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Robert E. Gilbert - Madison Parish, Louisiana 

From Tallulah Madison Journal, February 22, 1957

Funeral Services For R. E. Gilbert Held Wednesday
Well Known Tallulah Resident Dies In A Vicksburg Hospital Tuesday

Robert E. Gilbert, 65, well-known Tallulah resident, died Tuesday in a Vicksburg hospital after a 
week's illness.

Mr. Gilbert, a native of Frankfort, Missouri, had been a resident of Tallulah since 1916. He was an agent 
for the Missouri Pacific Railroad from 1912-1925. Gilbert later entered the estate business in Tallulah. 
He was a Mason and a member of the Presbyterian Church.

Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at the family residence with the Rev. J. Arthur Strickland 
officiating. Burial followed in the Silver Cross Cemetery with Young's Funeral Home in charge.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Beatrice Black Gilbert of Tallulah; one son, Hugh W. Gilbert of 
Greenwood, Miss.; two daughters, Mrs. Alice Whitford, Point Pleasant, W. Va., and Mrs. Fay Benoit, 
Houston, Texas; and his mother, Mrs. Alice Gilbert, Donephan, Mo.

Pallbearers were W. P. Sevier, Jr., Mandeville Kell, Foster Whitford, Harvey Benoit, C. E. Walker 
and R. C. Todd.