Obituary of MRS. FRED MINARD, 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:  February 27, 1941

Headline:  Ms. Fred Minard Dies of Injuries Received in Car Accident

Funeral services for Mrs. Fred Minard, 32, who died in a Winnfield hospital 
at 7:30 p.m. Saturday following an automobile accident some time Friday 
morning between Winnfield and Natchitoches, were held at the First Methodist 
Church in Urania at 1:30 Monday with interment in a Monroe cemetery late 
Monday evening.

Other occupants injured in the accident were; Mrs. Minard's husband and 
sister, Miss Mildred Cotton of Monroe.  Miss Cotton, who was seriously 
injured, was carried to Monroe hospital Sunday and Mr. Minard was carried to 
his home in Urania.  The three were injured when their car left the highway 
and turned over several times.  All were rushed to the Winnfield hospital.

Mr.s Minard is survived by her husband; her father, Joe Cotton, Monroe; three 
brothers: Wade and Earl Cotton, Monroe; and Lore Cotton, who is in the Army 
at Camp Hulen, Texas; and two sisters, Mr. F. T. Peters and Miss Mildred 
Cotton, Monroe.

The Minards were en route to Monroe from Natchitoches where they had gone to 
bring Miss Cotton, a student at Louisiana State Normal College to her home in 
Monroe.