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Extracted from The Winn Parish Enterprise News-American (Winnfield, LA)
Thursday, July 28, 1966

Former Sheriff, G. E. Erskine, Columbia, Dies

Funeral services for G. E. ``Buddy'' Erskine, 69, a sheriff of Caldwell Parish for 28 years, who died Thursday, July 14, in Veterans Hospital, Alexandria, were held in Columbia with burial in the Columbia Cemetery.

Mr. Erskine, a lifelong resident of Caldwell Parish, was a relative of a number of Winn Parish families, and was widely known. He served as sheriff from 1936 to 1964.

He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Juanita Erskine; a son, David Erskine, Columbia; a daughter, Mrs. Barbara Parker, Lake Providence; a brother, Gen. Graves B. Erskine, Washington, D. C.; two sisters, Mrs. Jeff W. Caldwell, Sr., West Monroe, and Mrs. James C. Herndon, Silver City, N. M.; and five grandsons.