Obituaries: Alf Walker, 1957, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: May 2, 1957 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Alf Walker, Colored, Drowned in Farm Pond

Alf Walker, 67 year old retired Negro railroad worker, was drowned at 11:40
a.m. Saturday when he fell from a boat while fishing on a farm pond located
about one mile east of Horseshoe Road on the Marvin Wyatt farm.

Clarence Holden, 18 year old Negro youth who was fishing in a boat on the
opposite side of the pond reported that he heard a noise, and looked over and
he could see Walker in the water trying to get back into his boat.  As Holden
started over toward Walker he said that Walker turned loose of the boat and
that all he saw was his hat floating on the water.

Holden went to Walker's house and reported the accident to his wife who called
police.

A sheriff's office deputy reported that Walker had a trot line and a net in
the water and evidently was standing bent over in the boat trying to lift the
line or net from the water, when the boat tilted and pitched him out.

Sheriff Sanford Jordan and Deputy Don Thompson retrieved Walker's body in
about 10 to 12 foot of water with a grappling hook about 12:40. Artificial
respiration was given by State Trooper Dan Page, Sheriff R. S. Jordan, and
city policeman Richard Cotton, but they were unable to revive Walker.

Walker had worked for the Rock Island Railroad until his retirement a few
years ago and for a time had been employed by the city garbage department.