Obituary - William Henry "Harry" Scriber

Scriber, William Henry "Harry" February 28, 1942
The Franklin Sun, Winnsboro LA, 5 Mar 1942
Headline: Rites Held Sunday for W.H. Scriber At Ft. Necessity

Last rites for William Harry Scriber, 62-year-old Franklin parish planter, were held Sunday afternoon at Ft. Necessity. Funeral services were from the Boeuf Prairie Methodist Church, and burial was in Bowie cemetery. Officiating ministers were the Rev. Dana Terry, pastor of the Winnsboro First Baptist Church, and the Rev. Jack H. Midyett, pastor of the Gilbert charge of the Methodist church. The services, attended by a throng from throughout the parish, were under direction of First National Funeral home. Active pallbearers were J. F. King, George King, Oscar Kincaid, H. I. Hill, Ernest Mason and W. F. Prickett. Honorary pallbearers included Walter Clinton, C. J. Grayson, Herman Wiggers, Lee Wooldridge, Foster Kincaid and W. C. Whitten. Mr. Scriber, who succumbed Saturday at a Winnsboro sanitarium, following an extended illness, is survived by his wife; four sons, W. Buie Scriber and James Oswald Scriber of Baton Rouge and H. B. Scriber, who is in military service, and a sister, Mrs. N. T. Mock of Baskin.

Contributor's Additions

Harry married Ruby Belle WILLIS on 17 Mar 1909 in Ft Necessity LA.

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Contributed 2021 Sep 26 by Doug McBroom doug324@aol.com

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