Obituary of Kelly Clifton Mancil, LaSalle Parish, Louisiana


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

From The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La.
Micro Film at the LaSalle Parish Library, Located in Jena, LaSalle Parish, La.
Thursday, August 12, 1954


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Victim of Mill Accident in Texas Buried in Jena

Kelly Clifton Mancil, 43, who was killed in a sawmill accident at Vidor,
Texas, last Monday was buried here Wednesday afternoon at Nolley Memorial
cemetary, following services at the First Baptist church.

The Revs. J. P. Owens and W. O. Lynch conducted the final rites, with
interment under direction of Hixson Brothers Funeral Home of Jena.

Prior to services in Jena, the Rev. E. J. Davis, pastor of the Methodist
church of Vidor, and the Rev. Mr. Peters, pastor of the Baptist church there,
conducted rites at the Methodist church in Vidor, with the body later returned
to Jena by the Roberts and Pipkin-Brulin Funeral Home of Vidor.

Mr. Mancil was killed when his clothing caught in a belt and he was pulled
into a moving line shaft. A millwright for the Vidor Lumber company where the
accident occured, said he died from shock and internal injuries. His left arm
was severed and his right arm was broken.

A former resident of this area for many years, Mr. Mancil had been employed by
the Vidor mill for the past six years. He maintained his church membership at
the Pitkin (La.) Baptist church. He was a native of Pitkin

Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Beatrice Mancil of Vidor, a daughters, Miss
Glenda Gayle Mancil of Vidor; a son, Clyo C. Mancil of Lake Charles, and three
half-sisters, Mrs. Arlie Sermons, Mrs. Lottie Davis and Mrs. Ivy Davis, all of
Leesville.

Pall bearers for the final rites were Clyde Reed, Charley Haygood, Clarence
Marshall, Z. L. Hosea, A. A. Biehle and J. H. Payne.