Extracted from The News-Star (Monroe, LA)
Wednesday, June 25, 1975

Mrs. Hawthorne

JONESVILLE -- Funeral services for Mrs. May Fairbanks Hawthorne, 86, of Jonesville were held at 10 a.m. today in Parhams Baptist Church in Parhams community with the Rev. W. C. Sandiford and the Rev. John Snell officiating.

Burial was in the church cemetery under the direction of Young's Funeral Home of Jonesville.

Mrs. Hawthorne died Monday afternoon at Catahoula Parish Hospital here after a long illness.

A resident of the Parhams Community for a number of years, Mrs. Hawthorne was a member of the Baptist church.

Survivors include two sons, Herbert Hawthorne of Jena and Ronald Hawthorne of Jonesville; one daughter, Mrs. Anise Wadsworth of Natchez, Miss.; five grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.

Pallbearers were Joe Rachal, Vaughn Seale, A. J. Smith, Stanford Richardson, Johnny LaCroix and Bob Hutchins.