Obits 1932; Winn, Louisiana
Submitter: Greggory E. Davies, unless otherwise noted.
Date: 20 June 2004
Source: Winnfield News-American, unless otherwise stated.
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Mrs. J. M. Burkett
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June 17, 1932
Aged Woman Dead, 3 Hurt in Car Wreck On Sunday Morning
Mrs. Mattie Cooper Slightly Injured in Accident Near Coushatta Mrs. P. C.
Corbitt, 52, who was seriously injured Sunday morning about 10 o'clock in an
automobile accident which resulted in the death of her mother, Mrs. J. M.
Burkett, 79, and the injury of two other persons, was reported resting
comfortable at Tri-State Hospital Monday. Mrs. Corbitt suffered several
broken ribs, and cuts and abrasions about the head and body. She also
suffered from shock. The other two persons injured are P. C. Corbitt, vice
president of the Shreveport Packing Co., who resides on the Mansfield road,
and Mrs. Mattie Cooper, 80, of Winnfield, mother of Mrs. Corbitt, who had
been visiting in Shreveport for several weeks. At the time of the accident,
the four persons were enroute from Shreveport to Winnfield. Shen Mrs.
Corbitt, driver of the heavy sedan, attempted to pass another car driven by
Mrs. Clawson Jones of Red River Parish, also traveling south, the car
skidded and overturned in a shallow ditch. The automobile was not badly
damaged. The fatal accident occurred directly in front of the home of George
Posey. Mrs. Burkett was extricated from the wrecked automobile and carried
into the Posey home where she died 15 minutes later. Death was attributed to
shock. The three injured persons were rushed to Tri-State hospital here in a
Rool Osburn & Sons ambulance. Mrs. Corbitt was the most seriously injured.
After treatment for slight cuts and abrasions, Mr. Corbitt and Mrs. Cooper
were discharged to their homes. Witnesses said that when Mrs. Corbitt swung
out to pass the other automobile the left wheels struck the dirt shoulder of
the road, softened by heavy rains of Saturday night, skidded and overturned.
Dr. W. L. Davis of Coushatta was immediately summoned, but Mrs. Burkett was
dead when he arrived. He gave first aid to the injured.
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