Obituaries: Lawrence Lamar Walsworth, 1956, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: October 2, 1956 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Lamar Walsworth Dies In Houston; Buried Here Oct. 2

Funeral services for Lawrence Lamar Walsworth, 36, who died in Houston, Texas,
Sunday at 4:30 p.m. following an operation for a brain tumor, were held at the
First Baptist Church, Winnfield, Tuesday, Oct. 2, at 2:30 p.m.  The pastor,
Dr. W. L. Holcomb officiated.  Burial was in the Winnfield Cemetery under
direction of Southern Funeral Home.

Serving as pallbearers were Alton and Dalton Martin, Dr. Ray Jenkins, Ed
Grigsby, Marvin Carroway, and Newton Forrest.

A graduate of Winnfield High School, Lamar attended Louisiana State University
before serving with the U. S. Army, in World War Two, part of which time
was spent in the Pacific theater.  For the past two or three years he has
been employed in the office of an oil firm in Houston.  His death came after a
very short illness.

Lamar was a member of the Garden Oaks Baptist Church, Houston.

Surviving are his wife, the former Linda Ellard; a son, Douglas, 6, and a
daughter, Carmen, 5, of Houston; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Miley Walsworth,
Sr., Winnfield; one brother, the Rev. Miley Walsworth, Jr., Campti; and one
sister, Mrs. George Roger Smith, Houston, and a number of uncles and aunts.