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Extracted from The Winn Parish Enterprise News-American (Winnfield, LA)
Mrs. R. W. Crain Succumbs; Buried At Sikes July 9
Mrs. R. W. Crain, 81, passed away Thursday, July 7, 1960, after a long
illness. She was a native of Sikes.
Funeral services were conducted Saturday at 10 a.m. at the Sikes Baptist
Church with the Rev. W. O. Byrd of New Orleans officiating. Burial was in
the church cemetery under direction of Southern Funeral Home of Winnfield.
Survivors are two sons, C. R. and C. V. Crain of Shreveport; six daughters,
Mrs. C. F. Puckett of Pineville, Mrs. Roy Gaar of Dodson, Mrs. E. C. Monroe
of West Monroe, Mrs. Ralph Talbot of Monroe, Mrs. Herschell Kidd of
Minden, and Mrs. O. W. Byrd of New Orleans; a brother, W. S. Emmons of
Sikes; 28 grandchildren and 27 great grandchildren.
Thursday, July 14, 1960