Elmer Mathews, 35, of Route 1, Winnfield, succumbed in the Charity Hospital in Shreveport at about 11:30 Monday night from injuries received from a log falling on him and pinning him to the ground, while he was unloading a truck on the Mansfield Hardwood yard at 3 o'clock that afternoon.
He was picked up and rushed to the Fittz-Faith Clinic where he received first aid and was then carried to the Shreveport hospital where he died from a broken pelvis and internal injuries about an hour after arriving there.
Mathews was a student of Louisiana Tech. Several years ago he decided he would complete his education so he returned to the Atlanta High School graduating in 1937 with honors. He was awarded a scholarship to Louisiana Tech and attended one term when illness prevented him from attending. He had planned to reenter Tech during the winter term. He had been a member of the Sardis Baptist Church since his youth.
Funeral services were held at the Sardis Baptist Church Tuesday afternoon at 5 o'clock conducted by the Rev. W. D. Sherwood. Interment was in the Sardis Cemetery under the direction of Edmonds Funeral Home.
Besides his wife, Mrs. Bertie Philan Mathews, and three small children, Glendon, Meredith, and Jo Ann, he leaves his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Mathews, three sisters, Mrs. Lillie Smith, Mrs. Nettie White, and Olivia Mathews, all of Winnfield, and one brother, Robert Mathews of Monroe.
Published in The Winn Parish Enterprise (Winnfield, LA), September 29, 1938
He was picked up and rushed to the Fittz-Faith Clinic where he received first aid and was then carried to the Shreveport hospital where he died from a broken pelvis and internal injuries about an hour after arriving there.
Mathews was a student of Louisiana Tech. Several years ago he decided he would complete his education so he returned to the Atlanta High School graduating in 1937 with honors. He was awarded a scholarship to Louisiana Tech and attended one term when illness prevented him from attending. He had planned to reenter Tech during the winter term. He had been a member of the Sardis Baptist Church since his youth.
Funeral services were held at the Sardis Baptist Church Tuesday afternoon at 5 o'clock conducted by the Rev. W. D. Sherwood. Interment was in the Sardis Cemetery under the direction of Edmonds Funeral Home.
Besides his wife, Mrs. Bertie Philan Mathews, and three small children, Glendon, Meredith, and Jo Ann, he leaves his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Mathews, three sisters, Mrs. Lillie Smith, Mrs. Nettie White, and Olivia Mathews, all of Winnfield, and one brother, Robert Mathews of Monroe.
Published in The Winn Parish Enterprise (Winnfield, LA), September 29, 1938
Elmer Mathews, 35, of Route 1, Winnfield, succumbed in the Charity Hospital in Shreveport at about 11:30 Monday night from injuries received from a log falling on him and pinning him to the ground, while he was unloading a truck on the Mansfield Hardwood yard at 3 o'clock that afternoon.
He was picked up and rushed to the Fittz-Faith Clinic where he received first aid and was then carried to the Shreveport hospital where he died from a broken pelvis and internal injuries about an hour after arriving there.
Mathews was a student of Louisiana Tech. Several years ago he decided he would complete his education so he returned to the Atlanta High School graduating in 1937 with honors. He was awarded a scholarship to Louisiana Tech and attended one term when illness prevented him from attending. He had planned to reenter Tech during the winter term. He had been a member of the Sardis Baptist Church since his youth.
Funeral services were held at the Sardis Baptist Church Tuesday afternoon at 5 o'clock conducted by the Rev. W. D. Sherwood. Interment was in the Sardis Cemetery under the direction of Edmonds Funeral Home.
Besides his wife, Mrs. Bertie Philan Mathews, and three small children, Glendon, Meredith, and Jo Ann, he leaves his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Mathews, three sisters, Mrs. Lillie Smith, Mrs. Nettie White, and Olivia Mathews, all of Winnfield, and one brother, Robert Mathews of Monroe.
Published in The Winn Parish Enterprise (Winnfield, LA), September 29, 1938
He was picked up and rushed to the Fittz-Faith Clinic where he received first aid and was then carried to the Shreveport hospital where he died from a broken pelvis and internal injuries about an hour after arriving there.
Mathews was a student of Louisiana Tech. Several years ago he decided he would complete his education so he returned to the Atlanta High School graduating in 1937 with honors. He was awarded a scholarship to Louisiana Tech and attended one term when illness prevented him from attending. He had planned to reenter Tech during the winter term. He had been a member of the Sardis Baptist Church since his youth.
Funeral services were held at the Sardis Baptist Church Tuesday afternoon at 5 o'clock conducted by the Rev. W. D. Sherwood. Interment was in the Sardis Cemetery under the direction of Edmonds Funeral Home.
Besides his wife, Mrs. Bertie Philan Mathews, and three small children, Glendon, Meredith, and Jo Ann, he leaves his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Mathews, three sisters, Mrs. Lillie Smith, Mrs. Nettie White, and Olivia Mathews, all of Winnfield, and one brother, Robert Mathews of Monroe.
Published in The Winn Parish Enterprise (Winnfield, LA), September 29, 1938
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