Obituary of BEAUREGARD "BUIE" DOUGHTY, 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:  December 15, 1955

Headline:  'Buie' Doughty, 47, Killed in Accident; Rites Are Saturday

Beauregard (Buie) Doughty, 47, formerly of LaSalle Parish but late of New 
Orleans where he was engaged in business, was killed instantly last Thursday 
afternoon about 4:30 or 5 o'clock when a tire blew out on the station wagon 
he was driving.

The accident happened near LeCompte while Mr. Doughty was enroute from New 
Orleans to Jena for a visit.  The car reportedly went out of control, hit the 
end of a culvert and smashed into a telephone pole.

Funeral services were held at the First Baptist Church of Jena Saturday, Dec. 
10, at 2 p.m., with the Rev. J. P. Owens, pastor, conducting the final rites. 
 Interment followed in Nolley Memorial Cemetery under the direction of Kinner 
and Stevens Home for Funerals, Jena.

Mr. Doughty is survived by his father, Sam A. Doughty of Trout; two brothers, 
W. C. Doughty of Trout, and R. E. Doughty of Sulphur; and two sisters, Mrs. 
Essie Mobley of Trout and Miss Vera Doughty of Dallas, Texas.

A former teacher for a number of years at the Jena Elementary School, Mr. 
Doughty also was a Navy veteran of World War 2.