This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------0B6A95BFEC5DC145A2DAE9A4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --------------0B6A95BFEC5DC145A2DAE9A4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name="merson26.txt" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline; filename="merson26.txt" Obituaries: Mary Ann Emerson, 1926, 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 8, 1926 Winn Parish Enterprise Miss Emerson Drowns Mrs. R. W. Oglesby received a telegram late Tuesday afternoon from Bolivar, Tennessee, stating that her niece, Mary Anne Emerson, had drowned that morning at nine o'clock. Mrs. Oglesby hastily left for Bolivar soon after she received the message. The Commercial Appeal of July the 7th gives the following account of the tragedy: "Bolivar, Tenn., July 6th, 1926. A party of girls, eight in number, started from Bolivar this morning to enjoy a day in the woods, pitching their camp near Blue Bend, a noted spot in Hatchie River bottoms about a mile north of town. Shortly after arriving, two of the number, Mary Anne Emerson and Evelyn Savage, decided to go in bathing over the protests of their companions. They walked out into the water about waist deep, when Miss Emerson who was in advance stepped into water over her head. She screamed and pulled Miss Savage in with her. Miss Emerson could not swim and went down. Miss Savage finally loosened her grip and swam out. Miss Emerson sank several times and some of the girls seeing her predicament threw a quilt into the water, but it was out of her reach, and she went down for the last time. Panic stricken the girls came back and gave the alarm, when a hundred or more of our citizens hurried to the scene. The body was recovered about three hours later. It was thought that life remained and she was rushed to Jackson for treatment, but it was too late. A daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Emerson, Miss Emerson was only 16 years of age, a bright and beautiful girl, a favorite with all who knew her." Miss Emerson visited her relatives in Winnfield last Christmas and was a general favorite among the young people of this place. She was the oldest girl of a large family of eleven children and is the first to be claimed by death. Miss Savage is a niece of Mrs. Dr. Kelly, who, with her children, is now on a visit to Bolivar. --------------0B6A95BFEC5DC145A2DAE9A4--