Jefferson Davis County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....Howard, William January 2, 1933
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source: Abbeville Meridional (Vermilion Parish, Louisiana), vol. 83, Saturday, January 07, 1933

LAKE ARTHUR MAN COMMITS SUICIDE MONDAY

William Howard, 51, farmer residing about four miles north of Lake Arthur,  
commited (sic) suicide at about four o'clock Monday afternoon,  by placing 
the muzzle of a double-barreled shotgun against his heart and firing the 
fatal shot by releasing the trigger against the barn at his home.

Ill health was said to have been the contributing factor in the suicide, and 
members of his family had watched closely,  fearing that the man might 
attempt to take his own life.

Yesterday afternoon he left the house with his gun saying that he was going 
to shoot some hawks. Shortly afterward his wife heard the report of the gun 
and upon investigating found the lifeless body of her husband.
 
Dr. V. A. Miller of Lake Arthur,  coroner,  held an inquest and pronounced 
the death,  a suicide.
 
He is survived by his wife and eleven children.  Funeral services were held 
this afternoon from the Lake Arthur Catholic Church with interment in Andrus 
Cove Cemetery.
 
The deceased had been a resident of this parish for the past four or five 
years,  having moved to the Lake Arthur community from Cameron Parish. He 
was said not to have been financially embarrassed  and worry over poor 
health was said to have been the only motive for self destruction.

—Jeff Davis Parish News.


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