Obituary, Elmer Whatley, LaSalle Parish, La.

Submitted by: Sarah Whatley Stringer




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Elmer Whatley is fatally shot: Evans boy held
Alleged slayer surrenders to Grant officals at Colfax

     Elmer Whatley, 22, of White Sulphur Springs, is dead, and Hugh
Evans, of the Catahoula Lake vicinity, is being held in jail as the
result of an altercation which occurred at the old Thompson ferry house
on Little River about five o'clock last Saturday afternoon. Whatley was
shot one time in the jaw, the bullet ranging upward threough his brain.
It is said that several persons were present when the shooting took
place, but no eye witnesses could be found to testify before the
coroner's jury. The killing took place just across the parish line in
Grant parish. Whatley is the youngest son pf Mr. and Mrs. A.A. Whatley.

     Evans, who is said to be 17 years old, surrended to Grant parish
officials in Clofax Sunday.

     Funeral services were held for young Whatley Sunday afternoon from
the family residence, with Rev. E.J. Phaers, pastor of the Good Pine
Baptist Church conducting the ceremony. A large crowd of friends and
relatives attended the last rites. Interment was in the family cemetery
near the home.