Obituaries: Earl Brady Vines, 1958, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: November 20, 1958 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Earl Vines Dies After Logging Accident In '57

Funeral services for Earl Brady Vines, 48 year old Dodson logger, were held at
Hurricane Creek Baptist Church Wednesday at 10 a.m.  Mr. Vines died Monday
night in a Jonesboro hospital where he had been hospitalized since September,
1957 as the result of a woods accident.

Conducting the last rites were Rev. J. A. Cockerham and Rev. Claude Womack,
with burial in the church cemetery under direction of Southern Funeral Home.

Mr. Vines was born July 3, 1910 in Winn Parish and was a lifelong resident of
the parish.  He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lucille Vines of Dodson; two
sons, Charles Vines and Bobby Vines of Dodson; two daughters, Mrs. Benny
Roberts of Winnfield and Donna Beth Vines of Dodson; and one grandchild; three
brothers, Neal Vines and L. E. Vines of Dodson; and Newton Vines of Winnfield;
five sisters, Mrs. Frances Williams of Kelly, Mrs. Christine Wheat of
Columbia, Mrs. Sina Elliott of West Monroe, Mrs. Videll Robinson of Lake
Charles, and Mrs. Tina Gates of Dodson.

Pallbearers were Frank Ray, J. K. Lee, Henry Kornegay, Grover Jeter, Paul V.
Gaar, and Joe Deese.

Involved in Suit

At the time of his death, Mr. Vines was in the process of suing in District
Court in Winnfielf for total and permanent disability payments under the
Workmen's Compensation laws, for the logging accident injuries last year.

Testimony was heard on the case on Monday and a decision was to have been
rendered after submission of briefs by attorneys bor both sides within 15
days.  R. D. Cantwell, attorney for Mr. Vines, stated that a motion would be
filed in court asking that Mr. Vines' survivors be named as substitute
plaintiffs in the case, to receive damages in the suit.

The suit asked a total of $14,000 at the rate of $35 per week for 400 weeks,
plus medical expenses.  It alleges that $2,500 in back payments was due, from
the time of the accident, since no compensation had been paid.

Defendants in the suit are H. M. Carpenter, logging contractor, with whom Mr.
Vines was working, and Continental Can Co., on whose lands timber was being
cut.

Mr. Vines was hit in the back by a falling log and had been hospitalized since
the time of the accident.