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Clara Gaines - Madison Parish, Louisiana

From Tallulah Madison Journal March 12, 1921

Last Tuesday morning Mrs. Clara Gaines passed out of this life in which she had so fully done her 
duty, to the place which was her right after many years of illness. She died at her home in Tallulah 
on March 8th with her beloved husband and children around her.

She was a native of Tennessee, spending her early life near Nashville, and was there married to 
Dr. G. W. Gaines. Later Dr. and Mrs. Gaines came to Louisiana and made old Milliken's Bend their home 
before moving to Tallulah. Had Mrs. Gaines lived two hours longer she would have been a resident of 
Madison Parish twenty-three tears to the hour. Her entire life has been spent in the sweet simplicity - 
living only for her family and friends, to which her loyal devotion will always be remembered.

The funeral services were held at 10:30 in the morning of Wednesday. March 9th, at her home by her 
sisters of the Eastern Star, and from there the body was taken to the Baptist Church, of which she 
has been a lively member since early womanhood, where her friend and pastor. Rev. C. E. Perryman, of 
Texarkana (who was for some time located in Tallulah), held services with an unusually large attendance 
of Tallulah and out-of-town people paying tribute to this ever true friend. The Interment was in the 
Tallulah cemetery in the family plot.

To the stricken family and friends whom Mrs. Gaines loved so well, the Journal joins the entire community 
in offering its heartfelt sympathies, knowing the close relationship of a most devoted family.

Mrs. Gaines is survived by her husband, Dr. G. W. Gaines, and three children, Mrs. R. C. Leeves of Tallulah, 
Mrs. B. C. Abernathy of Sondheimer and Mr. R. Paul Gaines of Mansfield, La., and ten grandchildren.