Funeral services were held Sunday for Mrs. Fannie Walker Gaar, 81, who died Saturday at 2 p.m. at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Howard Kelley, in Winnfield.
Services were at 3 p.m. Sunday at the New Hope Methodist Church, with Rev. L. G. Shaw, Rev. Luther L. Booth, and Rev. Taylor officiating. Burial was in the New Hope Cemetery.
Mrs. Gaar was the widow of the late J. M. [sic J. W.] Gaar, a pioneer settler of this parish. Mr. Gaar was a former Winn Parish Representative, planter, merchant, and cotton gin owner. She was born in September [sic December], 1876, in Winn Parish, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Walker of Dodson, and was married to Mr. Gaar in 1896. To this union were born eight children, one of whom died in infancy, and a daughter, Mrs. Annie Mae Amberg of Georgetown who preceded her in death.
She had made her home in Winnfield with her daughter for a number of years and was a member of the First Methodist Church here.
Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Howard Kelley of Winnfield; five sons, Sylvester H. Gaar of Dodson, Shelby and Willie Gaar of Winnfield, and Edwin and Roy Gaar of Gaars Mill; two sisters, Mrs. C. C. Lee of Monroe and Mrs. J. A. Kelly of Gaars Mill; two brothers, J. B. Walker and J. H. Walker, both of Dodson; 16 grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
Pallbearers, all grandsons, were Paul Vayne Gaar, Earl Gaar, Jack Gaar, Robert Gaar, James Conrad Amberg, and Stanley Ferguson.
Published in The Winn Parish Enterprise News-American, May 15, 1958
Services were at 3 p.m. Sunday at the New Hope Methodist Church, with Rev. L. G. Shaw, Rev. Luther L. Booth, and Rev. Taylor officiating. Burial was in the New Hope Cemetery.
Mrs. Gaar was the widow of the late J. M. [sic J. W.] Gaar, a pioneer settler of this parish. Mr. Gaar was a former Winn Parish Representative, planter, merchant, and cotton gin owner. She was born in September [sic December], 1876, in Winn Parish, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Walker of Dodson, and was married to Mr. Gaar in 1896. To this union were born eight children, one of whom died in infancy, and a daughter, Mrs. Annie Mae Amberg of Georgetown who preceded her in death.
She had made her home in Winnfield with her daughter for a number of years and was a member of the First Methodist Church here.
Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Howard Kelley of Winnfield; five sons, Sylvester H. Gaar of Dodson, Shelby and Willie Gaar of Winnfield, and Edwin and Roy Gaar of Gaars Mill; two sisters, Mrs. C. C. Lee of Monroe and Mrs. J. A. Kelly of Gaars Mill; two brothers, J. B. Walker and J. H. Walker, both of Dodson; 16 grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
Pallbearers, all grandsons, were Paul Vayne Gaar, Earl Gaar, Jack Gaar, Robert Gaar, James Conrad Amberg, and Stanley Ferguson.
Published in The Winn Parish Enterprise News-American, May 15, 1958
Funeral services were held Sunday for Mrs. Fannie Walker Gaar, 81, who died Saturday at 2 p.m. at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Howard Kelley, in Winnfield.
Services were at 3 p.m. Sunday at the New Hope Methodist Church, with Rev. L. G. Shaw, Rev. Luther L. Booth, and Rev. Taylor officiating. Burial was in the New Hope Cemetery.
Mrs. Gaar was the widow of the late J. M. [sic J. W.] Gaar, a pioneer settler of this parish. Mr. Gaar was a former Winn Parish Representative, planter, merchant, and cotton gin owner. She was born in September [sic December], 1876, in Winn Parish, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Walker of Dodson, and was married to Mr. Gaar in 1896. To this union were born eight children, one of whom died in infancy, and a daughter, Mrs. Annie Mae Amberg of Georgetown who preceded her in death.
She had made her home in Winnfield with her daughter for a number of years and was a member of the First Methodist Church here.
Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Howard Kelley of Winnfield; five sons, Sylvester H. Gaar of Dodson, Shelby and Willie Gaar of Winnfield, and Edwin and Roy Gaar of Gaars Mill; two sisters, Mrs. C. C. Lee of Monroe and Mrs. J. A. Kelly of Gaars Mill; two brothers, J. B. Walker and J. H. Walker, both of Dodson; 16 grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
Pallbearers, all grandsons, were Paul Vayne Gaar, Earl Gaar, Jack Gaar, Robert Gaar, James Conrad Amberg, and Stanley Ferguson.
Published in The Winn Parish Enterprise News-American, May 15, 1958
Services were at 3 p.m. Sunday at the New Hope Methodist Church, with Rev. L. G. Shaw, Rev. Luther L. Booth, and Rev. Taylor officiating. Burial was in the New Hope Cemetery.
Mrs. Gaar was the widow of the late J. M. [sic J. W.] Gaar, a pioneer settler of this parish. Mr. Gaar was a former Winn Parish Representative, planter, merchant, and cotton gin owner. She was born in September [sic December], 1876, in Winn Parish, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Walker of Dodson, and was married to Mr. Gaar in 1896. To this union were born eight children, one of whom died in infancy, and a daughter, Mrs. Annie Mae Amberg of Georgetown who preceded her in death.
She had made her home in Winnfield with her daughter for a number of years and was a member of the First Methodist Church here.
Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Howard Kelley of Winnfield; five sons, Sylvester H. Gaar of Dodson, Shelby and Willie Gaar of Winnfield, and Edwin and Roy Gaar of Gaars Mill; two sisters, Mrs. C. C. Lee of Monroe and Mrs. J. A. Kelly of Gaars Mill; two brothers, J. B. Walker and J. H. Walker, both of Dodson; 16 grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
Pallbearers, all grandsons, were Paul Vayne Gaar, Earl Gaar, Jack Gaar, Robert Gaar, James Conrad Amberg, and Stanley Ferguson.
Published in The Winn Parish Enterprise News-American, May 15, 1958
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