Obituaries:  Jarrel Walker, Sabine Parish       W-426
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Sep 7, 1967
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Jarrel Walker

  A hunting accident took the life of Jarrel Walker, 17, of Little
Flock Community, Tuesday, Sept. 5, between 5 and 6 p.m.

  Investigating officer, Sheriff's Deputy Alfice Brumley told the
story this way: Walker and Van Ira Tate, 16, also of Little Flock
Community, decided to go dove hunting late Tuesday afternoon.
They went to the Toledo Bend cleared area near Little Flock.

  Tate told Brumley that Walker was about 200 yards from him the
last time he saw him. He said Walker was running toward a thicket
in a crouched position. Tate heard the 12 gauge double barrel
shotgun go off, and assumed Walker had shot at doves.

  Tate went on about his own hunting, and then returned to the car
approximately an hour later. He said he called Walker several
times and received no answer. Assuming that Walker decided to go
home, Tate left and went by Walker's home. He found Walker had
not been there since the boys left to go hunting. Tate went back
to where the boys had been hunting, and called Walker again.
Again, getting no answer, he went to the thicket where he had
last seen Walker. He found the teenager lying on the ground, with
the gun against his chest. Tate said he told Walker to get up and
come on, to stop fooling around. Tate said when Walker did not
move, he went on up to the boy and found he was dead.

  Tate immediately reported the accident, and the Rev. Glaspie of
Little Flock phoned the Sheriff's Department. Tate then went back
to the scene of the accident, and stayed with Walker until the
ambulance, coroner, and Deputy Brumley arrived.

  Dr. N. U. Booker, coroner, pronounced Walker dead. The shot went
through his liver.

  Jarrel is the son of Mrs. Opal Corley. His stepfather is Earnest
Corley of Little Flock. Van Tate's parents are Mr. and Mrs. Elgin
Tate.

  Jarrell was a senior at Negreet High School, and was a very
popular student among his classmates. He would have been one of
the starting five on the basketball team this year, since he was
an outstanding basketball player. He was also a Negreet track
star.

  Funeral services were scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 7, at the
Little Flock Baptist Church, with the Rev. Larry Jenkins, and the
Rev. Richard Glespie officiating. Burial is to be in Little Flock
Cemetery, under the direction of Warren Meadows Funeral Home of
Many.

  Survivors, besides his mother and stepfather, are two brothers,
Henry Franklin Walker of Port Neches, Tex., and David Allen
Walker of Many; and his paternal grandmother, Mrs. Green Walker
of Many.