Extracted from The Franklin Sun (Winnsboro, LA)
John H. Talbert
Funeral services for John H. Talbert, 75-year-old resident of
Winnsboro, were held at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday at Oak Grove Baptist
Church.
A retired farmer, Mr. Talbert died at 8:40 a.m. January 28 in a
Monroe hospital. He was born March 3, 1887 in Winn Parish.
Survivors are: his wife, Mrs. Mattie Brownell Talbert, Winnsboro; two
half-brothers, Lawrence Talbert, Winnsboro, and Henry Talbert,
Columbia; four half-sisters, Mrs. Bess Risher, Mrs. Effie Lowe, Mrs.
Leslie Talbert, all of Winnfield, and Mrs. Jane Barton, Grayson; and
a host of nieces and nephews.
The Revs. Tom Ratcliff, H. C. Hoover, E. T. Spence, Jack Jones
and J. A. Hawthorne officiated at funeral services. Interment was in
Oak Grove cemetery.
Pallbearers were Boyce Gumbellot, Sidney Albritton, James Brownell,
Jack Southall, Fred Hitt, Isaac Eley, Harold Robinson and Freeman
Wilson.
Thursday, January 31, 1963