Obituary of C. O. CANNON, 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.





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Date:  March 19, 1936, Thursday

Headline:  Local Man's Brother Killed in Oil Field Accident Near Many

C. O. Cannon, brother of H. W. Cannon of Jena, died at his home in Many 
Sunday from injuries received in an accident a week previous to his death.  
Mr. Cannon was an oil field worker and on Sunday, March 8, while placing a 
beam on a derrick he was struck in some manner causing him to fall.  He 
suffered a fractured skull and other head injuries in the fall.  Spinal 
meningitis developed causing his death.

Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Cannon and son, Harold Walter, attended the funeral in 
Many, returning Monday.

Deceased is survived by his wife and a 13 year old son; his father, T. H. 
Cannon of Pleasant Hill; a brother, H. W. Cannon of Jena; and three sisters, 
Mrs. W. R. Breard of Monroe and Mrs. R. M. Skinner and Mrs. C. L. Brown of 
Shreveport.