November 14, 1918
Page 3
The remains of J. H. Mays, who succumbed to pneumonia, following an attack of influenza, were taken to his old home in Ruston on Thursday for interment, by his wife, four children and brother, who came when the change for the worst occurred. The deceased was one of the traveling representatives of B. F. Taylor's wholesale house, and had just recently located here, and his untimely end has saddened our people. Mr. Mays' was the only death among the white victims of the flu in Natchitoches, the other being a colored boy and man.
November 14, 1918
Page 3
The remains of J. H. Mays, who succumbed to pneumonia, following an attack of influenza, were taken to his old home in Ruston on Thursday for interment, by his wife, four children and brother, who came when the change for the worst occurred. The deceased was one of the traveling representatives of B. F. Taylor's wholesale house, and had just recently located here, and his untimely end has saddened our people. Mr. Mays' was the only death among the white victims of the flu in Natchitoches, the other being a colored boy and man.
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