Obituaries: R. J. Peppers, 1931, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: March 26, 1931 Winn Parish Enterprise

Lightening At Standard Kills R. J. Peppers

Bolt Hits Power Line While Lineman Working On Pole Is Belief

H. J. Peppers, an employee of Phoenix Utility Company, was killed instantly
last Friday evening about 4 o'clock from a bolt of lightening received while
working on a pole at the sub-station at Standard, La.  His body was
immediately carried to his room at Juanita Hotel, Olla, La., and undertakers
summoned from Monroe.  The body was embalmed and carried to Monroe for funeral
arrangements.  It is understood that the body will be shipped to his home in
Oklahoma for burial.

The death of Peppers, 25, lineman on the new high power electric line of  the
Louisiana Power and Light Company from Sterlington to Winnfield, was ascribed
as due to an electric bolt that struck the line as he was working on the pole. 
The current had never been turned on, as the line  is still incomplete.  As
the lineman fell back after a sudden thunder bolt occurred, fellow employees
quickly brought the body to the ground and worked over it for several hours in
fruitless efforts at resuscitation.

(The headline on this article gives the name of R. J. Peppers.  The text
states H. J. Peppers).