Obituaries: Benny Dale Weeks, 1962, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: December 27, 1962 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Benny Weeks of Calvin

Winn Resident Dies In Gunshot Accident

Benny Dale Weeks, 19, of near Calvin, died Wednesday night from an accidental
gunshot wound inflicted when a rifle discharged as he removed it for a car.

He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Weeks of near Calvin (Rt. 1, Goldonna).

Authorities said the victim and his brother, Arlin, were preparing to drive
from their parents' home to Calvin about 4:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Arlin already had entered the car and Benny reached into another car to get
the rifle, a 25-20 lever action rifle.

There were several hunting parties out along the road looking for deer, and
the men decided to take the rifle along inn case they saw a deer, Sheriff's
officials explained.

The hammer of the rifle apparently caught on something an caused it to fire,
one official said.

The family rushed the injured youth to a hospital in Winnfield where he was
given emergency treatment and transferred to Shreveport by ambulance.

Dep. Edwin Kelley of the Winn Parish Sheriff's Department, who escorted the
ambulance to the hospital, said the young man died about 7:15, a few minutes
after arriving at the hospital in Shreveport.

He was a graduate of Goldonna High School in 1961.

Burial will be in the church cemetery under direction of Southern Funeral
Home.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Friday in the Bethlehem Baptist Church with
the Rev. Mr. Flurry of Natchitoches officiating.

Other survivors include his twin sister, Mrs. Betty Elliott, Campti; two other
sisters, Mrs. Carline Hinds, Odessa, Tex., Mrs. Linda Abels, Bossier City; and
his grandmother, Mrs. C. B. Carter, Calvin.