Extracted from The News-Star (Monroe, LA)
Duster Pilot Killed In Crash
DELHI (Special) -- A 39-year-old Delhi cotton duster was killed early Tuesday morning when his plane crashed while dusting north of here.
G. W. “Smokey” Prestridge was dusting cotton on the John H. Parks' farm, on highway 17 north of Delhi, when the accident occurred.
Prestridge is survived by his wife, the former Peggy Arender of Delhi, and three children.
He operated his own dusting service near here.
Tuesday, September 29, 1959