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MOREHOUSE
PARISH OBITUARIES
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[Special
to the Picayune.] Mer Rouge, La. March 8 Andrews, a
prominent citizen of Mer Rouge, planter and merchant,
after an illiness of one week, died of pneumonia on
March 8. Mr. Andrews was an exemplary citizen, police
juror,vestryman In the Episcopal church, superintendent
of Sunday school, a Mason that the order here was proud
of; was worshipful master when he died. His death will
be mourned by all who knew the man while living as an
honorable and upright man; he had no superior here.The
Daily Picayune,
(New Orleans, LA) Thursday, March 09, 1899; Issue 44;
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OAK RIDGE (AP) -- John S.
"Duke" Barr III, a prominent northeastern
Louisiana farmer who was past president of the National
Cotton Council, was killed when his truck crashed into a
tree, state police said Thursday.
Barr's pickup ran
off a Richland Parish road for no apparent reason late
Wednesday, investigators said. The truck hit a tree, and
he was dead at the scene.
State troopers ordered an
autopsy to see if Barr suffered a heart attack before
the wreck, but it showed he died of multiple injuries
from the wreck.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at
the Oak Ridge United Methodist Church, followed by
burial in the Oak Ridge Baptist Cemetery, with Mulhearn
Funeral Home of Rayville in charge.
Barr, 49, lived
on his 750-acre farm near here, but his main farming
operations were in Morehouse Parish.
A one-time
national "cotton producer of the year," Barr also was
past president of the Louisiana Cotton Producers, and
past chairman of the Northeast Louisiana Agri-Business
Council.
Since he was named by President Nixon to a
committee on farm safety, he has served on several
national committees by presidential appointment.
Last
year he was considered as a possible undersecretary of
agriculture.
Fellow farmers described him as an
aggressive producer, an innovator who used new
technology as it became available.
Advocate, The (Baton Rouge, LA) - April 18, 1986
Alton
L. "Brad" Bradford, 77, of Bonita, LA,
formerly of Crossett died Thursday, December 30, 1999,
at the Morehouse General Hospital in Bastrop, LA. Born
October 20, 1922, to John and Lexer Hamaker Bradford in
Banks, he was a district manager and appraiser for
Interstate Life Insurance Company and a member of the
VFW, AARP and Underwriters' Association. He served four
years in the U. S. Army during World War II and was a
member of the Egypt Baptist Church. He was preceded in
death by five brothers and three sisters. Survivors
include his wife of 56 years, Beatrice Woods Bradford of
Bonita; a son, Kevin Lee Bradford of Oklahoma; a
daughter, Helen Ruth Boyd of Lufkin, TX; three brothers,
H. L. and James Bradford of Houston, TX, and Donald
Bradford of Waskem, TX; a sister, Mary Mercer of Rison;
eight grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were at 2 p.m. Sunday, January 2, in
the Jones Funeral Home chapel in Crossett with Rev.
Farrell Breshears officiating. Pallbearers were Earl
Murphy, Keith Mercer, Joey Mercer, Jefferey Moore, Keith
Breshears, James Ed. Woods, Marvin Holmes and Nick
Martin. Burial followed services at Pinewood Memorial
Park.
Mrs. Frances
Martin Brown, 72, of Bastrop, LA, died Monday, March 16,
2000, at the Morehouse General Hospital. She was a
retired cafeteria superintendent of St. Joseph's
Catholic School and a member of Bonnie Idee Assembly of
God. She was preceded in death by her parents and a
great-grandson, Christopher Chance Tate. Survivors
include two daughters, Nencia Sue Johnson and Rebecca
Ann Diel; three sons, Richard Lamar Boykin, Kenneth
Bryant Tate, and Terry Wayne Tate Sr.; one sister,
Patricia Ann Roberts; four brothers, Jesse Elvin Martin,
Clyde Thomas Martin, James Paul Blocker, and Joe Albert
Blocker; a stepson, sixteen grandchildren, David Boykin,
Deborah Jonin, Lucinda Tate, Jason Tate, Kenneth Tate,
Angela Tate, Dustin Tate, Dewey Diel, Tabitha Eppinalle,
Danny Diel Jr., Rebecca Brakefield, and Lona Page; three
step-great-grandchildren and three great-grandchild,
Kimberly Diel, T.J. Tate, and Malcolm Tate. Funeral
services were at 10 a.m., Thursday, March 16, at the
Golden Chapel in Bastrop with Rev. Jerry Stuckey
