Obituaries: Alvin Stephens, 1962, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: September 27, 1962 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Falling Tree Takes Life Of Yankee Springs Man

A young Winn Parish father was found fatally injured by a falling tree
Wednesday near Durbin Crossing on Dugdemona River in Ward 10

Sheriff Sanford Jordan identified the man as Alvin Stephens, about 22, of
the Yankee Springs Community.

Jordan said Stephens was struck in the chest and neck by a tree he sawed down
as the tree rolled and jumped backwards over the stump.

The sheriff said that Stephens' body was found about 11:15 a.m. by J. K.
Martin and Clyde Bartlett who were supervising pulpwood and cross tie cutting
operations on either side of a small logging road 100 yards from the Calvin-
Friendship Road.

Jordan said at least one woodsman had seen Stephens 15-30 minutes before the
incident.

Stephens was working alone using a power saw, the sheriff added, and the tree
which pinned him down had a curved trunk.

This probably caused the tree to roll unexpectedly fast when the treetop
brushed into standing timber on the way down, Jordan theorized.

Young Stephens was a 1959 graduate of the Calvin High School and was a member
of the Baptist Church.

Funeral services will be conducted at 4 p.m. Thursday, September 27, at the
Antioch Methodist Church with the Rev. D. W. McDaniel, Sister Hazel Anderson,
and Rev. W. F. Fussell officiating.  Burial will be in the church cemetery.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Olline Dunlap Stephens; one son, Alvin
Gregory, 11 months, one daughter, Susan Cheryl, three years old; his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Stephens; and one sister, Anita Cheryl Stephens, all of
Ward 10.