Extracted from The Lake Charles American Press (Lake Charles, LA)
Sunday, July 24, 1977

MRS. CHESTER LAUGHLIN

Funeral services for Mrs. Chester (Edna Lee) Laughlin, 54, of 1014 Iberville St. will be at 2 p.m. today, July 24, in Hixson Funeral Home Chapel.

The Rev. John Welch will officiate. Burial will be in Consolata Cemetery.

Mrs. Laughlin was dead on arrival at a local hospital at 5:45 p.m. Friday.

A native of Vidalia, she had lived most of her life in Lake Charles. She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star.

Survivors are her husband; two sons, Arlan Laughlin of Singapore, and Bobby Laughlin of Winnie, Tex.; one daughter, Mrs. Donna Wingerson of Houston; two sisters, Mrs. Frances Purvis of Vidalia and Mrs. Zelma Davis of Jonesville, and seven grandchildren.