Obituaries: Sara Jane Davison, Ollie Estes, 1950, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: July 13, 1950 Winn Parish Enterprise

Mother, Daughter, Crews Residents, Killed By Auto

Mrs. Sara Jane Davison, 71, and her daughter, Miss Ollie Estes, 42, both of
Crews, were buried Sunday afternoon in Mt. Zion Cemetery.  They met death in a
accident near Clarence about 1 p.m. Saturday.

The two women were killed instantly when the alighted from a Shreveport bound
passenger bus on highway 71 in the path of a car driven by a Barksdale Air
Force Base sergeant.  Winn Parish Sheriff C. M. Robinson said that the driver
of the bus and its passengers were never aware of the accident.  Mrs. Davison
and her daughter, Miss Estes, were caught on the bumper of the car.

The sergeant was questioned by officers at the scene of the accident and then
was released.  A coroner's inquest held Monday gave a verdict of accidental
death, stating that there was no evidence of criminal negligence.  The
sergeant was on his way home for a visit with his parents when the accident
occurred.

Mrs. Davison's survivors are listed as two sisters, Mrs. Perry Jennings
and Mrs. Ed Bazar, both of Montgomery; one brother, John Kelly of Shreveport;
two daughters, Mrs. Van Davison of Montgomery and Mrs. Jim Lewis of Epps; two
sons, Alvis Estes of Montgomery and Leon Estes of Waskom, Texas, four
grandchildren and one great grandchild.

Mrs. Davison was a member of the Union Hill Baptist Church and her daughter
was a member of the Mt. Zion Methodist Church.

Funeral services were conducted in Mount Zion Methodist Church by Rev. Jack
Shaw of Greenwood and Rev. Jerry Green of Union Hill, and Rev. O'Conner of the
Hargis Church, with burial under direction of Southern Funeral Home in
Winnfield.