Mrs. Rolen, mother of Mrs. Bertha Bratton of Monroe, died Tuesday in a Monroe hospital. She had been in ill health for several weeks and was hospitalized for the past two weeks.
A prayer service was slated to be held at 1 p.m. in the chapel of the Funeral Home. The Rev. Jimmy Hipps, pastor of the Beouf [sic Boeuf] River Baptist Church near Winnsboro, assisted by the Rev. T. O. Airton [sic Arrington], were to officiate at both services.
Mrs. Rolen is survived by four daughter[s], Mrs. Lizzie Lee of Columbia, Mrs. Bratton of Monroe, Mrs. Belle Buchan of Jonesboro, and Mrs. Areth[a] Warner of Winnsboro; four sons, Henry S. Rolen of Winnsboro, John Rolen of Many, Robert Rolen of Seagraves, Texas, and George Rolen of Morrow; 47 grandchildren; 97 great-grandchildren; and 21 great-great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers were to be Henry P. Rolen, Monroe Rolen, Bobby Joe Lee, H. L. Lee, Floyd Warner and Elton Bratton.
Published in The Monroe News-Star (LA), Wednesday, August 2, 1961
Mrs. Rolen, mother of Mrs. Bertha Bratton of Monroe, died Tuesday in a Monroe hospital. She had been in ill health for several weeks and was hospitalized for the past two weeks.
A prayer service was slated to be held at 1 p.m. in the chapel of the Funeral Home. The Rev. Jimmy Hipps, pastor of the Beouf [sic Boeuf] River Baptist Church near Winnsboro, assisted by the Rev. T. O. Airton [sic Arrington], were to officiate at both services.
Mrs. Rolen is survived by four daughter[s], Mrs. Lizzie Lee of Columbia, Mrs. Bratton of Monroe, Mrs. Belle Buchan of Jonesboro, and Mrs. Areth[a] Warner of Winnsboro; four sons, Henry S. Rolen of Winnsboro, John Rolen of Many, Robert Rolen of Seagraves, Texas, and George Rolen of Morrow; 47 grandchildren; 97 great-grandchildren; and 21 great-great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers were to be Henry P. Rolen, Monroe Rolen, Bobby Joe Lee, H. L. Lee, Floyd Warner and Elton Bratton.
Published in The Monroe News-Star (LA), Wednesday, August 2, 1961
Gravesite Details
Mrs. Rolen was the youngest child of Shadrick Emmons and Mrs. Catharine [Morgan/Mooring?] Miller, who married about 1854 in Choctaw Co., MS. She married her late husband, Henry Lewis Rolen, on January 20, 1887 in Winnfield, LA.
Family Members
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Samuel Solomon "Sam" Rolen
1889–1945
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Elizabeth "Lizzie" Rolen Lee
1890–1974
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Henry Shedrick Rolen
1892–1975
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Mae Belle Rolen Buchan
1896–1994
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James Robert Rolen
1898–1978
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John Oscar Rolen
1901–1985
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Katie Aretha Rolen Warner
1904–1987
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George Wilson Rolen
1907–1992
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Bertha Ann Marie Rolen Bratton
1909–2008
