This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------45B9651CDC7DEF8A227D990F Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -- Greggory E. Davies 120 Ted Price Lane Winnfield, LA 71483 [email protected] --------------45B9651CDC7DEF8A227D990F Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name="erskjd51.txt" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline; filename="erskjd51.txt" Obituaries: Janice Drewett Erskins, 1951, Winn Parish, LA Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483 USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. Files may be printed or copied for personal use only. From: July 19, 1951 Winn Parish Enterprise Former Janice Drewett Drowned Near Bastrop Mrs. Janice Erskins, 22, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Drewett of Bastrop, formerly of Winnfield, was drowned in the murky water of Bayou Bartholomew at Rocky Ford near Bastrop Wednesday afternoon, when she and her husband, Atma Erskins, native of Sikes, and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gill, a Bastrop couple, went for a swim. The young woman was a graduate of Winnfield High School and the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. U. Drewett of Winnfield and Mrs. Cockerham of Joyce. The drowning is reported to have occurred when she and Mrs. Gill were wading in the bayou. Both women waded into a deep hole, and were in trouble. Gill helped his wife back to safety, and noticed that Erskins was searching for his wife. Being exhausted himself, Gill went to look for help. Erskins later became exhausted and was forced to give up the search. Monroe and Bastrop firemen were called to the scene and after dragging the bayou for nearly two hours, Mrs. Erskins' body was found. Attempts at artificial respiration were fruitless. She was pronounced dead by Dr. Jones, Morehouse Parish coroner, at about 8:15 p.m. Funeral services were scheduled to be held Friday, July 20 at 3 p.m. in the First Baptist Church in Winnfield. The Rev. Louis Williams will officiate and will be assisted by Dr. W. L. Holcomb and Rev. Ralph Frazier. Burial will be in the Winnfield Cemetery under direction of Southern Funeral Home. Pallbearers will be Eugene Hearne, Martin Barr, Earl Koonce, Lemoine McConathy, Woodrow Blackstock, and A. L. Sullivan. Survivors include her husband, a step daughter, Kitty Marie; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Drewett of Bastrop; her paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W. U. Drewett of Winnfield; and maternal grandmother, Mrs. Cockerham of Joyce. --------------45B9651CDC7DEF8A227D990F--