Extracted from The Shreveport Times (Shreveport, LA)
Tuesday, January 25, 1972

Mrs. Mattie Atkins

Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. today at Rose-Neath Funeral Home for Mrs. Mattie D. Atkins, 82, of 1901 Centenary Blvd., who died at 7:55 a.m. Monday at Gowen's Nursing Home after a long illness.

She was a native of Plain Dealing and a member of the Highland Baptist Church.

Survivors include a niece, Mrs. E. B. Glover, with whom she resided, and a number of other nieces and nephews.

Dr. James W. Taylor, pastor of Highland Baptist Church, will officiate at the services. Burial will be at Greenwood Cemetery.