Obituary of ETHEL BOYD, LaSalle Parish, Louisiana Copied and Submitted by: Doug McBroom, 15520 Swan Lake Blvd., Gulfport, MS 39503 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. ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** Date: Mar 28, 1940 Headline: Miss Ethel Boyd Miss Ethel Boyd, 35, of Olla was killed and J. H. Moore of El Dorado, Ark., was seriously injured when a truck in which they were riding rammed the rear of a stave truck near El Dorado, March 23. The driver of the stave truck told police he had stopped behind a stalled automobile when Moore's truck crashed into his machine. Miss Boyd had been visiting the Moore family. Funeral services for Miss Boyd were held March 24 at 3 p.m. with Rev. Harbour of Urania officiating. Interment took place at the Nelson Cemetery under the direction of Riser and Upshaw Funeral Home. Surviving are Wright Boyd, father, Mrs. Wright Boyd, stepmother; Mrs. Florence Lyons of Armarillo, Texas, and Thelma Miles of Olla, sisters; J. L. Lafayette and Grover Boyd, brothers; Laverne and Lucille Boyd, half-sisters.