Obituaries: John Williams, 1950, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: December 14, 1950 Winn Parish Enterprise

Funeral services were held Friday in Verda Baptist Church for John Williams,
46, following a brief illness at his residence in Monroe.

Mr. Williams, a pulpwood contractor for Brown Paper Mill, recently had moved
to Monroe from his former home in Verda.

Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Ernest Scott of Transylvania Baptist
Church, with burial in Verda Cemetery under direction of Hixson Brothers in
Winnfield.

Survivors are his wife, Mrs. John Williams; one son, John Raymond Williams of
Verda; five brothers, Harry Lee of Colfax, Eddie of Iowa, La., Charlie Rufus
of Verda, Otho of Port Arthur, Texas, and Owen of Irvington, Ky.; two sisters,
Mrs. W. W. Stroud of Pineville and Miss Hazel Lee Williams of
Alexandria, and his mother, Mrs. Frances Williams of Verda.

Pallbearers were Everett Nelms, Aaron Fletcher, Arthur Seward, O. K. Lane,
J. E. Brock, and Ben Jordan.