Obituary of DICK DOYLE, LaSalle Parish, Louisiana

Copied and Submitted by: Doug McBroom, 902 Kilgore Court, Allen, TX, 75013

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: April 30, 1936

Headline:  Dick Doyle is Killed as Engine Hits Him on Last Wednesday

The body of Dick Doyle, 28, railroad dummy operator, was brought to Jena 
Wednesday night to the undertaking parlors of Kinner and Stevens for 
preparation for burial.

Doyle was killed when he was thrown from his cab and run over by his engine 
near Harrisonburg.  His chest, arms and legs were badly crushed, his neck 
broken and twisted under this left arm.  He never knew what struck him.
 
Doyle, who is survived by three sisters and three brothers was buried near 
Harrisonburg last Thursday afternoon.