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Edith Geraldine Eagles

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Edith Geraldine Eagles

Birth
Winnfield, Winn Parish, Louisiana, USA
Death
27 Mar 1940 (aged 21)
New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA
Burial
Winnfield, Winn Parish, Louisiana, USA Add to Map
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Miss Geraldine Edith Eagles, 21, succumbed at a New Orleans sanitarium Wednesday, March 27, at 8 p. m., following an illness of several months. She had been a patient in the hospital for about three weeks.

The remains were expected to arrive at the home of her mother, Mrs. Olive Eagles, Thursday night. Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the First Baptist Church. Interment will follow in the Winnfield Cemetery.

Miss Eagles was the daughter of Mrs. Olive Eagles, teacher in the Winnfield school, and the late H. C. Eagles. Born in Winnfield, September 15, 1918, she attended and graduated from the local high school in 1935. She was active in various organizations of the First Baptist Church. When she became ill she was a member of the senior class of Louisiana State University, and her church membership was with the First Baptist Church of Baton Rouge.

Besides her mother, she is survived by one sister, Mrs. Cooper (Olivia) Ratliff of Bogalusa; and two brothers, H. C. and Rowland, of Winnfield.

Published in The Winn Parish Enterprise (Winnfield, LA), March 28, 1940
Miss Geraldine Edith Eagles, 21, succumbed at a New Orleans sanitarium Wednesday, March 27, at 8 p. m., following an illness of several months. She had been a patient in the hospital for about three weeks.

The remains were expected to arrive at the home of her mother, Mrs. Olive Eagles, Thursday night. Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the First Baptist Church. Interment will follow in the Winnfield Cemetery.

Miss Eagles was the daughter of Mrs. Olive Eagles, teacher in the Winnfield school, and the late H. C. Eagles. Born in Winnfield, September 15, 1918, she attended and graduated from the local high school in 1935. She was active in various organizations of the First Baptist Church. When she became ill she was a member of the senior class of Louisiana State University, and her church membership was with the First Baptist Church of Baton Rouge.

Besides her mother, she is survived by one sister, Mrs. Cooper (Olivia) Ratliff of Bogalusa; and two brothers, H. C. and Rowland, of Winnfield.

Published in The Winn Parish Enterprise (Winnfield, LA), March 28, 1940


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