Webster Godfrey, age 32, died suddenly in his 
office in Shreveport Monday afternoon of acute 
indigestion.  His body was shipped here on Tuesday 
where funeral services took place at the First 
Baptist Church at 4 p.m. with the Rev. A. H. 
Cullen presiding.

Mr. Godfrey was born in the Beech Creek settlement 
of Winn Parish.  His father was the late Dr. S. S. 
Godfrey who died in Winnfield several years ago and 
his mother was Mrs. Minnie Ware Godfrey, who with 
two children, Sam Godfrey of Shreveport and Miss 
Edna Godfrey of Jackson, Miss., survive him.  He 
joined the Baptist Church at age 16, was a Scottish 
Rite Mason, Shriner, and a member of the El Karubah 
Temple at Shreveport at the time of his death.

His other and sister arrived from Jackson, Miss., 
Tuesday afternoon and were present at the funeral 
services.  They were met at Ruston by Mrs. S. J. 
Harper and son, Blanchard, and wife.

The local Masons had charge of the funeral, the pall-
bearers being Dr. Bumgardner, Henry Willis, D. E. Sikes, 
Horace Peters, H. J. Rogers, and J. M. Breedlove.

Relatives and friends from out of town attending the 
funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Dawkins of Shreveport;
Mrs. J. H. Humphries and C. I. Humphries of Jena; Mrs.
W. E. Godfrey, Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Fisher of Columbia;
Mrs. J. A. McConnell of Minden; Miss Emily Hunter of 
Boyce."

Source:  March 22, 1928 Winn Parish Enterprise, Submitted 
by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA
71483