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William Walker, 42, of Coppell, Tex., who was critically injured late Thursday night in a traffic accident at Allen Ave. and Ford St., died at 2:31 p.m. yesterday [July 31, 1965] in Confederate Memorial Hospital. The death was the third traffic fatality in Shreveport this year as compared to nine at the same time last […]

Fred A. Whitson, beloved husband of Eleanor Castelluccio; devoted father of Fred Whitson; son of Ernest and the late Elizabeth Turney Whitson. Saturday, December 4, 1964; residence, 1562 Robinway Dr. Requiem High Mass at Guardian Angels Church, Mt. Washington, Wednesday, at 9 a.m. Friends may call at the Corken Funeral Home, 2821 Reading Rd., Tuesday, […]

Robert E. Waldorf, 46, Salem, died Saturday [July 18, 1964] while fishing off the coast of Pacific City, apparently from a heart attack. Waldorf, a late resident of 6061 Wetzel Road SE, in the Turner area, had lived in the Salem area for the past 18 years, moving here from Illinois. He was born at […]

MANCHESTER (Special) – Dr. Robert J. Walsh, 42, of South St., Coventry, Manchester’s first oral surgeon, died Saturday [September 21, 1963] at Hartford Hospital after a long illness. A longtime resident of New Britain, he began the practice of exodantia and oral surgery here in 1951. He was a past president of the Manchester Dental […]

Military services will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock from the chapel of Fails Funeral Service in Moss Point for L. D. Williams, 44, who died Thursday [February 7, 1963] in Kreole. Interment will be in Machpelah Cemetery, Pascagoula. Survivors are his widow, Mrs. Theresa Williams, three daughters, Mrs. Doris Wahl, Miss Katherine Williams, […]

Elgie Henry Wells, 52, died at 3 a.m. Thursday [February 7, 1963] in his residence, 7111 Second Street, Hitchcock. He was born March 27, 1910, in Arkansas, was a veteran of World War II, and a member of the Baptist Church in Hitchcock. Survivors include his wife, Muriel M.; three daughters, Sarah and Margaret Wells, […]

WOLCOTT—Paul Bennet Ward, 38, of Wolcott, a Marine Corps hero during World War II, died unexpectedly Thursday [November 3, 1960] in the Veterans Hospital at Bath. He had entered the hospital only the day before, following a sudden illness. He was one of the three Ward brothers of Wolcott, noted in Wayne County for receiving […]

A coroner’s jury today cleared an 18-year-old Altadena youth in the gunshot slaying of his stepfather in the bedroom of the family home. After only 5 minutes of deliberation, the jury called the death of Robert L. Wilson, 35-year-old Jet Propulsion Laboratory employee, justifiable homicide. During testimony, the victim’s stepson, William R. Wilson, 18, recounted […]

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – Detective E. B. (Salty) Meals said an 18-year-old advertising firm employee admitted he shot and killed one of his employers Sunday night [February 22, 1959] to climax a jealous feud. Delano Fite told police he pumped two bullets into Everette I. Willhauk, 34, in his office. Fite said the shooting was […]

Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. Sunday for Jack Wimbish, 34-year-old Shreveport attorney who took his own life yesterday morning [April 10, 1958] by shooting himself with a shotgun. Services will be held at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church with the Rev. Meade Brown, rector, officiating, assisted by the Rev. Ira Flowers of Mangum […]