Obituary of GOLDA SORRELL, 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:  August 7, 1941

Headline:  Mrs. Golda Sorrell is Killed in Accident Here Saturday, August 2

Jena's first fatal accident this year occurred Saturday, August 2 at 
approximately 11:30 a.m. when Mrs. Golda Sorrell, 26, of Olla was killed 
almost instantly in a collision between the automobile in which she was 
riding, driven by Mrs. Lester Sorrell, also of Olla, and a 1941 Ford truck 
driven by Louis Drewett, near Roy Noakes Welding Shop, on the Jena-Olla 
gravel road.  

A few minutes after the wreck Dr. D. L. Trax of Trout pronounced the victim 
dead and Dr. J. A. Gaharan of Olla, parish coroner, was summoned to the 
scene.  After examination of the body a coroner's inquest was held with the 
following jurymen:  J. M. Coleman, S. T. Chapman, J. M. Taylor, M. F. 
Flaherty, and C. W. Flowers.

The following verdict was rendered:  Mrs. Dewey Sorrell came to her death by 
means of a collision between a 1939 V-8 car in which deceased was riding and 
a 1941 Ford truck driven by Louis Drewett, the accident appearing to be 
unavoidable.

Mrs. Lester Sorrell was taken to Culpepper and White Clinic in Alexandria for 
treatment but received no serious injuries or broken bones.  Mr. Drewett was 
not hurt.

The automobile was completely demolished, having been hit by the truck from 
the rear, when attempting to make a turn.  The truck had one bent front 
fender.

The body was taken by Upshaw Funeral Home hearse to Cushing, Texas, leaving 
Jena early Sunday morning and arriving in Cushing about 12 noon.  Interment 
was by the Whitley Funeral Home of Cushing Monday.  Upshaw Funeral was in 
charge of the arrangements in Jena.

The deceased was a member of the Baptist Church.  She was a former resident 
of Leggett, Texas, but had been living in Olla for about six months.

Surviving are: H. D. Sorrell, husband, and one small daughter of Olla; George 
White of Texas, father; Mrs. Buford Clayton of Cushing, Texas, mother; and 
one sister, whose name could not be obtained.