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M. P. Erwin - Madison Parish, Louisiana 

From Vicksburg Evening Post, January 31, 1933

M. P. ERWIN DIES AT HOME IN TALLULAH

TALLULAH, La., Jan. 31-M. P. Erwin, one of the oldest citizens of Tallulah died at his 
home here Monday at the age of 85. He was a native of Mississippi but had been a resident 
of Madison Parish or a number of years. He Was a member of the Methodist church and the 
Knights of Pythias. Mr. Erwin was married to Miss Mathilde Craig, of East Carroll Parish, 
who was the mother of his four children. His second wife was Mrs. S. O. Devine, of Lake 
Providence.

The funeral will take place from the Methodist Church here Tuesday afternoon at three 
o'clock with the Rev. W. H. Giles, pastor of the church, officiating, assisted by the 
Rev. D. C. Barr, of Oak Ridge. Interment will be in Silver Cross Cemetery here. Active 
pallbearers will be Will Holmes, W. R. Gilfoil, D. B. Allen, D. E. Martin, J. L Canon and 
C. S. Pierce, and honorary pallbearers: J. B. Snyder, A. J. Sevier, W. M. Murphy, Dr. G. 
W. Gaines, of Tallulah, W. R. Gilfoil of Omega and Mr. Galloway, S. A. Marcus, J. C. Bell, 
Robt. Nicholson and J. C. Bass, of Lake Providence.

Mr. Erwin is survived by two sons. M. P. Erwin, Jr., of Lake Providence, and Ernest Erwin, 
chief engineer of S. S. City of Knoxville of the Isthmian Lines, and two daughters, Mrs. 
Charles Hart of Lake Providence and Miss Queenie Erwin, of Tallulah.

From Madison Journal February 8, 1933

M. P. ERWIN DIES

M. P. Erwin, one of the oldest citizens of Tallulah, died at his home here on Monday, at the age of 85. 
He was a native of Mississippi but had been a resident of Madison parish for a number of years. He was 
a member of the Methodist church and the Knights of Pythias. Mr. Erwin was married to Miss Mathilde Craig, 
of East Carroll parish, who was the mother of his four children.. His second wife was Mrs. S. O. Devine 
of Lake Providence.

The funeral took place from the Methodist church here on Tuesday afternoon at three o'clock, with the 
Rev. W. H. Giles, pastor of the church, officiating, assisted by the Rev. D. C. Barr of Oak Ridge. 
Interment was in Silver Cross cemetery here.

Active pall bearers were Will Holmes, W. R. Gilfoil, D. H. Allen, D. E. Martin, J. L. Cason, and 
C. S. Pierce; and honorary pall bearers, J. B. Snyder, A. J. Sevier, W. M. Murphy, Dr. G. W. Gaines, 
all of Tallulah; W. H. Gilfoil of Omega, and Mr. Galloway, S. A. Marcus, J. C. Bell, Robt. Nicholson, 
and J. C. Bass, of Lake Providence.

Mr. Erwin is survived by two sons, M. P. Erwin, Jr., of Lake Providence, and Ernest Erwin, chief engineer 
of the S. S. City of Knoxville of the Isthmian Lines, and two daughters, Mrs. Charles Hart of Lake Providence, 
and Miss Quenie Erwin of Tallulah.