Obituaries: Linda Foreman, 1944, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483

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From: July 27, 1944 Winn Parish Enterprise

Linda Foreman, 2, Drowns in Goose Creek Near Jena

Linda Dianne Foreman, 2 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Foreman who
reside ten miles out of Winnfield on the Alexandria highway, was drowned in
Goose Creek below Jena, La., LaSalle Parish, at about 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, July
25.  The child's body was found on a brush pile with her head in the water
shortly after she wandered away from her grandmother, Mrs. Mollie Stevens, who
also resides on the Alexandria highway, and other members of a fishing party
who had spent the night on the creek.

Funeral services were held at the Melton Cemetery Wednesday afternoon at 4
o'clock in Ward 9 of Winn Parish.  Rev. Alwin Stokes, Presbyterian minister of
Winnfield, conducted the services under the direction of the Hixon Brothers
Funeral Home.

Linda is survived by her parents, grandmother, and one sister, Gale Foreman.