Obituaries: Railey F. Chellette, 1956, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: September 13, 1956 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Tetanus Causes Death of Railey Chelette, Dodson

Funeral services for Railey F. Chelette, 48, of Dodson, who died from tetanus
in a Monroe hospital Tuesday at 9:30 a.m., will be held at the Sardis Baptist
Church Thursday.

Burial will be in the Sardis Cemetery under direction of Southern Funeral
Home.

Mr. Chelette, a veteran of World War Two, had the misfortune of getting the
little finger of his left hand caught in a car door on August 31, which
necessitated the removal of the finger at one of the joints.  On Friday, Sept.
7, he developed tetanus, which caused his death on September 11.

Surviving are his wife, the former Virginia Thompson, four sons, Waymon, Ray,
Eugene, and Tommy Joe, all of Dodson; one daughter, Mrs. Marjorie Clifton, of
Albuquerque, N. M.; his father, Melton Chelette of Verda; mother, Mrs. Melton
Chelette, Jena; a sister, Mrs. Ray Oglesby of Jena; three brothers, Roy of
Indiana, Jesse of Jonesboro, and Henry Chelette of Veterans Hospital,
Alexandria.