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Extracted from The Winn Parish News-American (Winnfield, LA)
Friday, March 23, 1945

Rev. L. D. Emmons of Sikes Buried At Harmony Grove

Funeral services for Rev. Lorenzo Dow Emmons, 88, of Sikes, who died in a Jonesboro clinic on Thursday, were held Friday, March 16, at the Harmony Grove cemetery. Conducting the last rites was Rev. J. W. Buckner of Jonesboro, and was under direction of Southern Funeral Home of Winnfield.

Rev. Emmons was reared and educated in Winn Parish and was a member of the Baptist Church and the Masonic Lodge.

He is survived by his wife and three sons, G. R. Emmons [sic S. R. Emmons] of Baton Rouge, J. R. Emmons of Houston, Tex., and J. M. Emmons of Shreveport; one brother, G. E. Emmons [sic S. C. Emmons] of Winn Parish; five sisters [sic daughters], Mrs. A. A. Crain of Sikes, Mrs. L. G. Womack of Chatham, Mrs. J. F. Bowen of Wyatt, Mrs. L. T. Newsom of Lake Charles, and Mrs. G. C. Kidd of Sikes.