Obituaries: Homer V. Robinson, 1944, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: February 3, 1944 Winn Parish Enterprise

Homer Robinson, Explosion Victim, Buried Here Tues.

Homer V. Robinson, 38, the victim of a gas pipeline explosion, was buried in
the Winnfield Cemetery Tuesday afternoon.  Funeral services observing the
Masonic rites were held at the First Methodist Church at 5 o'clock with Rev.
Harvey B. Hysell officiating.

The explosion occurred near Houston, Texas, last Friday, at which time
fourteen men were badly burned.  Mr. Robinson, a superintendent of the Sharman
and Allen Construction Co., received third degree burns and died Sunday at
9:30 a.m. in the Heights Hospital, Houston, Texas.

Mr. Robinson had been employed by the construction company for four years.  He
was born in Saline, La. and reared in Oklahoma where he attended school in
McCartain County.  He moved to Winnfield when very small.  At one time he was
employed by a construction company in Winnfield and was also engaged in the
logging business here.

Surviving are his wife of Houston, Texas; a son, Homer Nordean, and his
mother, Mrs. Dora L. Robinson, both of Winnfield; three sisters, Mrs. Iuria
Fogger of Winnfield, Mrs. Tom Cathey of Arcadia, and Mrs. J. W. Reeves of Pine
Bluff, Ark.; three brothers, Rev. C. M. Robinson, George E. Robinson, and
Julanna Robinson, all of Winnfield.

Among the out of town people attending the funeral were Mr. Sharman and Mr.
Allen, officials of the Sharman and Allen Construction Co., Mr. and Mrs. R. L.
Womack of Jonesboro, Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Freeman of Robeline, Mr. and Mrs. L.
A. McMurtry of Houston, Texas, Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Marcelli of Natchitoches,
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Jones and Mr. and Mrs. Ben Wilson of Shreveport, Mr. and
Mrs. G. W. Freeman, Mr. and Mrs. Pat Freeman, and Erdis Freeman, all of
Robeline, and Mr. Faulkinburg of Houston, Texas.