Obituaries: Houston Bailey, 1930, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: April 4, 1930 Winnfield News-American

H. Bailey Victim of Auto Accident Near Opelousas

Car Collided With Wagon. Bailey's Throat Cut By Glass

Houston Bailey, Rock Island section foreman of Winnfield division, was fatally
wounded in an automobile accident which occurred nine miles north of Opelousas
Monday night at 8 o'clock.

Mr. Bailey, together with Paul Lister and another man whose name could not be
learned, were enroute from Opelousas to Winnfield when the driver of the car
became blinded by the lights of another car and swerved to one side of the
road, crashing into a wagon. The car turned over twice. Mr. Bailey was hurled
through a window and his throat cut by flying glass.

The injured man was hurried to an Opelousas hospital where he died at
midnight. Mr. Lister was slightly injured but left the hospital after first
aid treatment.

Mr. Bailey is survived by his widow, also a mother and three brothers. The
body was taken to Poyen, Ark., Wednesday morning where funeral services were
conducted that afternoon.