Obituary: June 1929, Franklin Parish, LA Submitters name listed with obit ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** The following obituaries are listed below: John H. Baker, Jr. Fred Ellerbe Florence Mabel Gilbert Mrs. Florence Wilkinson Hair Arthur M. Ledbetter Smiley Merritt G. W. Newman ******************************************** ******************************************** The Franklin Sun Winnsboro, LA June 28, 1929 Submitted March 2009 by: Glenda Warner Boyd Son Of John H. Baker Drowns On Wednesday Was with Bathing Party and Could Not Swim; Was Missed. John H. Baker, Jr., aged 18, son of prominent merchant and planter north Franklin parish, was drowned near Delhi near five o'clock Wednesday afternoon. With a large party of other boys and young men he was swimming in Bayou Macon ? (could not read) east of Delhi, but he sank without being noticed. Premonition of the tragedy came 5:30 p.m., when some of the other boys found his clothing lying in grass on the bank. They then realized they had not seen him in the water for about 45 minutes. An immediate search for the body was made, and Lowell Spiers, Delhi high school student, and Wilmer ? (could not read) Bastrop high school student recovered it at 7:30 p.m. The body was said to have been about 60 yards downstream from where young Baker had last been seen. The victim was unable to swim. The youth was the only son of John H. Baker, well-known planter in Franklin parish. He had attended (? Centenary) college in Shreveport for ? (could not read) years, but had been in Delhi for the time, working for an automobile company there. The funeral services will be held at the home this morning near the hour of nine. Interment will be made in the Delhi cemetery. Submitter's note: Because of the location of the article at the edge of the paper, some words could not be read as noted with a question mark. ------------------------------------------------------- The Franklin Sun Winnsboro, LA June 28, 1929 Submitted March 2009 by: Glenda Warner Boyd Fred Ellerbe Is Killed On Saturday Eve Truck Wrecks From Unknown Cause and Turns Over in Road. Fred Ellerbe, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Ellerbe of east Winnsboro, was killed last Saturday night near the hour of eight when the truck he was driving was turned over on the highway between Gilbert and Wisner. Mr. Ellerbe was returning to Winnsboro from Sicily Island where he had delivered a load of gasoline as he was working for the Pan-American Oil corporation under the supervivsion of E. B. Butler of Winnsboro. No one was in the automobile with him when the tragedy occurred. The truck turned over, bottom side up, in the middle of the highway and never touched the ditch on either side. Until yet the cause of the wreck has not been found and will doubtless remain a mystery. Mr. Ellerbe was rushed to a doctor's office in Wisner as soon as he was found where he died within a few moments, due to internal injuries. Mr. Ellerbe was thirty-two years of age. He had been a resident of Franklin parish for the past twenty six years, having come here from Mississippi when a small boy. He was a staunch member of the Baptist church and was at all times ready and willing to do his part in the cause of all that was up-lifting and good. Those left to grieve the passing of this young man are his wife, two small daughters, Elizabeth and Yvonne, one small son, Fred, Jr., his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Ellerbe, all of Winnsboro, five brothers, Denson, Harvey, Alvin, Vinnie and Theodore; three sisters, Mrs. Mae Russell of Hallsboro, Texas; Mrs. Minnie Grayson of St. Jospeh, and Mrs. Eunice Allie of Crowville and a host of other relatives and friends. Interment was made in the Winnsboro cemetery Monday morning with Rev. Dana Terry, pastor of the local Baptist church, officiating. ----------------------------------------------------- The Franklin Sun Winnsboro, LA June 14, 1929 Submitted March 2009 by: Glenda Warner Boyd Florence Mabel Gilbert Gilbert Baby Passes Away Wednesd'y P.M. Was Little Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry W. Gilbert Little Florence Mabel Gilbert, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry W. Gilbert of Wisner, died at the Chamberlain-Rice Hospital in Natchez Wednesday afternoon near the hour of five o'clock. The little girl was two years old. She became seriously ill Tuesday and was rushed to the hospital in Natchez, where she grew worse until the end came. The funeral services were held at the home in Wisner Thursday afternoon, Rev. O. L. Tucker, pastor of Wisner Methodist church, officiating. The remains of the little one were paced at rest in the Oakley cemetery, between Wisner and Gilbert. ---------------------------------------------------- The Franklin Sun Winnsboro, LA June 7, 1929 Submitted March 2009 by: Glenda Warner Boyd Mrs. Florence