Obituaries:  J. C. Matthews, Sabine, Natchitoches Parish       M-320
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Dec 1, 1939
Submitted by: Tammy Larche-Smith
              tammy@cp-tel.net 



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The Sabine Index - J. C. Matthews 
  
  1 Dec 1939 - Gunshot wounds received accidentally while hunting 
squirrels Saturday afternoon proved fatal to J. C. Matthews, 29, 
of Shreveport, at 10:15 a.m. Sunday in Charity hospital. 
  
  Matthews was given a blood transfusion Saturday night but 
hospital attendants said he did not rally after being admitted at 
3:20 p.m. Saturday. He was shot in the left side of the chest at 
close range with an automatic shotgun when he stumbled and fell. 
he was carrying the loaded gun in a timbered area just off the 
Greenwood road near the Shreveport city limits. 
  
  Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Central 
Baptist church near Robeline with the Rev. J. B. Ingle, pastor of 
the Jordan Street Chruch of the Nazarene, officiating. Burial was 
in the Central Baptist cemetery. 
  
  Matthew is survived by his mother, Mrs. M. T. Bowden of Many; 
three sister, Mrs. William Carter of Springhill, Ruth Lee 
Matthews and Veva Rae Matthews of Many; and four brothers, W. B. 
and Grady Matthews of Shreveport, and Harold and Horace Matthew 
of Many.