Obituaries:  Mrs. Walter Norris, Winn Parish, 1938
Submitted by:   Deanna Simmons Hess, RR 9, Box 1548, Livingston, TX
77351
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THE WINNFIELD-NEWS AMERICAN
Friday, March 25, 1938

Mrs. Walter Norris of Dodson Dies
In Hospital on Sunday

Funeral Services Monday Morning
Interment In Jonesboro Cemetery

        Mrs. Walter Norris, age 27, of Dodson died Sunday morning at four
o'clock at the Ruston hospital following an illness of two weeks'
duration.
        The deceased was a member of the Dodson Baptist church and was active
in all religious and civic enterprises of the town.  She with her
husband and son came to Dodson a little more than a year ago to make
their home.
        Funeral services were held at the Dodson Baptist church Monday morning
at 10:30 o'clock conducted by the Rev. S. G. Rodgers of Pineville,
assisted by the Rev. D. D. Boddie of Hodge and the Rev. L. P. Moreland
of Choudrant.  Interment was made in the Jonesboro cemetery.
        Mrs. Norris is survived by her husband, Walter Norris, one son, Marvin
Norris of Dodson, four sisters, Mrs. Guston Goss of Bernice, Mrs. John
Britt of Dubach, Miss Ruby Owen of Dubach, Miss Audie Owen of Bernice,
and one brother Henry Owen of Bernice.
        Pall bearers included H. R. Sylvest, Alfred L. Mixon, I. N. Carpenter,
G. W. Price, L. L. Lee, Henry Kornegay and H. D Scott.