Obituaries: Jeraldine & Roy Jones, 1947, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: March 20, 1947 Winn Parish Enterprise

Two Dodson Children Meet Tragic Deaths

Brother and Sister Killed in Fall From Truck Sun. Afternoon

Jeraldine, 5, and Roy, 3, children of Mr. and Mrs. Grady L. Jones, of Dodson,
met tragic deaths at 3:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon, March 16, when they fell
beneath the wheels of a truck driven by their father on a gravel road less
than one mile northeast of Dodson.

The two children and their cousin, Lora Stewart, 9, of Dodson, were riding
atop a stack of firewood on the flat bed of the truck, Mr. and Mrs. Jones and
a year old daughter occupied the cab.  When the firewood suddenly shifted, the
two Jones children were thrown from the truck by the tumbling wood.  The boy,
his head caught between the wheel and a rock in the roadway, died instantly.
Jeraldine got to her feet when the father stopped the truck, then fell back on
the road and died a few minutes later.

Examination was made by Dr. John T. Mosley, Winn Parish Coroner, who reported
the girl's death was caused by a broken neck.

The Jones family had spent Sunday at the farm home of the children's
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Jones, and before leaving, the father loaded
several pieces of firewood onto the bed of the truck to take home.

Funeral services for the two children were held at Cypress Creek Baptist
Church at 2:30 p.m. Monday, with Rev. W. R. Lawrence, pastor of the Pineville
Baptist Church, and Rev. S. L. Lantrip, pastor of the Clay Methodist
Church, officiating.  Interment was in the Cypress Creek Church Cemetery under
the direction of Southern Funeral Home.

Pallbearers, friends and relatives of the family, were Clayton Norred, Norman
Terral, H. P. Parker, and Arlie White for the small daughter, and L. T.
Pennington, Louie Roberts, H. E. Buchanan, and H. P. Hallmark for the little
son.