Jackson County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....Wigley, William
Franklin And Catherine Virginia Canterberry November 20 1931
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The Jackson Independent November 26, 1931
"Storm Kills Farmer and Wife Near Beech Springs"
"Chimney Falls Through Roof"
"Boy, 9, finds bodies of parents in ruins of home after spending
night out."
   A Beech Springs farmer was instantly killed and his wife was
fatally injured, nine miles north-east of Jonesboro, eary Friday
morning, when they were crushed by an earthern chimney which fell
during a heavy wind and rainstorm about 1 o'clock Friday morning.
The victims were Mr. and Mrs. Will Wigley, age about 50 years. They
were alone at the time of the tragedy and were discovered shortly
after dawn Friday morning when their nine year old son returned home
after spending the night with a neighbor. According to opinion of
neighbors who removed the bodies from the wrecked home, Wigley
apparently left his bed when the storm became severe, and while near
the bed the chimney crashed through the roof and ceiling, pinning
him under the debris and crushing his body through the floor. Dr.
Blume said the body was badly crushed and Wigley must have died
instantly.  Some of his neighbors, however, are fim=rm in the
opinion that he lived several hours before his death. In the
downward plunge the chimney struck Mrs. Wigley as she lay in bed.
From her waist down she was pinned down by debris and was unable to
extricate herself. As rain poured, Mrs. Wigley lay there for seven
hours, stating to neighbors that she had not lapsed in to
unconsciousness, but had "prayed for seven hours." When a small son
of the Wigley's returned home about seven o'clock he found the
drenched form of his mother but was unable to find the body of his
father because it was hidden under the debris of the fallen
building. The boy ran half a mile to the home of a relative, Brady
Strain, and obtained help.  Mrs. Wigley was taken to the Strain
home, where she died about 12 o'clock Friday night.  The lower part
of her body was severly bruised but no bones were broken, stated Dr.
Blume.  He attributed her death to shock and exposure. Both victims
were buried Sunday afternoon in the Ebenezer Cemetery in a double
grave, attended by an immense crowd of sorrowing relatives and
friends.

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