Obituaries:  Mrs. Walker Speight, Sabine Parish       S-123
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., May 13, 1938
Submitted by: Tammy Larche-Smith
              tammy@cp-tel.net




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The Sabine Index - Mrs. Walker Speight

  13 May 1938 - Mrs. Walker Speight, age about 43, was fatally
injured Wednesday morning at about 9:40 when she attempted to
cross the highway in front of her house, being run over by a
log truck-trailer driven by Geo. Jordan  of Fisher.

  The tragedy occurred near where Mrs. Speight operated a store
at the forks of Pendleton and Negreet highways.

  Funeral services were held Thursday at 1:30 p.m. from the
Little Flock Baptist church with the Rev. W. J. Ross of
Pleasant Hill conducting the services.  The funeral was under
the direction of Dennis-Green funeral home.

  Deceased is survived by her husband, Walker Speight, and
three small children, J. W., Ellery and Kenneth Speight;
father and mother, Mr and Mrs. W. M. Burke of Ward Two; three
sisters, Mrs. W. M. Meaux of Abbeville, Mrs. A. A. Speight of
Gandy, Mrs. J. W. Speight, of Houston, Texas, and one brother,
J. C. Burke of Houston, Texas.