Obituaries: Savage Youth, 1924, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: September 11, 1924 Winn Parish Enterprise

Boy Six Years Old Killed By Train

A very sad accident occurred at Ringwood Tuesday morning resulting in the
death of six year old son of Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Savage.  The boy with an older
brother and a playmate were on their way to school.  The two smaller boys ran
on ahead of the older boy toward some flat cars standing on a siding and it is
presumed the boy was climbing on cars when engine switching struck cars and
the impact knocking the little fellow off and cars running over his leg and
side mangling him, resulting in his death a few hours later.

It is a shock to the loved ones to have one snatched away so suddenly. 
Funeral services were held at the First Baptist Church here at three o'clock
yesterday afternoon, Rev. L. D. Posey conducting the services.  Burial took
place in the Winnfield Cemetery.  The Enterprise extends sympathy to the
bereaved.

(The name of this youth was not given in the article but Bruce Hardy Savage is
listed in Briley's Cemetery Directory, buried at Winnfield City Cemetery)