Obituary: Bertha Machen Wood, 1937, Winn Parish, LA Submitted by Michael Drewett, 6321 Clegg Rd., Pensacola, FL, 32526 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** Source: Winn Parish Enterprise, Thursday, March 4, 1937 ..................... Mrs. Sam Wood Dies in Houston Wednesday Nite Funeral Services Will Be Conducted Friday Afternoon Mrs. Sam Wood, 31, who died in the St. Joseph sanitarium, Houston, Texas, Wednesday night at 11:25, following an illness of several weeks, will be buried at either Winnfield or Calvin Friday afternoon. Due to the fact that her husband would not arrive here before Thursday night, the burial plans were not known by local relatives. Mrs. Wood, who was Miss Bertha Machen, a native of Calvin, is well known throughout this parish. She is the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Frank Machen of Calvin, and a graduate of the Calvin high school. Before her marriage to Mr. Sam Wood of Winnfield, she was employed several years as stenographer in the office of Clerk of Court C. F. Walswo(?). The death cane as a result of brights disease and pneumonia. Surviving are her husband, Sam Wood, pharmacist of Houston, a young daughter, Joyce Anne; one brother, Ebb Machen, of Winnfield, and a half brother and sister, Mrs. Dewey Garrett and Lloyd Machen, both of Calvin.