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Extracted from The Madison Journal (Tallulah, LA)
Crash kills resident
Garland Roberson, 58, was killed Tuesday afternoon when the pickup was driving collided with a trailer
truck at the intersection of La. 607 and US 65 north of Tallulah.
Roberson, a native Winnfield, resided in Tallulah for 34 years, and owned and operated Garland's
Refrigeration & Heating.
According to state police, the accident occurred when the Roberson vehicle failed to stop at the intersection,
entering the opposing lane on U. S. 65. Officers said one car was run off the road and the tractor-trailer
forced onto the shoulder of the Highway, where the Roberson vehicle struck the side of it. No further
details were known Wednesday.
Mr. Roberson, a member of the First Baptist Church of Tallulah, is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Hazel Bradley Roberson; four daughters, Mrs. Robert Kivett, Mrs. Truman Collins, Mrs. Larry Black and
Miss Jane Roberson, all of Tallulah; four sisters, Mrs. Cora Mae Reeves, Mrs. Gloria Bradley,
Mrs. Faye Harmon and Mrs. Louise Cox; and six grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p. m. today at the First Baptist Church under the direction of Crothers
Funeral Home with the Rev. Crawford Williams officiating. Burial will follow in Providence Memorial Park Cemetery.
Extracted from The News-Star (Monroe, LA)
E. G. Roberson
TALLULAH -- Funeral services were to be at 2:30 p.m. today for E. Garland Roberson, 58, of Tallulah, at First Baptist Church with the Rev. Crawford Williams officiating.
Burial was to be in Providence Memorial Cemetery here under the direction of Crothers Funeral Home of Tallulah.
Mr. Roberson died Tuesday in a car accident near St. Joseph.
He had been a resident of Tallulah for the past 45 years. He was a member of the Baptist Church.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Hazel B. Roberson; four daughters, Mrs. Robert Kivett, Mrs. Truman Collins, Mrs. Larry Black, and Miss Jane Roberson; mother, Mrs. W. E. Roberson; four sisters, Mrs. Cora Mae Reeves, Mrs. Gloria Bradley, Mrs. Faye Harmon, Mrs. Louise Cox; and six grandchildren, all of Tallulah.
Pallbearers were to be Belton Colvin, Bud King, Leon Gammill, Charles Roberson, Roy Wroten, Jesse Greer and Mazelle Melton.
Thursday, November 23, 1972
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Thursday, November 23, 1972