Obituaries: Nannie Beck Williams, 1935, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: May 9, 1935 Winn Parish Enterprise

Mrs. Nannie Williams Succumbs Sat. From Effects of Poison

Mrs. Nannie Beck Williams, 60 years old, died here Saturday from effects of
seven poison tablets she had taken three days before.

Mrs. Williams died at the home of her sister in law, Mrs. J. L. Beck, in
Laurel Heights where she had been making her home for the past month.  She
had come here in search of employment and failing to find something to
do, had become despondent over being a burden on relatives.

Mrs. Williams purchased the poison tablets in town Wednesday morning and
returned home and it was reported swallowed seven of them.

Mrs. Williams comes from a family prominent in North Louisiana.  Her mother
was an Aubrey of Mount Pleasant.  Her father, G. W. Beck, who came to
Winnfield in 1900 and was elected to a series of public offices, among them
that of deputy clerk.  She was the widow of the late W. O. Williams, former
jeweler of Winnfield.

Funeral services for Mrs. Williams were conducted Saturday.  Surviving are a
brother, W. J. Beck, Goring, Ark., and a nephew, W. A. Jones, of
Shreveport, member of the Shreveport police force.