Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at four o'clock at the First Baptist Church after which interment was in the Winnfield Cemetery. The Rev. Eugene J. Phares of Good Pine, former pastor of the deceased when she resided in Pelican, conducted the services assisted by the Rev. H. H. McBride, pastor of the First Baptist Church, the Reverend Alwin Stokes, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, and the Rev. H. H. Hysell, pastor of the First Methodist Church. Concluding rites at the grave were conducted by the Palestine Chapter No. 55, Order of Eastern Star.
Mrs. Harlan was the daughter of the late I. A. and Helen Payne Peters, descendants of two of the pioneer families of this section who resided at Hudson and later Dodson. She was educated in the public schools of the parish and later attended Louisiana Tech at Ruston and Louisiana State Normal College at Natchitoches.
She was married to Henry E. Harlan and to them were born four children all of whom survive. The children are W. H. Harlan of Camp Croft, S.C., Tandy P. Harlan of Beaumont, Texas, Mrs. Shelton Creed of Dry Prong, and Mrs. Dwight McCartney of New Orleans.
Other surviving relatives are one brother, Ira Peters of Winnsboro and three sisters, Mrs. A. A. Smith of Homer, Mrs. Tom Hearne of Shreveport, and Mrs. J. E. Boyett of Banes, Oriente, Cuba.
Serving as pall bearers were members of the local post office staff where the husband, Henry E. Harlan is employed, and included S. E. Jenkins, P. Hugh Mercer, M. T. Crowe, Eck Bozeman, W. Leo Sowers, and Charles L. Smith.
Published in The Winnfield News-American, April 28, 1944
Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at four o'clock at the First Baptist Church after which interment was in the Winnfield Cemetery. The Rev. Eugene J. Phares of Good Pine, former pastor of the deceased when she resided in Pelican, conducted the services assisted by the Rev. H. H. McBride, pastor of the First Baptist Church, the Reverend Alwin Stokes, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, and the Rev. H. H. Hysell, pastor of the First Methodist Church. Concluding rites at the grave were conducted by the Palestine Chapter No. 55, Order of Eastern Star.
Mrs. Harlan was the daughter of the late I. A. and Helen Payne Peters, descendants of two of the pioneer families of this section who resided at Hudson and later Dodson. She was educated in the public schools of the parish and later attended Louisiana Tech at Ruston and Louisiana State Normal College at Natchitoches.
She was married to Henry E. Harlan and to them were born four children all of whom survive. The children are W. H. Harlan of Camp Croft, S.C., Tandy P. Harlan of Beaumont, Texas, Mrs. Shelton Creed of Dry Prong, and Mrs. Dwight McCartney of New Orleans.
Other surviving relatives are one brother, Ira Peters of Winnsboro and three sisters, Mrs. A. A. Smith of Homer, Mrs. Tom Hearne of Shreveport, and Mrs. J. E. Boyett of Banes, Oriente, Cuba.
Serving as pall bearers were members of the local post office staff where the husband, Henry E. Harlan is employed, and included S. E. Jenkins, P. Hugh Mercer, M. T. Crowe, Eck Bozeman, W. Leo Sowers, and Charles L. Smith.
Published in The Winnfield News-American, April 28, 1944
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