Ouachita County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....Chapman, Truman Willis November 19, 1955
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The News-Star, Monroe LA, 20 Nov 1955
Headline: Near Delhi, W.M. Man Killed, Wife, 3 Children Hurt In Accident
Delhi, Nov. 19 – A West Monroe man was killed about 9 p.m. Saturday in a two-
car head-on collision 3.5 miles south of Delhi on the Crowville-Winnsboro 
road, just over the line in Franklin Parish.  Truman W. Chapman, of West 
Monroe, was dead on arrival at the Delhi Clinic, according to State Trooper 
James C. Martin, of Tallulah, investigating officer. With Chapman were his 
wife and three children, all of who received lacerations and bruises and were 
given emergency treatment at the Delhi Clinic before being removed to a Monroe 
hospital.  Worst injured was Michael B. Chapman, 6, who suffered severe 
lacerations on the right face, possible fractured jaw, mild brain concussion 
and ruptured spleen, Trooper Martin said. He was unconscious when taken from 
the scene of accident. Driver of the other car, a taxi, identified by the 
trooper as James Bearden, of Route 1, Delhi who was alone.  The officer said 
Bearden suffered severe lacerations on the head and face and severe bruises on 
the chest. Other Chapman children injured were Peggy, 17, who suffered a 
fractured jaw, deep lacerations on left cheek and left ear partially cut off 
and James h., 14, possible ribs broken and possible fracture of the left knee 
joint, Martin said. Mrs. Chapman received bruises and small cut on left arm 
and a cut on a leg, according to the trooper.  



Additional Comments:
Truman was the husband of Mildred Irene MAY. 

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