Obituaries: Talmadge Bradford, 1936, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: August 27, 1936 Winn Parish Enterprise

Former Local Youth Drowns In Dorcheat

Talmadge Bradford and 4 Year Old Girl Are Victims

Talmadge Bradford, 21, of Minden and former resident of Winnfield, drowned in
Dorcheat Bayou, three miles west of Minden last Saturday afternoon.  Norma Lee
Squires, 4 years old, also of Minden, drowned at the same time.  They were on
a picnic party.  Five others were rescued.

The pair drowned when a motor boat in which they were riding filled with water
and sank after the motor suddenly stopped and the stern of the craft dropped
under the water.  Other persons in the boat were Robert Langston, 24, Edith
Thompson, 18, Jim Ella Thompson, 10, Grant Squires, 5, and May Kennedy, 16. 
They were saved.  All were from Minden.

Immediately after the boat began to sink, all jumped out into the water.  One
of the small girls, Jim Ella Thompson, grabbed Bradford about the neck and
asked him to save her.  They pair started for toward the bank.  About 15 feet
from the shoreline, Bradford sank, but other members of the party rescued the
child.

Bradford was the son of Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Bradford of Minden.  They resided
in Winnfield a number of years in the Lee Grigsby house on West Main, and Mr.
Bradford was connected with the Louisiana and Arkansas Railway company. 
Talmage was a student of the Louisiana State Normal College in Natchitoches,
La.