Obituaries: James Edward Palmer, 1939, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: July 7, 1939 Winnfield News-American

Funeral Services for J. E. Palmer Held at Atlanta

Victim of Storm That Hit Area Wednesday, January 4

Funeral services for James Edward Palmer, age 24, who was killed by a bolt of
lightning at the rock quarry five miles west of here on Wednesday, January 4,
were held from the Atlanta Methodist Church Thursday afternoon, January 5, at
3 p.m. o'clock, with the Rev. Alwin Stokes of the First Presbyterian Church
here and Rev. W. D. Sherwood of Sardis, officiating.  Interment was in the
Atlanta Cemetery.

Mr. Palmer was born January 23, 1914 at Faulk, Ark., the son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. H. Palmer, who now reside at Vivian, La.  At the time of his death he was 
operating a truck for the Solvay Process Company and had gone to the quarry
to begin work when he was struck by lightning during a thunder storm and
downpour of rain.

He is survived by his widow, formerly Rolene Bell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Asa Bell of Atlanta, and a 3 year old son; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H.
Palmer of Vivian; one brother, Arthur Palmer of Vivian; and four sisters, Mrs.
C. R. Nichols of Myra, Mrs. Harp Kendrick, Mrs. Otto Adcock, and Miss Opal
Palmer of Vivian.

By special request, the church choir sang at the funeral services, "God Be
With You Till We Meet Again", and the Avant brothers played and sang "Farther
Along", followed by "In The Garden" by Ebben Vaughn, John Barton, and
Christine Longino.

The pallbearers were Clarence Price, Gordon Dickerson, Jim Carter, Hardy Gill,
Horace Chandler, and S. J. Lolan, Jr.