Obituary of FRED THOMPSON, LaSalle Parish, Louisiana

Copied and Submitted by: Doug McBroom, 902 Kilgore Court, Allen, TX, 75013

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 23, 1933

Headline:  Man Wounded by Gun in Affray Here Dies Saturday Night

Funeral services for Fred Thompson, 25, of this place were held Sunday 
afternoon under the direction of the McCook Brothers Funeral Home of 
Shreveport.

Mr. Thompson died at 10:30 Saturday in a Shreveport Hospital and was brought 
to Jena Saturday night for burial by his father, Dave Thompson.

Thompson was shot by Carl Taylor of Jena, it was stated, while the two were 
engaged in a heated argument, which led to the shooting.

It is reported that a warrant has been sworn out for Taylor's arrest.  

Besides his father, Dave Thompson, the deceased is survived by his widow, one 
daughter, Margie, and one son, C. A. Thompson.