Lessie Vincent

1903 - 1944  (40 years)

• Name	Lessie Vincent
  Born	31 Dec 1903	Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	1 Dec 1944	Leesville, Vernon Parish, Louisiana, USA
  Buried	4 Dec 1944	Good Hope Cemetery - Singer, Louisiana, USA
  Person ID	I14257	Cody LeBlanc's Family Tree
  Last Modified	12 Dec 2024

  
  

  Father	Pierre Homer Vincent,   b. 10 May 1852, Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, USA ,   d. 18 Jun 1926, Singer, Beauregard Parish, Louisiana, USA  (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Shrilda Buxton,   b. 8 Jul 1876, DeQuincy, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, USA ,   d. 2 Jun 1930, Beauregard Parish, Louisiana, USA  (Age 53 years)
  Married	1894
  Family ID	F6314	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 31 Dec 1903 - Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, USA Died - 1 Dec 1944 - Leesville, Vernon Parish, Louisiana, USA Buried - 4 Dec 1944 - Good Hope Cemetery - Singer, Louisiana, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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• Documents

  Obituary of Lessie Vincent Published in The Leesville Daily Leader on December 7, 1944

  
  

  Headstones

  Headstone of Lessie Vincent Good Hope Cemetery - Singer, Louisiana, USA

  
  

• Notes

  Obituary: Murder, Suicide in North Leesville Friday Evening Using a single barrel shot gun, Lesser Vincent, 41, shot and killed Mrs. Pearl Blakely, 26, Friday, about 6:45 p. m., he then walked to a nearby gate post cocked the shot gun hung the trigger on a splinter on the gate post and shot himself. The murder and sucide took place at the Bolgiano Dairy, in north Leesville. According to witnesses, Vincent and Mrs. Blakely had quarrelled several days previous to the tragedy. Friday afternoon Vincent went to the dairy where he found Mrs. Blakey working at the dairy barn. He opened the door to the barn and told Mrs. Blakely to get out he was going to kill her. She ran out of the barn and was shot in the back just as she got outside of the door, a distance of about ten feet. He then unloaded the gun, threw the empty shell beside the body of Mrs. Blakely reloaded the gun walked to a gate and shot himself. Funeral services for Mrs. Blakely were held Sunday afternoon from the Castor Baptist church, with the Rev. W. W. Knapp, officiating. Interment was in the Castor cemetery, under the direction of the Dennis Funeral Home. Mrs. Blakely is survived by her husband, Patrick Blakely, U. S. Army, now over seas, a a daughter and her mother, Mrs. Gertrude Nations. Funeral services for Vincent were held Monday, at 1 p. m. from the Good Hope church near Singer, La., with the Rev. L. Ashworth, officiating. Interment was in the Good Hope cemetery. The deceased is survived by three sisters and one brother. (Published in The Leesville Daily Leader on December 7, 1944)