Extracted from The Richland Beacon-News (Rayville, LA)
Saturday, January 18, 1947

Mrs. Mattie Arender

Mrs. Mattie Arender, Holly Ridge, died there Friday morning, January 10th, at the home of a son, Monroe Arender.

Funeral services were held at the Fairfield Baptist Church near Colfax, Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock, and interment took place in Fairfield Cemetery.

Mrs. Arender is survived by four sons, Homer Arender, Tallulah, L. D. Arender, Rayville, Monroe Arender, Holly Ridge, and Lt. Barnet Arender, with the navy at Dayton, Ohio; four daughters, Mrs. Laura Newton, Colfax, Mrs. Bessie Johnson, Monroe, Mrs. Nancy Richards, Dry Prong, and Mrs. Lois Grain [sic Drain], Stillwater, Okla.; and 31 grandchildren.