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George Miley Walsworth

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George Miley Walsworth

Birth
Jackson Parish, Louisiana, USA
Death
30 Mar 1964 (aged 71)
Ponchatoula, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, USA
Burial
Winnfield, Winn Parish, Louisiana, USA Add to Map
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George Miley Walsworth, Sr., 71, member of a prominent Winn Parish family and a Winnfield resident for the greater part of his life, died at 3 a.m. Monday, March 30, 1964, in a Ponchatoula nursing home following a lengthy illness.

Funeral services were held Tuesday in the Chapel of Southern Funeral Home of Winnfield with burial in Winnfield Cemetery. Dr. W. L. Holcomb, pastor of the First Baptist Church, officiated.

Mr. Walsworth, who was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Walsworth of Jonesboro, served as Winn deputy sheriff from 1928 through 1944.

He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Winnfield and the Masonic Lodge here.

Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Laura Sholars Walsworth; one daughter, Mrs. George Rogers Smith, Ponchatoula; one son, the Rev. Miles A. Walsworth, Columbia, Miss.; one brother, Johnny Walsworth, West Monroe; and six grandchildren.

Published in The Winn Parish Enterprise-News American (Winnfield, LA), April 2, 1964
George Miley Walsworth, Sr., 71, member of a prominent Winn Parish family and a Winnfield resident for the greater part of his life, died at 3 a.m. Monday, March 30, 1964, in a Ponchatoula nursing home following a lengthy illness.

Funeral services were held Tuesday in the Chapel of Southern Funeral Home of Winnfield with burial in Winnfield Cemetery. Dr. W. L. Holcomb, pastor of the First Baptist Church, officiated.

Mr. Walsworth, who was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Walsworth of Jonesboro, served as Winn deputy sheriff from 1928 through 1944.

He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Winnfield and the Masonic Lodge here.

Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Laura Sholars Walsworth; one daughter, Mrs. George Rogers Smith, Ponchatoula; one son, the Rev. Miles A. Walsworth, Columbia, Miss.; one brother, Johnny Walsworth, West Monroe; and six grandchildren.

Published in The Winn Parish Enterprise-News American (Winnfield, LA), April 2, 1964


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