Extracted from in The Daily Herald (Biloxi, MS)
Thursday, February 25, 1943

FUNERAL SERVICES HELD

Funeral services for Joseph Enoch Traxler, 53, who died Tuesday, were held this morning at the home of his sister-in-law, Mrs. John Dupont, Bogalusa, and interment was in the Seal Cemetery at Varnado, La. Mr. Traxler was a resident of Hattiesburg until a year ago where he was a telegraph operator. At the time of his death he was a ticket agent for the Illinois Central Railroad at Lyman.

He was a member of the Masonic Lodge at Mendenahll, the Woodmen of the World, Order of Railroad Telegraphers and the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church.

Mr. Traxler is survived by his wife, one son, V. C. Traxler, New Orleans; three daughters, Mrs. W. B. Scott, New Orleans; Miss Louise Traxler, Lyman; and Mrs. C. Locke, Hattiesburg, and one brother, L. S. Traxler, Glenmore, La.