Obituary of Jesse Walker, LaSalle Parish, Louisiana


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From The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La.
Micro Film at the LaSalle Parish Library, Located in Jena, LaSalle Parish, La.
Thursday, February 26, 1931


Many Thanks to The Times - Signal for allowing the following to be added to
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JESSE WALKER IS KILLED SATURDAY AT COLEMAN PIT

Cave-in Covers Truck and Body of Lone Worker; Death Instant

Jesse Walker, 27 year old, was killed here Saturday afternoon while working in
the Coleman gravel pit. A cave-in occurred while he was loading a truck,
covering both Walker and the truck. He was working alone and the body was not
found until about seven hours after he had last been seen goin to the pit. The
body was taken to Dodson, La., his former home for interment.

It is said that Walker feared that danger lurked in the pit for him and had
told his wife that in the event he did not return home when he had been
working there to send to the pit and see if all was well. Saturday when he
failed to return home for lunch at the regular hour, Mrs. Walker became
worried and in company with a friend went to the pit. A large portion of the
truck had been covered by the cave-in but the body was not visible. Mrs.
Walker, still hoping that her husband had escaped harm, returned to Jena to
look for him. When news of the cave-in spread, a rescue party was formed and
taken to the pit. Several tons of gravel covered Walker and his truck and it
was some time before the workers could recover the body. One foot was pinned
down by a large boulder which required several men to move it. Those present
believe that death was instant.

Walker is survived by his widow and one small child, and his uncle and aunt,
Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Walker, with whom he had made his home since infancy.

Funeral arrangements were in charge of the LaSalle Burial association.

Two highway workers, R. Lee McLendon and Roy Ainsworth, were killed by a cave-
in in the same pit on March 19 of last year.