Obituaries: Mrs. Doyle Blake, 1949, Winn Parish, LA Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** From: January 6, 1949 Winn Parish Enterprise Mrs. Doyle Blake Dies From Spinal Meningitis Jan. 1 Funeral services for Mrs. Doyle Blake, 20 some odd years of age, who died in a Shreveport hospital last Saturday from spinal meningitis, were held at Yankee Springs, Ward 10, Sunday. Mrs. Blake, who with her husband and two children, had come from Texas to spend the holidays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. Blake, of Ward 10, became critically ill Wednesday of last week. She was given treatment by a Winnfield physician who sent her to Shreveport, where her case was verified as spinal meningitis. She is survived by her husband, who is in the army and is stationed at Camp Hood, Texas; two children, and her parents who reside near Saline.