Obituaries: Jim Ray, 1935, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: February 7, 1935 Winn Parish Enterprise

Youth Killed Accidentally Here Today

Jim Ray Near Winnfield Shot Through Heart With Gun

Jim Ray, about 20 years of age, was killed instantly at his home several miles
south of Winnfield today, Thursday, when his gun accidentally discharged while
he was passing through a gate made of wire.  The boy, according to his mother,
ate his lunch, was very jovial, went on the porch smoking a cigarette.  He saw
a hawk near his home and getting his gun, started down to shoot it.  In
passing through a gate made of wire, it was believed that the trigger caught
on a wire causing the gun, which was a tricky single-barreled shotgun, to
discharge.  The bullet went through his heart causing instant death.

Coroner J. F. Faith was called to the scene and pronounced the death
accidental.

The youth is survived by his mother, Mrs. Jim Ray, two brothers, Charlie and
Vernon Ray, and two sisters, Mrs. Henry Ross and Molly Ross, all of Winnfield.

Funeral arrangements had not been made this afternoon.  Services will probably
be held at Sardis Friday.