Extracted from The Alexandria Town Talk (Alexandria, LA)
Saturday, April 26, 1947

FUNERAL OF MRS. MALINDA E. SEALS

OAKDALE, La., April 17. -- (Special) -- Funeral services for Mrs. Malinda Elizabeth Seals, 65, of Oakdale Tuesday at the First Baptist church with the Rev. H. T. Sullivan assisted by the Rev. V. L. Jarrell. Interment was in the Oakdale cemetery under the direction of Hargrove Funeral Home of Oakdale.

Surviving are her husband, J. A. Seals of Oakdale; three daughters, Mrs. H. E. Richmond, Mrs. V. P. Perkins, Mrs. L. T. Crow, all of Oakdale; three sons, Ivy Seals of Jena, Elmer Seals and E. F. Seals, both of Oakdale; three brothers, W. M. Monk of Oakdale; George Monk and Jim Monk, both of Port Arthur, Texas; a sister, Mrs. Charley Welch of Oakdale; and 10 grandchildren.

Pallbearers were Bobbie Seals, Wayne Richmond, C. J. Seals, Vernon Hargrove, A. D. Elliott and Marvin Rhodes.