Obituaries: Jessie Dean Temple, 1963, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: August 1, 1963 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Ward Four Girl Accidentally Shot; Services Friday

A 14 year old Ward 4 girl died Wednesday afternoon about 6:30 from an
accidental gunshot wound.

Sheriff Sanford Jordan said the victim was Jessie Dean Temple, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Leonard Temple of Ward 4.

She was visiting her sister, Mrs. Silas Rowell, Jr., in Ward 10 when the
accident occurred, the sheriff explained.

A four year old boy, son of Mr. and Mrs. ________________, had taken a .22
caliber pistol from a cabinet and the gun fired while the youngsters were
inside the house, the sheriff added.  The Rowells and _________ occupy the
same house.

Jordan said according to the coroner's report, the girl was struck in the
heart and died almost instantly.

Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Siloam Springs Baptist Church
with the Rev. Louis Moffett and Rev. R. D. Kitchingham officiating.  Burial
will be in the cemetery at Gansville.  The body will be at Southern Funeral
Home in Winnfield until services.

In addition to her parents, she is survived by two brothers, Harold and Carl
B. Temple; four sisters, Mrs. Silas Rowell, Linda Dale, Vela Azell, and Willie
Venita Temple, all of Dodson; her paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Jessie
Temple of Dodson and her maternal grandmother, Mrs. M. B. Whatley of
Hackberry.