Obituaries: Gayla Traina, 1963, Winn Parish, LA
Submitter: Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
Source: Winn Parish Enterprise News-American 
Date: January 24, 1963
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Gayla Traina Dies Saturday From Gunshot Wound

Gayla Traina, 13 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Traina of
Jonesboro, died early Saturday in a Shreveport hospital.

She was the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Johns, and the niece of Mrs.
G. C. Jeter of Dodson, where she was well known by a host of relatives and
friends. 

Gayla was accidentally shot at her home by a playmate, Dec. 27.  She was given
emergency treatment at a Hodge clinic and transferred to a Shreveport hospital
where she never regained consciousness.

An eighth grade student at Jonesboro-Hodge High School, she sustained a head
wound from a charge of a .20 gauge shotgun during Christmas vacation.

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Sunday in Dodson Baptist Church with the
Rev. J. D. Wagnon and the Rev. Kenneth Morrison officiating.  Burial was in
the Jonesboro Cemetery.

Survivors include her parents, a brother, Jody, and a sister, Toni Lynn, all
of Jonesboro; her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Johns of Dodson, and Mrs. Lena
Traina of Monroe.