Extracted from The Franklin Sun (Winnsboro, LA)
Wednesday, January 25, 1984

Avret Earnest Erskin

Funeral services for Avret Earnest Erskin, 89, of Winnsboro were held at 2 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 19, in the Chapel of Mulhearn Funeral Home of Winnsboro.

Interment was in Providence Memorial Park Cemetery with the Rev. Bobby Brown officiating.

A native of Winn Parish, he was born May 28, 1894. He was a member of Lone Cedar Baptist Church. He died on Jan. 18, 1984, following a brief illness.

Survivors include two sons, Marion D. Erskin and Willie J. Erskin, both of Winnsboro; and one brother, Alvin Erskin, Winnsboro; 10 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers were Bo Erskin, James Marion Erskin, Jimmy Erskin, Joey Erskin, Jay Erskin, Jerome Erskin, Willie Crawford and Leroy Russ.