Obituary of CHARLES FORD, 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 19, 1928

Headline:  Chas. Ford Found Dead

Charles Ford, aged sixty, was found dead in his home near Nickel by his 
brother, Monroe Ford, and his uncle, Johnnie Watson, at eleven o'clock last 
Sunday morning.  He has been dead for some time, possibly ten days or two 
weeks, but because of the secluded life which he led his body was not found 
until Sunday.

At the coroner's inquest which was held Sunday night at eleven o'clock the 
unanimous verdict of the jury was that the man had been dead for ten days or 
two weeks.  Dr. Fred Hamilton, parish coroner, stated that he was o the 
opinion that Ford froze to death during the cold weather of the first week of 
the year.  There is a possibility that he could have died of hunger.  Dr. 
Hamilton said that the position of the body when found, half out of the bed, 
seemed to point toward this theory.

The coroners jury that brought in the verdict given above was composed of the 
following men, L. D. Frazier, J. N. Grey, Virgil Corley, M. O. Poole, and L. 
M. Anders.

Because of the badly decomposed condition of the body it was buried near the 
house where it was found in an improvised casket as soon as the inquest had 
been held.

Ford is survived by four brothers, Andrew of Delhi, Will and Monroe, of 
Nickel, and Riley of Rosefield and one sister, Mrs. Monet Anders, of Nickel.