J.D. married J.C. Meyer [Group Sheet]

1. B.C. Meyer
2. B.J. Meyer
3. B. Meyer

J.D. — M.F. Rigdon. [Group Sheet]

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Obituary:

COTTON VALLEY - Funeral services for Charlie L. Rigdon, 74, of Cotton Valley will be held at 4 p.m. Monday in the Bailey Mortuary in Cotton Valley with the Rev. Arval Beckett officiating, assisted by the Rev. U. H. Hunter. Burial will be in the Cotton Valley Cemetery.

Mr. Rigdon died Sunday in a Springhill hospital following a lengthy illness.

Survivors include his widow; a son, John Henry Rigdon of the U.S. Air Force; four daughters, Mrs. Estelle Burney of Chestnut, mrs. Martha Keoun of Longview, Tex., Mrs. Ordena Gren of Sicily Island and Mrs. Mary Kilpatrick of Atlanta, Ga.; four sisters, Mrs. Delia Martin and Mrs. Lydia Forster, both of Ashland, Mrs. Ellen Bates and Mrs. Ordena Glover, both of Coushatta, and eight grandchildren.

(Published in The Shreveport Times on July 3, 1972)

Charlie — Nina Belle Smith. Nina (daughter of John Wesley Smith and Martha Frances Holley) was born 26 Feb 1903, Cotton Valley, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 28 Jul 1985, Cotton Valley, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried , Cotton Valley Cemetery - Cotton Valley, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet]

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Obituary:

Civil War Veteran
Dies in 90th Year

John W. Smith, one of the oldest citizens of the parish and a veteran of the Civil War, of which he was a courageous Confederate soldier for four years, died on November 28. For many years he has been a resident of Cotton Valley where he was held in high esteem by the citizens. He was born near Macon, Georgia in February 1832, but at the early age of 13, migrated to Louisiana in 1845. Later he settled at Cotton Valley where he died on last Monday. He is survived by a devoted wife, and four children who are heart broken over their loss.

(Published in The Webster Signal on December 8, 1921)

John — Martha Frances Holley. Martha (daughter of Nathan Holley and Martha E.) was born 25 Aug 1860, Bossier Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 27 Jul 1942, Cotton Valley, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried , Cotton Valley Cemetery - Cotton Valley, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet]