, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: July 10, 1952 Winn Parish Enterprise

Funeral for Mrs. Will Wallace to be Held Here Friday

Burial services for Mrs. Bertha Crawford Wallace, wife of the late Judge W. M.
Wallace, both natives of Winnfield, who died at her home in Shreveport
Wednesday night following a stroke a few days ago, will be held at the
Winnfield Cemetery Friday between 12 and 1 p.m., pending the arrival of the
remains from Shreveport.  Hixson Funeral Home will be in charge.  Funeral
services will be conducted in Shreveport at 10:30 a.m. Friday.

Mrs. Wallace, better known as "Mrs. Bertha Will" was 76 years of age.  She was
the daughter of the late J. H. Crawford, one time sheriff of Winn, and her
mother is the late Mrs. Mollie Hallmark Crawford.  She is the stepdaughter of
Mrs. Clarissa Crawford of Laurel Street, Winnfield; and the sister in law of
Mrs. E. E. Kidd, Mrs. Cas Moss, Mrs. W. H. Baker, Mrs. John Mosley, and Mrs.
Nettie Smith, of Winnfield.

She has been a resident of Shreveport for the past 35 years, where she was a
member of the Noel Methodist Church, the D. A. R., and the Eastern Star.  She
is survived by one son, Purcell Wallace, and one daughter, Mrs. Willie Mae
Dunlop, both of Shreveport; two brothers, Tom Crawford of Dallas and Edward
Crawford of Bossier City; two half brothers, Rev. Nace Crawford of Pasadena,
Texas; Harry Crawford of Shreveport; one sister, Mrs. Ida Mae Becker of Baton
Rouge; three half sisters, Mrs. Ava White and Mrs. Mamie Field of Monroe, and
Mrs. Mildred Meredith of Longview.  She also leaves three grandchildren and
one great grandchild.