Extracted from The News-Star (Monroe, LA)
COY M'KASKLE
TALLULAH, La., April 22. -- (Special) -- Coy N. McKaskle, 29, formerly of Tallulah but more recently of Pascagoula, Miss., died in a hospital there as a result of burns sustained in an explosion of a defense plant where he was employed more than two months ago.
He had been a patient in the hospital ever since the accident occurred and failed to improve in condition.
The funeral will be held in Tallulah Saturday at 10 a.m. and interment will take place in a cemetery here.
Mr. McKaskle leaves his wife and small daughter; his father, Neal McKaskle, Monroe; five sisters, Mrs. Jack Beasley and Mrs. L. H. Patrick, both of Monroe, Mrs. H. K. Porter and Mrs. W. Sikes, both of Houston, Tex.; and Mrs. Jacqueline McKaskle, Natchitoches; a brother, C. L. McKaskle, Sterlington; and a half-brother, Willie Sullivan, Winnsboro.
Thursday, April 22, 1943