Obit: Thomas Lofton Burnett, 1941, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by: Kathy Lincks, 4135 Marston Ave., Shreveport, LA 71109
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This was in the Winnfield newspaper in July  1941.


WINN PARISH BOY IS LOST AT SEA

    THOMAS LOFTON BURNETT
   DISAPPEARED FROM LYKES 
     LINER HYBERT ON JULY 2

   Winnfield. --- Thomas Lofton Burnett, son of Mr. and Mrs. T.N.
Burnett of Gaar;s Mil, mysteriously disappeared from the Lykes Bros
Steamship Co.'s ship S.S. Hybert at sea on the night of July 2.
   Young Burnett was an employee of the Lykes Bros. Steamship co and the
company has advised his parents that all efforts to clear up the mystery
of his disappearance have been unsuccessful.
     It is not know here where the ship was sailing at the time of
Burnett's disappearance.  The steamship company advised that they will
furnish detailed information to the young man's parents as soon as
possible, covering every angle  of the case. Congressman A. Leonard Allen
has asked for a full investigation.
  About six weeks ago young Burnett wrote his parents from Honolulu that
he was planning a trip to the Far East.  This was the last they heard
from him until notified by the steamship company that he had disappeared
at sea on July 2.
   Prior to service with the Lykes Brothers, Burnett was employed by The
United States maritime commission and by the United Fruit Co. His father,
T.N. Burnett, for many years has been Winn parish rural circulation
agent for a Shreveport newspaper.

  --------------------------------------*note: This is still a mystery as to what really happened.