Newspaper: Mrs. W. S. Parker drowned,  Franklin Parish, LA,
Submitted by: DeWanna Robinson Lindo
Sept. 2007


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The Franklin Sun     Winnsboro, LA    June 14, 1929
Submitted March 2009 by: Glenda Warner Boyd
 
Mrs. W. S. Parker
 
Mrs. Parker Is Drowned On Tuesday Morn
No One Knew of Tragedy Until Lady Failed to Appear at Home
 
In attempting to reach a fishing line which slipped into 
the water, Mrs. W. S. Parker, of near Wisner, fell in 
Bayou Macon and was drowned Tuesday morning. The body was 
recovered after two hours search.
Mrs. Parker had been fishing on the banks of the bayou during 
the morning and left her line to visit a neighbor. When she 
returned it is thought that she discovered that her line had 
slipped into the water and in attempting to regain it, fell 
into the water and drowned.
No one was witness to the tragedy and it was not known that 
she had lost her life until her husband, becoming alarmed at 
her failure to return home, began a search for her along the 
bank of the bayou. Failing to find her, a search of the bayou 
bottom was begun and her body was soon recovered with hooks. 
A coroner's jury investigated the case, returning a verdict 
that death was due to drowning.
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