Obituaries: C. H. Clewis, 1936, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: March 12, 1936 Winn Parish Enterprise

Brother of Local Man Alleged Suicide

The body of C. H. Lewis, vice president of the First Savings and Trust Company
of Tampa, Florida, was found in the Mobile River at Mobile, Alabama, early on
the morning of Friday, March 6.  It was trussed up with a rope and a ten pound
piece of iron was attached to it.  The deceased was the brother of Mr. R. A.
Clewis, local resident and employee of the Mansfield Hardwood Lumber Company.

According to unofficial information Mr. Clewis had been missing for about a
month and Dr. S. J. Walker, county coroner withheld the opinion regarding the
possibility of foul play pending an examination of the body.

The deceased was a member of a prominent family and had been a valued employee
of the bank in Tampa for more than three decades.