Caldwell County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....May, Otis Elmore November 28, 1960
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The Caldwell Watchman, Dec 1, 1960
OBITUARY: The Caldwell Watchman, Dec 1, 1960
Headline: Ward ( Death Fire is Probed; One Man Held
Sub-Headline: Funeral Services for Odis May Held on Tuesday, Fire Victim

A Caldwell Parish Coroner's Jury Sunday morning recommended that Clarence 
Langley, a former resident of Columbia and Fort Necessity, be held in the 
parish jail without bail following the death of another man in a house fire 
early that morning.

Sheriff G.E. Erskine said that Langley has not been charged following 
investigation into the death of Odis May, a resident of ward nine.

According to the Sheriff, Langley was living in May's sister's house in ward 
nine and in a drunken rage threatened to burn the building and 
kill "everybody."

May is said to have gone to the house to stay with Langley, apparently to 
prevent carrying out of the threat.

Following the fire which destroyed the house and burned May to death early 
Sunday morning, May's brother, R.I. May, Jr. testified before the coroner's 
jury that he saw Langley set fire to the building.

Funeral services for Mr. May, who was 58 years old, were held at 2:30 p.m. 
Tuesday at the Hickory Springs Baptist Church in Jackson Parish with the Rev. 
A.A. Calhoun of Columbia Heights in charge.  Interment was made in the nearby 
church cemetery under the direction of the Riser and Son Funeral Home of 
Columbia.

Mr. May was not married but is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. I. 
May, Sr., of ward 9; six sisters; Mrs. Mary Cole of Bossier City, Mrs. 
Clifford Wells of Ruston, Mrs. Gladys Broom of ward 9, Mrs. Sam West, also of 
ward 9, Mrs. Cassie McBroom of Kinder and Mrs. E. J. Adams of Monroe; three 
brothers: Ocie May, R.I. May, Jr. and George E. May, all of the ward 9 
community.


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