Extracted from The Town Talk (Alexandria, LA)
Saturday, January 19, 1980

Myra Lofton

Myra Lofton, 78, of Pineville died at 10 a.m. Friday in her home.

A native of Grant Parish, she was the widow of William Lofton.

Survivors include three sons, Tom Allen Lofton and Alvin Lofton, both of Houston and Calvin Lofton of Lufkin, Texas; five daughters, Elsie Keene, Hattie Taylor and Nell Roya Cotten, all of Tioga, Jessie Keene of Lufkin, Texas, Martha Starrak of Bixley, Okla.; two brothers, Ivy Beavers of Bay St. Louis, Miss., and Arlie Beavers of Trout; three sisters, Viola Peavy of Trout, Vira Thornton and Irma Corley, both of Jena; 20 grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday in the chapel of Hixson Bros., Pineville. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Memorial Park.