officiating. Grave-side services followed at 1 p.m. at
the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery near Hamburg. Pallbearers were
Mike Fussell, Dardell Bostic, Louis Maddock, Greg Cheek,
Jerry Bryan, and Ronnie White. Ashley County (ARK)
Ledger submitted by Kim Torp
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Elizabeth Sisson
Carter Funeral Services
were held Saturday afternoon at Mer Rouge for Mrs. Betty
Sisson Carter aged 73 years wife of Allan H. Carter, who
died at Mer Rouge last friday night ( July 25, 1930)
following a brief illness. Interment followed at Oak
Ridge Cemetery. Mrs. Carter was well known in Mer Rouge
and through out the parish and her death came as a big
surprise and shock to many friends. She was a life
long member of the Methodist Church. She is survived by
her husband and one daughter. Miss Emily Carter of Mer
Rouge who is librarian at the Bastrop high school. two
sisters Mrs. Marion Ashley of Mer Rouge, and Mrs. Mary
Lilly of Mer Rouge. (July 26, 1930) (Jrice)
Morehouse,
Bastrop, La., Mt. Nebo . Charge: Brother Abraham
Crownfield's little babe departed this life on July 9th,
and was buried on the 10th in the cemetery near the
church. We pray God's blessing upon the bereaved family
in their trouble. A. B. Venable.Southwestern
Christian Advocate,
(New Orleans, LA) [Thursday], [July 27, 1899]; pg. 13;
Issue 30; col A (Jrice)
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Emmet Perry Eckles
84, father of Mrs Everett Wilder of Ruston, died Friday
January 18, at is home in Mer Rouge. ' Mr. Eckles was
born in Ouachila City and was a resident of Mer Rouge
since 1901. He was a well known farmer in that area
Services were held Saturday afternoon in the First
Baptist Church of Mer Rouge with the Rev. Thomas Berry
officianting assisted by the Rev. W B Shaw. Monday
January 21, 193 Ruston Daily News
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At his residence in
Morehouse Parish, Louisiana, on the 28th of December
last, after a brief illness, ROBERT HENDERSON, Esq., in
the 32d year of his age. His friends in Virginia, where
he spent the greater part of his life, will remember his
kindness, manliness, and stainless integrity. The
Christian faith in which he had walked during the last
years of his life fully sustained him in its last
moments. H.
Daily National
Intelligencer,
(Washington, DC) Monday, February 02, 1852 (Jrice)
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Davids Evans Ivey,
94, passed on at the home of his daughter in
Arcadia at 4 p..m. Monday following an illness of
four years. Christian Science Services will be
held Wednesday at 11 a.m. from Congers Funeral
Home with George Tallman, former Christian Science
first reader of First Churce of Christ,
Scientist, Shreveport officianting. Cremation will
take place in Dallas, Texas.
Mr. Ivey, the son
of the late Rev. James Asbury Ivey and Mrs. Ivey,
a pioneer Methodist minister in Louisiana, was a
former member of- the Louisiana l egislature,
former member of Morehouse parish police jury and
school board and formerly on the Lincoln parish
school board. He is survived by two sons by his
first wife, E. M. Ivey of New Orleans, and E. L.
Ivey of Westfield, New Jersey; two daughters, by
his second wife, Mrs. G. W. DeBlieux of Miami, Fl
a ., and Mrs. Roy Caskey of Arcadia, with whom he
made his home; five grandchildren and seven
great grandchildren. Mr. Ivey was born in
Morehouse parish on the family plantation
between Bastrop and Mer Rouge in 1866. As a child
his family went to New Orleans, where he was
brought up and educated, he r eturned to Mer Rouge
as a young man and managed the family plantation
until his marriage to his first wife, - Martha
Evans Pipes of Mer Rouge. He then purchased a
plantation of his own and built a cotton
gin. They had two sons, E. M. a civil engineering
graduate of Tulane, and E. L. a life long employee
of Ois Elevator Company, now retired.
His first wife died in 1893. In 1902 he married
Miss Lizzie Turpin of Bastrop. She was mother of
their daughters, Mrs. G. W. DeBlieux arid Mrs. Roy
Caskey, both of whom attended Sophie Newcomb
college. He came to Ruston in 1921 and l ived here
until 1934 when he moved to Arcadia. The family
home, a Ruston landmark, was located on North
Vienna and is owned today by Mrs. W. L. Mitchell,
wife of the late dean at Louisiana Tech. Mr.
