Obituaries: Ulis Floyd, Donald Floyd, 1952, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483

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From: February 28, 1952 Winn Parish Enterprise

Brother of Local Woman, and Son, Killed at Jena

State trooper Ulis Floyd, 50, and his 25 year old son, Donald, were shot and
killed at their home in Jena about 12:30 a.m. last Sunday, after Trooper Floyd
was called out of his house by two men.

Trooper Floyd was the brother of Mrs. J. P. Hemphill of Winnfield, and was
well known in Winn.

Two Jena painters, Martin Jackson and Luther Pearson, are being held under
guard at the Pineville Charity Hospital with no charges filed, pending the
outcome of Pearson's condition.  The two were shot by a posse of troopers
and sheriff's deputies after being caught in a field about one mile from
Floyd's home.  Pearson is in a critical condition from a stomach wound. 
Jackson suffered a broken arm from a bullet.

No motive for the shooting was established, although it was reported that
Trooper Floyd stopped Jackson and Pearson about 9:30 Saturday night and
questioned them about driving while drinking.  Floyd went off duty and home
to bed an hour later.

He was called from his house about 12:30 and shot through the heart.  His
son, Donald, was killed when he grabbed his father's revolver and
dashed out of the house firing at the killers.

Funeral services were at 2:30 P.M. Monday at the First Baptist Church, Jena,
with burial under direction of Hixson Brothers Funeral Home.  Burial was in
Beulah Cemetery.