Obituary of ALVIN E. HATFIELD, 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.

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Date:  October 18, 1951

Headline:  Last Rites are Held for Alvin Hatfield, Victim of Auto Crash

Funeral services for Alvin E. Hatfield, 29, of Nebo Route, who was killed 
instantly in automobile accident Saturday morning on Highway 19 near White 
Sulphur Springs, were held Monday afternoon at the Nebo Baptist Church with 
the Rev. T. J. Ratcliff, pastor of the church, officiating.  Military rites 
at the graveside were held under the auspices of the Whatley-Flaherty Post of 
the Veterans of Foreign Wars, John White the commander.  Interment was in the 
Graham Cemetery under the direction of Kinner and Stevens Home for Funerals, 
Jena.

The fatal accident occurred Saturday morning about 4 a.m. when a car driven 
by Hatfield ran off the highway, finally crashing into a pine tree.  The only 
other occupant of the car, Lavoid Lively, also of the Nebo community, was 
seriously injured.  Lively is reported to be recovering at the Baptist 
Hospital in Alexandria, where he was confined on the day of the accident.

The car, a 1942 Ford, was severely damaged in the mishap.

Hatfield was a World War II Army veteran, with three years of service, two 
years and three months in the Pacific theater.  He was discharged honorably 
on Nov. 20, 1945.  He held the APTO Medal, the Philippines Liberation ribbon, 
and the World War II Victory medal, as recognition of his service.

He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Paul Hatfield, of Nebo Route.

Seven brothers, Sgt. James Hatfield, El Paso, Tex.; Sgt. Owen Hatfield, home 
on leave from Korea; Herman Hatfield, Boston, Mass.; Clyde Hatfield, Baton 
Rouge; Harland Hatfield, Nebo Route; Willie Hatfield, now in Cuba; and Edward 
Hatfield, Nebo Route.  Two sisters, Mrs. Irma Mae McLendon, Pollock, and Ila 
Hatfield, Nebo Route.   His grandmother, Mrs. Ila Graham, and a host of other 
relatives and friends.  One sister, Edna Hatfield, precedes him in death.

Pallbearers at the funeral were six of his fellow members of the VFW, Claud 
Ray, Monis Graham, Lee Whatley, Leonard Ray, Tom Allen, and Oscar Allen.