Obituaries: Floyd Lee Drewett, 1954, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: January 7, 1954 Winn Parish Enterprise

Nephew Of Local People Fatally Beaten In Holdup

Funeral services were held for Floyd Lee Drewett, 50, of LeCompte, who was
fatally beaten in a service station holdup in Alexandria Monday night.

Mr. Drewett was a nephew of Mr. and Mrs. W. U. Drewett of Winnfield.

He was working in a service station as a night attendant early Monday, when he
was assaulted and robbed of $100 which was in the cash register.  He received
a fractured skull when the thief struck him twice on the back and side of the
head.

He was found slumped unconscious and bleeding when a truck driver stopped for
gasoline at 3:30 a.m.  He died at 12:30 a.m. Tuesday in Charity Hospital,
Alexandria.

A suspect, a 17 year old Negro, has been arrested in connection with the
killing, it was learned today.