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Lillian Perkins

24 Aug 1933 – 23 Feb 1952

Birth24 Aug 1933
Death23 Feb 1952
CemeteryOak Hill Cemetery
Oakdale , Allen Parish , Louisiana , USA
Added byLishak on 01 May 2013
FaGhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7265988

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One Oakdale young woman was killed and two others in- jured, one serlously, last Satur- day night when the automoblle in which they were riding struck the side of a railroad car, said to have been a gondola loaded with stumps, at a cross- ing near the entrance of the ! Newport Industries, Inc., plant near the city. The accident was said to have happened at about 9:30 o'elock. Miss Lillian Perkins, 18, dau- ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Monroe Perkins, dled within a few min- utes after the accident, It was: stated, and her sister, Beatrice 16, suffered a broken lower limb and possible cther injuries. Miss Willie Ann Dicklns, also said to be In her teens, and driver of the car, escaped with only minor Injures, according to reports. The injured were taken to a lo- cal clinic for treatment, Miss Perkins being later transferred to a Shreveport hospital, where it was said Wednesday her con- dition was favorable. Particulars of the accident were not readily available, though an investigation waS made by Trooper Glenn Jarna- gin, Sheriff R. L. Thompson and Officer Stewart Strother of the Oakdale city police. All three of the young ladies were sald to have been riding on the front seat of the car, which was badly damaged. Funeral services for the acci- dent victim were conducted at the Oak Hill Baptist Church Monday morning, February 25, 1952, by Rev Grover C. Willis of Oakdale, Interment foNowing In Oak Hill cemetery with Ardoin Funeral Home carrying out ar- rangements. Besides her parents, Miss Per- kins is survived by three sisters, Mrs. Ruby Lee Halmen, and Bea- trice and Gracie Lee Perkins, and five brotuers, J. T., Jultus, Vernon, Erecidie and Edward Glenn, all of Oakdale.

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