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Obituary for Marion Oliver Love, Jr. (17 Jan 1920 – 4 Nov 1926)


Source:
   Farmerville "Gazette", issue of 10 November 1926, page 1, headline

Transcription of article:
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NEGRO KILLS CHILD WITH CAR THURSDAY

Gus Jenkins, Reckless Negro Driver Runs Down Little Son of M. O. Love

Negro Taken by Posse at his Father’s Home

A most horrible accident occurred here last Thursday evening about 5 
o’clock when one Gus Jenkins, a negro, ran down and killed little 
Marion Love, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. M. O. Love, of this place.

The negro was driving a Dodge car. He had just turned off the highway 
below the Mitchell Motor Co. building in the street going east. He was 
running at a terrific rate of speed, so say bystanders who saw the 
accident. Mrs. Love and her little boy were going home which was just 
a few yards from where it occurred, being on the corner of the same 
block. A truck was backing out of the back of the Mitchell building on 
the north side of the street. The negro, after clearing the truck, 
still maintaining his reckless speed, struck the little boy who was on 
the extreme right edge of the road. The car ran over him, crushing his 
skull, breaking his neck and jaw and also one arm. He died instantly. 
His mother made a frantic attempt to pull him back and rescue him from 
the impending danger when she saw the negro was not going to check up. 
Her efforts were all in vain. The negro was driving too fast, and it is 
said by witnesses to the scene that he never attempted to apply the 
brakes. 

The negro ran on up to the corner, turned to the right toward the negro 
church building near which he ran his car into an embankment, leaped 
from it and escaped to the woods near by. As soon as the news was 
spread, a posse of men pursued the negro for several hours, but failed 
to find him. He was later in the night captured at his fathers house in 
ward nine and taken to Ruston and ledged in jail there. Sentiment here 
ran high against the negro on the evening of the accident. Two other 
negroes who were in the car with Jenkins were taken into custody here 
late that evening; but they were later released. 

The remains of the child were interred in the Taylor cemetery Friday 
afternoon, funeral services being conducted by Rev. O. C. Cooper and 
Rev. Smith.

The Gazette extends deep, sincere sympathy to these bereaved parents 
in this hour of trial.

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Marion O. Love, Jr. (17 Jan 1920 – 4 Nov 1926) was the son of Marion 
Oliver Love, Sr. (1 Sept 1895 – 30 Aug 1967) and his wife Willie 
Brantley (11 Oct 1889 – 5 Nov 1969). Willie Brantley Love was the 
daughter of Cynthia Jane Ward [Janie] (23 Sept 1864 – 8/10 Oct 1926) and 
Jessie Wilkie Brantley, Sr. (4 Oct 1849 – 9 June 1891).