Obituaries: Bertha Machen Wood, 1937, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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March 11, 1937 Winn Parish Enterprise

Many Out of Town People Attend Last Rites For Mrs. Wood

Mrs. Bertha Machen Wood, 32 years of age, who died in St. Joseph Sanitarium,
Houston, Texas, Wednesday night, March 3rd, was buried in the Winnfield
Cemetery, Friday, March 5. Funeral services were held at the Baptist Church of
which Mrs. Wood was a member.

Active pallbearers were Jewel Maxey, J. G. Carter, E. K. Carter, of Calvin,
Horace Chandler of Calvin, S. C. Jackson of Calvin, R. B. Carter of Pine
Prairie, C. F. Walsworth, Arvel Carter of Calvin, Wesley Carter of Calvin,
Lloyd Key and Ira Key.

Mrs. Wood was the former Bertha Machen, daughter of the late Mrs. Donie Carter
Machen and Frank Machen of Calvin.  After finishing school at Calvin, she
attended the Tyler Business School and was employed as stenographer in the
clerk of court's office at Winnfield for several years.  She and Sam Wood were
married January 5, 1931 and soon after moved to Houston, Texas.  She is
survived by her husband and a four year old daughter, Joyce Anne.

Relatives who attended the funeral were Mrs. G. R. Burnett and R. B. Carter of
Pine Prairie, Mr. and Mrs. I. C. Blake of Jonesboro, Mr. and Mrs. T. W. James
of Shreveport, Mr. Clotilde Griffin and daughter, Miss Hazel Griffin, of
Alexandria, Irma Azcona, Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Juneau of Alexandria, Mrs. Ruby
Ball and Garrety of Alexandria, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Maxey of Calvin, Mrs. T. E.
Turnage of Alexandria, Mrs. H. Mayo, Mrs. W. A. Luck, Mrs. E. J. B. Mills, Mr.
and Mrs. John Flores of Vivian, Dr. and Mrs. B. B. Lane of Jackson, La., Mr.
S. H. Wood of Gilbert, La., Mrs. M. Demoss and family of Shreveport, Mrs. Joe
Culpepper and daughter of New Orlenas, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Schimpf of
Jonesboro, Mrs. W. D. Lee of Trees, Mr. and Mrs. Wise Carter of Pine Prairie,
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Carter of Calvin, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Jackson and son, Mr.
and Mrs. Dewey Garrett and daughter, Calvin, Mr. and Mrs. Ottie Lisenbia of
Calvin, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Shelton and children of Calvin, Mr. and Mrs. H. S.
Chandler of Calvin, Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Carter of Calvin, Mrs. Frank Crippen of
Calvin, Mrs. Wyatt Blake of Calvin, Lloyd Machen of Calhoun, Mr. and Mrs. C.
V. Wilkerson of Calvin, Mr. J. W. Maxey of Dodson.