Ivey's father held pastorates in the fledgling
Methodist church organization in Louisiana at Mer
Rouge, Alexandria and New Orleans. Mr. Ivey was a
member of the Episcopal church of Mer Rouge and
was a Master Mason. Always active in good
government, Mr. Ivey served on the Morehouse
Police Jury and School Board, and when he moved to
Ruston served on the Lincoln parish school hoard
for a number of years He was a member of the state
legislature under the administration of John W
Parker. The family has requested that no flowers
be sent to the services, but rather that
contributions be included in the late Mr Ivey's
name to a church or a charity.RUSTON, LOUISIANA
TUESDAY. DECEMBER 27, 1960 (Jrice)
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W.C. Norsworthy Rites Today OAK
GROVE — Funeral services for William Carey Norsworthy,
52, of OakGrove, will be at 10 a.m. today in the chapel
of Kidder-Cox Funeral Home here with the Rev. James
Hayes officiating. Burial will be in Bonne Idee Cemetery
at Mer Rouge. Mr. Norsworthy died Saturday night in
Morehouse General Hospital at Bastrop after a short
illness.A veteran of World War II, Mr. Norsworthywas a
native of Mer Rouge. Survivors include his widow, Mrs.
Mary K. Norsworthy of Oak Grove; one son, Ludie
Norsworthy of Monroe; two brothers, Dan Norsworthy of
Bastrop and Howard Norsworthy of New Orleans; one
sister, Mrs. Mary Ellen Midge Cooley of Ruston; and one
grandchild.
Ruston Daily Leader 11/10/1975
(Jrice)
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Arvin Eugene Rabom,
46, of West Monroe died Wednesday of an apparent
heart attack while working on 1-20 one mile east of
the Choudrant Interchange at about 4:15 p.m. It was
reported that Raborn complained of chest pains and
sat down to rest then later got up and fell out. He
was pronounced dead at the scene by Lincoln parish
coroner Dr. Henry Roane.; Funeral services will be
at 10 a.m. Friday at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church in
Rocky Branch under the direction of Kilpatrick's
Funeral Home in West Monroe. Survivors include his
widow, Mrs. Mary Raborn of West Monroe; one
step-daughter, Mrs. Patricia Willard of Memphis,
Tenn.; parents, Mr. and Mrs. Love Raborn of Farmer
ville; two sisters, Mrs. Ernestine Poland of West
Monroe and Miss Linda Raborn of West Monroe; three
brothers, J. D. Raborn, of Farmerville, James-Raborn
of Baton Rouge, and : Richard Raborn of Shreveport;
his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Ada Bailey of
Farmerville. Thursday, October 19,1972 Ruston Daily
News (Jrice)
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Frank L
Reeks, Monroe, La Monroe La October 18, Frank L
Reeks 69 years old died at his home in Monroe
yesterday. He is survived by three daughters
Mamie, Minerva and Eunice and one son Ventriss
and one sister, Mrs Robert Godley of Vicksburg,
and a brother
W J Reeks of Covington, La.
Mr. Reeks was born in West Feliciana Parish and
came to Monroe ten years ago. The funeral was
conducted by Rev A W Waddill, Methodist Pastor,
and interment was in Riverside Cemetery.Times
Picayune Oct 19, 1922
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J A SISSON Monroe Louisiana. Monroe La
October 18, J A Sisson 68 years old died at
Terminal Heights, a suburb of Monroe,
yesterday. His is survived by five sons, and
four daughters.They are Mrs. Mary Hayes,
Dewey and Ray Sisson of Monroe. Mrs. E L
Stevens of Utica, Miss, Mrs C O
Golson, of Mer Rouge, Mrs. William Stephens
of Vicksburg. Gordon and Ed Sisson of Iowa.
Charles Sisson of Florida. Mr Sisson was a
native of Morehouse Parish, coming to Monroe
a number of years ago.
Times Picayune Oct 19,1922 (Jrice)
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Elizabeth Speir Treen, the mother of former Gov. Dave Treen,
died in New Orleans on Saturday after a
brief illness. She was 91. She was born on
June 26, 1899, on her parent's cotton farm
in Morehouse Parish. Speir graduated from
Louisiana Normal, now Northwestern Louisiana
University, in 1918 and taught school in
Grant, Sabine and Morehouse parishes. She
married J. Paul Treen in 1923, and the
family moved to New Orleans in 1935. She
received an honorary Doctor of Humane
Letters degree from Northwestern Louisiana
University in 1989. She was a member of the
Orleans Club and Rayne Memorial Methodist
Church. She is survived by her three sons,
J. Paul Treen Jr., a retired engineer; John
S. Treen, a homebuilder, and David C. Treen,
attorney and former governor. She is also
survived by two sisters, Lee Otis Speir and
Minta B. Speir of Bastrop and by seven
grandchildren and
15 great-grandchildren. Memorial services
will be held on Sunday at Rayne Memorial
Methodist Church, 3900 St. Charles Ave.,New
Orleans, at 4 p.m.September 30, 1990 Baton
Rouge Advocate
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