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• 1930 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 9 April, LaGrue Township, DeWitt Town, District 16, Page 11A, Hse #239, Fam #256
  Gossom, Louie Head Owns M W 45 First married as age 27 AR ME KY Millwright, Saw Mill
  Gossom, Lula Wife F W 26 First married at age 17 IL IL IL
  Gossom, Walter Son M W 2 LA AR IL
  
  U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 1
  Walter Gossom
  Birth Date 28 Oct 1927
  3200 Jonquil St, Pine Bluff, AR, 71603-3873 (1992)
  1217 E 9th Ave, Pine Bluff, AR, 71601-5143 (1993)
  
  U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
  Walter B Gossom
  Born 28 Oct 1927
  Died 21 Feb 2009
  Last Residence Pine Bluff, Jefferson, Arkansas 71601
  SSN issued Arkansas (Before 1951)
  
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  Walter B Gossom
  BIRTH 28 Oct 1927 Bastrop, Morehouse Parish, Louisiana, USA
  DEATH 21 Feb 2009 (aged 81) De Witt, Arkansas County, Arkansas, USA
  BURIAL De Witt Cemetery, De Witt, Arkansas County, Arkansas
  
  Walter Gossom, 81, of Pine Bluff, died Feb. 21. He was born Oct. 28, 1927, in Bastrop, LA, to Edward and Lula Gossom. He was a graduate of DeWitt High School and served in the United States Navy and Army during World War II. He was retired from the Weyerhaeuser Bag Plant and was a member of Meadowview Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his parents; a brother, Edward Gossom; and a sister, Billie DuMond Rawls.
  
  Survivors include his wife, Pauline Lackey Gossom; three daughters, Kim Williams and her husband, Tim, of Woodlawn, Diane Rhoden and her husband, Terry, of North Little Rock and Donna Simpson and her husband, Richard, of Hot Springs; a sister, Stella Champion of Stuttgart; a number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren, including Meghan and Trent Williams of Woodlawn; and several nieces and nephews, Delores Padgett and her husband, Leo, of Ethel, Ruth Cunningham and her husband, Charles, of St. Charles, Ray DuMond and his wife, Mary Ann, of Reydell, and Walter DuMond of St. Charles.
  
  Funeral services were held Feb. 24 at Fuller Hale-South Funeral Chapel in Pine Bluff with Brother Jim Swinea officiating. Burial was in DeWitt Cemetery with Fuller Hale-South Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
  
  Parents:
  Elijah Lewis Gossom 1884-1959
  Lulu May Griffith Gossom 1893-1980
  
  Spouse Pauline Johnson Lackey Gossom 1937-2016
  
  Siblings:
  Billie Shaw Gossom DuMond Rawls 1918-2005
  Stella Maxine Gossom Petty Champion 1920-2011
  
  Created by Sharon Rhoades 4 Mar 2009
  --  Find A Grave Memorial 34452545, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34452545
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Sources

• 1. 1930 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
  • 9 April, LaGrue Township, DeWitt Town, District 16, Page 11A, Hse #239, Fam #256
• 2. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 3. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
• 4. U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 1