Obituaries: Ellie P. Rentz, 1957, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: November 28, 1957 Winn Parish Enterprise

Former Sikes Youth Dies As Log Falls From Truck

Ellie P. Rentz, 20 year old Sikes native, died Monday afternoon in a Winnfield
hospital after being struck by a falling log while unloading a truck at
Tremont Lumber Co., in Joyce.

Rentz was reportedly unloading his truck, when two logs atop the truck
shifted, with one striking him across the chest.  He was rushed to a Winnfield
hospital where he died about 4 p.m., almost two hours after the accident.  

Driving the truck for his brother, R. A. Rentz of Chatham, the youth had
entered the plant and was at the rear of the truck at the unloading ramp when
the log fell, according to witnesses.

Rentz, a resident of Jonesboro, attended Sikes High School.

Funeral services were tentatively scheduled sometime Thursday, pending the
arrival of his mother from California.  Burial will be in the Wright Cemetery,
under direction of Southern Funeral Home.

Survivors include his mother, Mrs. Avery Cheeks of Redlands, Calif.; his
father, R. A. Rentz of Sikes; four brothers, R. A. Rentz of Chatham, Utah
Rentz of Jonesboro, Roscoe Rentz of San Diego, Calif., and Joe Rentz of
Redlands, Calif.; three sisters, Mrs. August Nogy of Redlands, Calif.;
Mrs. Doruther Smith of Jonesboro, and Mrs. M. A. Bustin of Sikes.