Obituaries: George Miley Walsworth, Sr., 1964, 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: April 2, 1964 Winn Parish Enterprise-News American G. M. Walsworth, Former Deputy Sheriff, Succumbs George Miley Walsworth, Sr., 71, member of a prominent Winn Parish family and a Winnfield resident for the greater part of his life, died at 3 a.m. Monday, March 30, 1964, in a Ponchatoula nursing home following a lengthy illness. Funeral services were held Tuesday in the Chapel of Southern Funeral Home of Winnfield with burial in Winnfield Cemetery. Dr. W. L. Holcomb, pastor of the First Baptist Church, officiated. Mr. Walsworth, who was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Walsworth of Jonesboro, served as Winn deputy sheriff from 1928 through 1944. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Winnfield and the Masonic Lodge here. Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Laura Sholars Walsworth; one daughter, Mrs. George Roger Smith, Ponchatoula; one son, the Rev. Miles A. Walsworth, Columbia, Miss.; one brother, Johnny Walsworth, West Monroe; and six grandchildren.