Obituaries: Samuel Woodrow Stovall, 1940, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: November 21, 1940 Winn Parish Enterprise

Woodrow Stovall Killed In Wreck On Monday Night

Former Resident of Dodson and Sikes Buried at Shreveport

Samuel Woodrow Stovall of Campti was fatally injured and G. J. Joiner, 26, of
Natchitoches, was instantly killed when their cars sideswiped each other a
half mile above Natchitoches on the Natchitoches-Grand Ecore Road at 9 o'clock
Monday night.

Stovall died shortly after the wreck at the Natchitoches hospital.  Joiner's
truck went into a ditch, pinning him beneath and crushing his chest.

Stovall Buried In Shreveport

Stovall was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Stovall of Shreveport, who are
former residents of Dodson and Sikes.  Mr. Dennis Stovall, at one time a
merchant at Sikes, served many years as a member of the parish school board.

Woodrow Stovall married Miss Dorothy Walker of Winnfield several years ago and
they resided in Campti where he operated a filling station.  She was in the
car with him when the accident occurred, but was unhurt.

Funeral services were held at the Cedar Grove Methodist Church in Shreveport
Wednesday morning with the Rev. Jolly Harper, pastor, assisted by the Rev.
George Pearce, pastor of Broadmoor Methodist Church, officiating.  Interment
was in the Forest Park Cemetery.

The deceased is survived by his widow, Mrs. Dorothy Stovall; his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. D. M. Stovall, Sr., of Shreveport; four brothers, D. M. Stovall, Jr.,
Longview, Texas; Karl and John Stovall, Shreveport; and James Stovall, a
student at S. M. U., Dallas, Texas; five sisters, Mrs. J. Curtis Prince, Mrs.
Alvin McCarty, Mrs. Ray Fouts, and Evelyn and Carlotta Stovall, all of
Shreveport.  The deceased was a member of the Cedar Grove Methodist Church.