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Bessie Page Lancaster - Madison Parish, Louisiana 

From Tallulah Madison Journal June 14, 1950

Funeral Services For Mrs. B. P. Lancaster Held Here Friday

Mrs. Bessie Page Lancaster, age 72, died late Thursday afternoon, June 8th at the Madison Sanitarium 
after a lingering illness. She was the widow of the late Mr. Wallace A. Lancaster.

A native of Newton, Miss., Mrs. Lancaster resided in this community the past 37 years. She was a member 
of the Methodist Church, and a member of the Madison Chapter of the Eastern Star, No. 94.

Funeral services were held Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock at the Tallulah Methodist Church, with the 
Rev. J. F. Kilpatrick, officiating. Interment followed under the direction of Young's Funeral Home, 
in Silver Cross Cemetery.

Pallbearers were: Reed Watts, T. M. Watts, W. E. Hendricks, W. H. Harvey, Jim Parker, Ed Palmby.

She is survived by 2 sons, Herman B. Lancaster, Tallulah; Wallace P. Lancaster, Colorado Springs, Colo.; 
1 brother, Willie Page, Tallulah; 4 sisters, Mrs. H. B. Hancock, York, Ala.; Mrs. M. D. Barns, York, Ala.; 
Mrs. Walter Lancaster, Shreveport; Mrs. Lois Grayson, Wisner, La.; 3 grandchildren.