Obituary of FARRELL HALWOOD GORHAM.

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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:  May 4, 1933

Headline:  Farrell Gorham, Well Known Here Dies at Home in Winnfield 

Farrell Halwood Gorham, 28 years and seven days of age, died at the family 
home east of Winnfield, Monday, April 24, 1933, 9:30 o'clock having been 
brought back from the Charity Hospital in Shreveport at 12:00 that day.

Funeral services were conducted at the Gorham Cemetery Tuesday afternoon at 4 
o'clock.  The Rev. Alwin Stokes, Pastor Presbyterian Church had charge of the 
services, assisted by Rev. Ellis Smith, Pastor First Methodist Church.

On November 18th, 1931, Farrell Gorham was injured in a fall while employed 
by a lumber company at Good Pine.  He was carried immediately to the Baptist 
Hospital in Alexandria, where he stayed until February 26, 1932.  He was then 
brought to the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John R. Gorham, of 
Winnfield.  On January 13, 1933, he was taken to the Charity Hospital, 
Shreveport, but doctors advised his people that nothing could be done to 
lessen his suffering and to bring him home.

Gorham was well known here, having resided her several years.