St Landry-Acadia County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....Wimberly, Jake August 20, 1910
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St. Landry Clarion (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, August 27, 1910, Image 7

JAKE WIMBERLY KILLED.

Aged Ex-Officer Falls from Telephone Poll, and Injuries Prove Fatal.

Rayne, Aug. 22. - Jake Wimberly, an old and highly respected resident of this 
place, fell from the top of a Cumberland Telephone pole about 11 a. m. today 
and was instantly killed. Mr. Wimberly was in the employ of the telephone 
company doing line work and had climbed to the top of the pole when he came in 
contact with a live wire and received a shock that caused him to lose his 
balance. His neck was broken by the fall.

Mr. Wimberly was about fifty years years of age and had resided in Rayne for 
over a third of a century. He was for a number of years town marshal and was 
well known all over the parish.

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