Joseph Devillier obituary
Transcribed and submitted for the LA GenWeb Archives by Yvonne Arabie, May, 2009.

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The Rayne Tribune   April 12, 1946   

Final Rites Conducted For Burns Victim

JENNINGS, La.  March 4 – Final rites for Mrs. John Colbert Demary, 37, 
of Hathaway, who died in the Jennings hospital Wednesday morning of 
severe burns received in an accident, were conducted at the Hathaway 
Catholic Church at 9 o’clock Thursday morning.

The Rev. L.M. Fournet officiated.  Burial was in the Doucet cemetery 
with the Miguez funeral home in charge.

Mrs. Demary was severely burned Tuesday morning when a gasoline iron 
which she was using exploded at her home near Hathaway.  Her 13 year 
old daughter, Leola, along with her at the time, summoned help from
men working outside.

Blankets were used to smother the flames.  However, when the woman was 
received at the hospital, she was suffering from third degree burns 
from her hips to the top of her head.

Survivors are her husband and four children, Clifford, Lloyd, Leola, 
and Eles and by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Ewing of Hayes.

 

Pallbearers were Clifford and Floyd Demary, Wallace and Frank Ewing, Leo Nugent and Edward Fontenot.