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

Winn Resident Dies In Gunshot Accident

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

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

Authorities said that 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 in case they saw a deer, sheriff's
officials said.

The hammer of the rifle apparently caught on something and 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.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Friday in the Bethlehem Baptist Church with
the Rev. Mr. Flurry of Natchitoches officiating.  Burial will be in the church
cemetery under direction of Southern Funeral Home.

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