Wilkinson Hair Mrs. Hair Dies On Last Thurs. At Crowville Has Been Franklin Resident for the Past Forty Years. Mrs. Florence Wilkinson Hair died last Thursday morning at her home in Crowville. She was well known and very much loved throughout this entire section. Mrs. Hair was born in the year 1860 at Little River near Jonesville. She was wed to William I. Hair and the union was blessed with six children, all of whom are living. She had been living in Crowville for the past forty years. Surviving Mrs. Hair are two daughters, Mrs. F. A. Coon of Monroe; Miss Sara Hair of Monroe; four sons, Chas. W. Hair of Shreveport, Geo. Hair of Monroe; W. I. Hair, Jr. of Crowville, and Robert Hair of Winnsboro. Interment was made in the Crowville cemetery last Friday. ----------------------------------------------------- The Franklin Sun Winnsboro, LA June 7, 1929 Submitted March 2009 by: Glenda Warner Boyd Arthur M. Ledbetter Ledbetter Is Killed In Car Wreck Sunday Had Been Working In Winnsboro for Past 15 Months Albert M. Ledbetter, a watchmaker and jeweler, originally of Columbia, but who has been working with E. O. Strahan, local optometrist and jeweler, for the past 15 months was fatally injured last Sunday afternoon, shortly after four o'clock, when the automobile he was driving collided with the car of S. W. Pipes of Bosco. The crash occured about seven miles south of Monroe. Mr. Ledbetter at the wheel of his car, endeavored to avoid the crash but was unable to do so. His machine was an almost total wreck. The other car was little damaged. Mr. Ledbetter, the only person to be injured, sustained a fractured back and injuries that caused his death in Monroe Sanitarium, Monday morning at an early hour. He was enroute form (sic from) Columbia when the accident occurred. Near the place of the accident is a sharp curve and lane leads out into the highway from one side. Out of this lane a car was entering the main highway at the time and this served to obscure the vision of the drivers of the two cars. Pipes was driving south and crashed into the side of the car of Ledbetter, knocking it into the ditch. Ledbetter was thrown violently from the car and sustained the injury to his back and probable internal injuries. He was rushed to Riverside sanitarium where he grew steadily weaker until his death occurred early. Surviving are his wife and ten children. Two sons live in Jacksonville, Fla., one in Charlotte, N. C., and three are in Columbia being Wade, Melton and Fonver Ledbetter. One married daughter lives in Greenwood, Miss., and three are at home. Those at home are Misses Bonnie, Grace and Hazel Ledbetter. The funeral was held at Biggs cemetery near Columbia Wednesday afternoon. ------------------------------------------------------- The Franklin Sun Winnsboro, LA June 14, 1929 Submitted Feb. 2006 by: Glenda Warner Boyd Smiley Merritt FORMER WINNSBORO LAD DIES AT BAPTIST HOME IN MONROE ON SUNDAY Smiley Merritt, aged 13, an inmate of the Louisiana Baptist Children's home in Monroe, died shortly after midnight at the Children's Home Sunday night. Death was due to malaria and complication, the boy being ill for some days. During his illness every possible medical attention was given to him by the management, teachers and nurse who were deeply attached to him and whose death was occasion of deepest sorrow. The lad is survived by three sisters and had been an inmate of the home for two years, having been admitted from Winnsboro together with his sisters after the death of their mother. Interment was made Monday after a brief funeral service in the family plot in the Liddieville cemetery near Winnsboro. This death is the second in the institution since it was established here about four years ago. The home has been in the past somewhat notable for freedom of any serious illness of boys and girls. --------------------------------------------------- The Franklin Sun Winnsboro, LA June 7, 1929 Submitted March 2009 by: Glenda Warner Boyd G. W. Newman Newman Dies At Wisner On Wednesday Morning; Sixty-Four Years Old G. W. Newman, aged sixty -four, and who resided three miles south of Wisner, died Wednesday morning at an early hour. He had been in ill health for the past several years, but was confined to his bed only some two weeks before the end. Mr. Newman had been a resident of Franklin Parish for the past twenty-five years. He was well known and highly esteemed throughout this section. At the time of his death he was living on and managing the plantation of Carl Shipp and Son, merchants of Wisner. Mr. Newman is survived by his wife and five daughters; Mrs. J. M. Spann of Wisner, Mrs. J. A. Farley of Wisner, Mrs. I. A. Deerman of Bunkie, Louisiana, Mrs. Luther Pittman of Shreveport and Mrs. J. N. Hammett of Shreveport. Interment was made in the Holly Grove Cemetery Thursday afternoon. -----------------------------------------------------