Obituary of Ben E. Hailey, LaSalle Parish, Louisiana


Copied and Submitted by :Kathy LeMay Kelly, P.O. Box 219, Trout, La. 71371

From The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal;
Micro Film at the LaSalle Parish Library, Located in Jena, LaSalle Parish, La.
Friday, July 13, 1951


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Hailey's Last Rites Held, Fatal Wound Was Self-inflicted

Funeral services for Ben E. Hailey, 58, of Nebo Route, Jena, were held at 2:30
p.m. Friday at the Nebo Baptist Church with the Rev. Tom Ratcliff, pastor of
the Nebo Baptist Church and the Rev. J. L. Williams officiating.

Interment was in Belah cemetery under the direction of Hixson Bros. Funeral
Home of Jena.

Hailey died of a self-inflicted wound at 4:30 p.m. Thursday. He died instantly
after he had placed the muzzle of a 12 gauge pump shotgun to his mouth and
fired the weapon. His death occurred in the yard of his home on Nebo Route. He
was at home alone at the time.

Although he was born in Catahoula parish he was practically a life-long
resident of Nebo Route. He was a farmer by occupation. At the time of his
death he shared interest in two LaSalle Parish oil wells, it is reported.

Survivors of the deceased include his widow; Mrs. Agnes L. Hailey; his mother,
Mrs. Melinda W. Hailey; two brothers, Davis B. and Lee Hailey; and one sister
Mrs. Mattie Whatley, all of Nebo Route, Jena.

Pallbearers at the funeral were Fred Allen, David Deville, Turner Sanders,
Junior Hailey, Lee Whatley, and Leon Huffman.