Obituary of RALPH BARKER, LaSalle Parish, Louisiana

Copied and Submitted by: Doug McBroom, 15520 Swan Lake Blvd., Gulfport, MS 
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From The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La.  
Microfilm at the LaSalle Parish Library located in Jena, LaSalle Parish, La.

Many Thanks to The Times - Signal and to the LaSalle Parish Library for 
allowing the following to be added to the Archives.





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Date:  May 7, 1936, Thursday

Headline:  Barker Boy is Killed at Home Friday

Sub-headline:  Meets Death in a Fight With Older Brother at Midway

Ralph Barker, 16, former Jena High School student, was killed on last Friday 
afternoon at his home in Midway after an altercation with his older brother, 
Tom, 19. 

According to local officers the two young men were in a heated argument over 
a pair of pants.  Tom is said to have grasped the younger boy about the 
waist, striking him in the eye and on the jaw, the latter being broken by the 
blow.  Ralph is said to have been knocked  off the porch where the fight 
occurred, breaking his neck almost instantly.

No charges were filed against the older boy, the officers considering that 
Ralph's death was accidental.  Both of the young men were well thought of in 
their community and the affair, while regrettable, has cast a vale of sorrow 
over the enter community of Midway.

Young Barker leaves his father and mother, three sisters and two brothers to 
mourn his passing.  The family has been residing at Midway for the past ten 
years and none of the boys have ever been in any trouble before.  Funeral 
services were held Saturday afternoon at the Belah Cemetery.