Obits - 1961, Winn Parish, LA
Submitter: Greggory E. Davies, unless otherwise noted.
Source: Winn Parish Enterprise News-American
Date: 20 Jun 2004
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List of names in file:
Howard Calhoun
Raymond Calhoun
Margaret Benera "Maggie" Dickerson Hall
Kate Martin Huckaby
Ruby M. Posey
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February 23, 1961 Father of Mrs. Sam Barton of Atlanta Dies in
Montgomery

Howard Calhoun, 69, died in Montgomery Monday, Feb.20, after a long
illness with cancer.

Last rites were conducted at the Mt. Zion Methodist Church, Winn
Parish, Wednesday with the Rev. D. S. Durand, Rev. Marvin Doolittle,
and Rev. Clyde Scott officiating.

Burial was in the church cemetery under direction of Hixson Brothers
Funeral Home of Winnfield.

Mr. Calhoun is survived by his widow; four daughters, Mrs. Sam
Barton of Atlanta, La., Mrs. Ina Noble of Campti, Mrs. J. Skolaski
and Mrs. Leon Mizell both of Houston, Tex.; three sons, George of
Kansas City, Mo., Johnny and Loyce Calhoun, both of Houston; one
brother, Dan Calhoun, of Campti, and 11 grandchildren.

January 26, 1961 Attend Funeral

Mr. and Mrs. Solon McManus, Mrs. Noel McManus, and Mr. and Mrs.
Edward Hale and family attended the funeral services for Raymond
Calhoun, held at Mars Hill Wednesday.

January 19, 1961 Last Rites For Mrs. J. R. Hall Held Here January 17

Mrs. Maggie Dickerson Hall, 86, of 420 W. Lafayette Street,
Winnfield, died in a Columbia, La., clinic at 8:30 a.m. January 16,
after a long illness. She had been residing in Columbia for the past
several months but had spent her entire life in Winn Parish up until
that time. She was the widow of the late J. R. Hall, well known
business man in this area.

Funeral services were conducted at 10:30 a.m. at the Southern
Funeral Home Chapel, Winnfield, with Rev. R. H. Staples officiating.
Burial was in the Winnfield Cemetery under the direction of Southern
Funeral Home.

Acting as pallbearers were James Russell, Clyde DeLoach, Dennis
Shell, Dudley Shell, Burton Williams, and Newton Forrest.

Mrs. Hall was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Dickerson,
pioneer residents of Winn Parish.

She is survived by two sons, Willie Verne Hall and John Robert Hall,
both of Winnfield; three grandchildren, two great grandchildren, and
one sister, Mrs. B. W. Bailey of Winnfield.

Attend Last Rites

Out of town relatives attending the last rites here Tuesday were Mr.
and Mrs. Glynn Wyatt of St. Maurice, Miss Clara Alma Brian of
Shreveport, and James Hall of Houma.

September 21, 1961 Final Rites Held For Mrs. Kate Huckaby At Antioch
Church

Mrs. Kate Huckaby, 78, of Chatham, died Sept. 14 following an
illness of a few days.

Funeral services for Mrs. Huckaby were held at the Antioch Methodist
Church near Dodson with the Rev. J. T. Garrett, pastor of the
Centerpoint Methodist Church, and the Rev. David Corley officiating.
Burial was in Antioch Cemetery under direction of Southern Funeral
Home of Jonesboro.

Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Mae Ketchum, Springhill; Mrs. W.
G. Lawrence, Carthage, Texas, Mrs. L. K. Aldy, Chatham; four
brothers, Bill Martin, Castor, Lonnie Martin, Saline, Joe Martin,
Goldonna, and Grover Martin, Friendship; two sisters, Mrs. Camelia
Howell, Saline, Mrs. Clyde Carter, Winnfield; and 14 grandchildren
and several great grandchildren.

January 19, 1961 Negro Woman Dies Of Heart Attack While In Her Car

Death by heart attack claimed a 49 year old Negro woman here early
Wednesday morning as the car she was driving veered into a ditch
near the corner of Lafayette and Jones Street.

The victim, Ruby M. Posey, Hatfield Quarters, was rushed to a local
hospital when her car dropped into the five foot ditch in front of
the Huey Long Trade School about 7:55 a.m.

She was pronounced dead on arrival.

Investigating officers said the fatal coronary probably occurred
before the accident. She was lone in the vehicle.

Skid marks from braking would have shown, they said, had she been
conscious when leaving the road.

State troopers and city police indicated the woman probably started
to turn south on Jones from Lafayette, then passed out.

Damage to the car, a 1956 Chevrolet sedan, was light.

She was employed in the kitchen at Pinecrest School and is survived
by her husband, Johnny Posey. There were no children.