Winn Parish Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....Wheat, Carl Ray June 1941
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Winnfield News-American (June 13, 1941) 
Local Boy Is Drown Victim On Last Sunday Outing At Nearby Swim Resort



Carl Ray Wheat, of Winnfield, 13 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. James M. Wheat, 

originally of Rochelle, La., was an accidental drown victim at Fishville, La., 

last Sunday when he and two other local youngsters, Lee Roy Rogers and Willis 

Brown, were swimming near the shoreline of Fish Creek.  All three boys were 

picnicing and swimming at the resort.



Sunday



Young Wheat was first missed, it was reported, about 4 p.m. Sunday.  Mr. and 

Mrs. H. J. Rogers, parents of Lee Roy, who accompanied the boys, summoned aid 

and sent for the Wheat family, it was said; but a swift current and high water 

returned futile search effort all that night and the next morning.



The body was recovered around Monday noon.  Funeral services were held Tuesday 

at 3:30 p.m. at the Winnfeld First Baptist Church.



The Rev. H. H. McBride, Winnfield pastor, gave the message, assisted by the 

Rev. Alwin Stokes of the local Presbyterian Church, the Rev. L. A. Smith of the 

Pollock Baptist Church, and the Rev. H. L. Stephens, visiting evangelist from 

Toronto, Canada.



Burial services and interment took place at Zion Church Cemetery nine miles 

south of Winnfield.



Willis Brown, and Boy Scounts Lee Roy Rogers, Sammy Parker, Hal Earle, Donald 

Purser, and Carlos Welch were pall bearers at the funeral.



Survivors include Mr. and Mrs. Wheat, James Maxwell Wheat, 13, and John Wheat, 

8.



With the past seven years five have lost their lives in the same place where 

young Wheat was drowned.





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