Obituaries: Alvah Chester Williams, 1935, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: July 18, 1935 Winn Parish Enterprise

A. C. Williams Dies At Prescott, Ark. Saturday

Former Resident of Winnfield; Son of Mrs. W. H. Williams

Alvah Chester Williams, son of Mrs. W. H. Williams of Winnfield, died suddenly
at his home at Prescott, Arkansas, Saturday, July 12, 1935 of heart attack.

Mr. Williams was a traveling salesman connected with the Lincoln-McKeeson
Company of Little Rock, Arkansas, and had been with this company since his
discharge form the U. S. Army just after the close of the World War.  During
the war he served in the Medical Corps of the U. S. Army as a pharmacist.

He was born at Winnfield, La. November 8, 1886 and received his early 
education here, and then attended L. P. I. at Ruston, and graduated from the
Atlanta College of Pharmacy in 1904, following this profession for a number of
years.  He later became a traveling drug salesman.

In 1917, he was married to Miss Ethel Bailey of Prescott, Arkansas, at which
place they made their home.

Funeral services were held Sunday, July 14 at 5 p.m. and interment was in the
Prescott Cemetery.

Surviving relatives are his wife, Mrs. A. C. Williams of Prescott, Ark.; his
mother, Mrs. W. H. Williams, Winnfield; brother, Burton H. Williams,
Winnfield; three sisters, Mrs. P. C. Mosley, New Orleans; Mrs. George A.
Moffett, Monroe; and Mrs. C. W. Spiegle, Aberdeen, Washington.