Obituary of OSCAR DOWLING, LaSalle Parish, Louisiana

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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:  January 8, 1931

Headline:  Dr. Dowling was Killed by Train on Last Friday
Sub-Headline:  Veteran Health Head Being Mourned by Hundreds in State

People in LaSalle Parish and throughout the state of Louisiana were saddened 
last weekend to learn of the accidental death of Dr. Oscar Dowling.  Dr. 
Dowling served for more than a quarter of a century as president of the 
Louisiana State Board of Health, being the man known far and wide as the 
father of health work in this state.  He was ousted from this position when 
the present governor, Huey P. Long, took office.

Dr. Dowling was killed on the ferry at New Orleans when was run over by a 
train as he stepped from the pullman on which he was riding.  The body was 
shipped to Ozark, Ala., on Saturday night.  It was at this town, the former 
home of Dr. Dowling, that the funeral services were held.

Men high in medical and health circles all over this state, as well as 
thousands of friends in this state and others, were this week mourning the 
passing of one of Louisiana's leading citizens.  It was recalled this week 
that the last time Dr. Dowling was in LaSalle Parish was in 1928, when he 
came here with the now famous health exhibit car.  This educational moving 
exhibit was only one of the many things Dr. Dowling instituted as head of the 
health work in Louisiana.

Dr. W. V. Taylor, LaSalle Parish health head, and the dean of all Louisiana 
physicians, who has been a personal friend of Dr. Dowling for a score of 
years, said this week that he felt that Louisiana had lost one her leading 
figures.  He was profuse in his praise of Dr. Dowling and the work he had 
done.  He said that the medical ranks of the state had suffered a distinct 
loss, one which he felt could not be soon filled.