Obituary of Eddy Joseph Barber, LaSalle Parish, La.




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

Thank You to the Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal and the LaSalle Parish
Library for allowing the following to be add to the Archives.

From The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal
Microfilm located at the LaSalle Parish Library in Jena.

Date: Wednesday, February 25, 1987 
Page 10B

At Eden...
Man killed in wreck Thursday

A 26-year-old Trout man was killed instantly last Thursday afternoon in a two-
vehicle accident on Highway 8 in the Eden Community.

Eddy Joseph Barber, 26, was pronounced dead at the scene by Dr. I. C. Turnley,
Jr., LaSalle Parish coroner.

The accident reported occurred about 12:50 p.m. according to State Police
Troop E.

Barber's small flat bed truck was hit broadside when he pulled into the path
of a loaded log truck driven by John kevin Williams, 22, of Atlanta.

Williams was apparently not injured in the accident and no charges were filed.

Athe highway was closed for more than two hours while the wreckage and load of
logs were removed.

SERVICES

Funeral for Eddy Joseph Barber were held at 2:00 p.m. Friday at the chapel of
Hixson Brothers Funeral Home in Jena with Rev. Mike HeDrick, officiating.

Burial followed at Georgetown Cemetery with arrangements by Hixson Brothers
Funeral Home.

He was a construction worker employed on the LaSalle telephone project and was
a U.S. Marine veteran.

He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Barber of Trout; paternal
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Elvin Barber of Many and Mrs. Ruth Sanders of
Winnfield; maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Ponds of Winnfield and
Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Breland of San Antonio, Texas; and two brothers, Michael
Barber of Trout and Curtis Barber of Dry Prong.

Caption under photo:
WORKMEN CLEAR THE HIGHWAY following a fatal accident on Hwy.8 in the Eden
Community last Thursday afternoon. Eddy Joseph Barber, 26, of Trout, was
killed in the accident which wsa reported about 12:50 p.m. Barber's small
flatbed truck was hit broadside by a loaded log truck driven by Joh Kevin
Williams, 22, of Atlanta. The crash flipped the log truck over, spilling logs
all over the highway. The highway was closed for more than two hours while
workmen cleared logs and the wreckage. No charges were filed in the accident.