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- [S670] Newspapers.com, "Martha A. Shackelford Dufilho," obituary, The Weekly Town Talk (Alexandria, Louisiana), 16 December 1939, p. 2, col. 2(https://www.newspapers.com/image/212957302: accessed 12 January 2020).
DUFILHO—In Colfax, La., at 6:45 o’clock p.m., on Wednesday, November 22, 1939, Mrs. Martha A. Shackelford Dufilho, aged 69 years. Deceased was the widow of the late John McDonald Dufilho and daughter of Samuel B. Shackelford. She was born in New Orleans July 22, 1871.
She leaves an only brother, E. F. A. Shackelford of Pineville; three nephews, Peter H. Shackelford of Chicago; and two great-nieces, Eunice Shackelford of Chicago and Ruth Shackelford of Pineville.
Funeral services were held at St. Joseph’s Church in Colfax at 3:30 p.m., on Thursday, November 23, 1939.
“Rest from all sorrows and watching and fears;
Rest from all possible sighing and tears;
Rest through God’s wonderful years,
At home with the blest.”
We have consigned her body to the earth, her soul to her Creator and unto the resurrection through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.
P. H. Shackelford
Mr. and Mrs. E. F. A. Shackelford
- [S249] "Louisiana Deaths Index, 1850-1875; 1894-1960," database with images, (Name: FamilySearch; Location: Salt Lake City, Utah;), (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F3SD-ZQQ: 2 April 2020), J M Dufilho, 22 November 1939; citing Colfax, Grant, Louisiana, certificate number 14307, State Archives, Baton Rouge; FHL microfilm 2,358,537.
Name: [Mrs.] J M Dufilho [Martha A. Shackelford]
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 22 Nov 1939
Event Place: Colfax, Grant, Louisiana
Gender: Female
Age: 68
Age: 68y 3m 25d
Marital Status: Widowed
Race: White
Birth Date: 1871
Birth Year (Estimated): 1871
Birthplace: Colfax, Louisiana
Father's Name: Samuel B Shackelford
Mother's Name: Amelia Shackelford
Spouse's Name: J John Mcdolold Dulilho
Spouse's Gender: Male
Certificate Number: 14307
Digital Folder Number: 004216107
Record Number: 1266
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