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Extracted from The Winn Parish Enterprise (Winnfield, LA)
Uncle George Pepper, 80, Found Dead July 4th
Funeral services for Uncle George Pepper, 80, of Sikes, who was found dead in
his yard on July 4th, by a neighbor, were held at Hebron on July 5. The
parish coroner reported death was due to heart failure. Mr. Pepper, who lived
alone, had been in failing health several months. He had walked to town the
day before his death.
Surviving are four sons, Jimmy and Winfred Pepper of Sikes, Kendred of
Pineville, and Edwin of Franklin Parish; four daughers, Miss Nancy Pepper,
Mrs. Florence Bennett, Mrs. Martha Ann Mayes, and Mrs. Carrie Crain; two
brothers, Z. Z. Pepper of Jonesboro and one sister, Mrs. J. F. W. Sikes of
Sikes.
Thursday, July 10, 1947