Obituaries: Mrs. O. A. Burch, 1939, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: December 21, 1939 Winn Parish Enterprise

Mrs. O. A. Burch Dies of Injuries Received in Crash

Funeral Services are Held At Harmony Grove Sunday

Mrs. O. A. Burch, 47, of Gaars Mill, succumbed Saturday night at a hospital in
Pineville, as a result of being struck by a car driven by J. B. Rubrecht, an
enrollee of the New Hope CCC Camp, who with several other youths, was
returning to the camp at New Hope Tuesday morning of last week.  Rubrecht's
home is in Rayville.

It was reported that Mrs. Burch was assisting her son, Leroy, in an effort to
get his truck started on the highway near their home when they were struck by
a Ford Tudor driven by Rubrecht.  Leroy Burch, who was critically injured,
died in the Pineville hospital Wednesday of last week.  His burial was at
Harmony Grove last Thursday.

Funeral services for Mrs. Burch were conducted at Harmony Grove Baptist Church
Sunday afternoon with the Rev. O. L. Hughes of Winnfield and the Rev. E. W.
Corley of Chatham, officiating.

Mrs. Burch is survived by her husband, five sons, three daughters, and her
parents.

(Listed in Briley's Cemetery Directory, Vina P. Burch, b. 1890, d. 1939,
buried at Harmony Grove Cemetery)