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Dessie Orpha <I>Lawrence</I> Speed

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Dessie Orpha Lawrence Speed

Birth
Rupert, Van Buren County, Arkansas, USA
Death
2 Mar 1988 (aged 88)
Winnfield, Winn Parish, Louisiana, USA
Burial
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Services for Orpha Speed were held at 4 p. m. Friday
in the chapel of Southern with Bishops Bob Taylor
and Loy Gaar officiating. Burial was in the Winnfield
City Cemetery.
Mrs. Speed, 88, of Winnfield, died at 7:15 p. m.
Wednesday, March 2, 1988, in Humana Hospital.
She was a native of Arkansas and a member of
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Survivors include four sons, Walter Speed of
Winnfield, James Speed of Van Horn, Texas,
Veldon Speed of Delta Junction, Alaska, and Wallace
Speed of Cypress, Calif.; six daughters, Nettie Hand,
Loretta Howard and Hollis Johnson, all of Winnfield,
Myrtle Huey of Choudrant, Edith Keith of Coushatta,
And Ruth Dorn of Lincoln, Neb.; one stepbrother,
Clint Hamm of Alexandria; one sister-in-law, Edna
Lawrence of Winnfield; 55 grandchildren, 78 great-
grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren.
(Note: Mrs. Speed's full name was Dessie Orpha
Lawrence Speed.)
Services for Orpha Speed were held at 4 p. m. Friday
in the chapel of Southern with Bishops Bob Taylor
and Loy Gaar officiating. Burial was in the Winnfield
City Cemetery.
Mrs. Speed, 88, of Winnfield, died at 7:15 p. m.
Wednesday, March 2, 1988, in Humana Hospital.
She was a native of Arkansas and a member of
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Survivors include four sons, Walter Speed of
Winnfield, James Speed of Van Horn, Texas,
Veldon Speed of Delta Junction, Alaska, and Wallace
Speed of Cypress, Calif.; six daughters, Nettie Hand,
Loretta Howard and Hollis Johnson, all of Winnfield,
Myrtle Huey of Choudrant, Edith Keith of Coushatta,
And Ruth Dorn of Lincoln, Neb.; one stepbrother,
Clint Hamm of Alexandria; one sister-in-law, Edna
Lawrence of Winnfield; 55 grandchildren, 78 great-
grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren.
(Note: Mrs. Speed's full name was Dessie Orpha
Lawrence Speed.)

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