Vernon Hinckley

HINCKLEY, MELLINGER, SWALFORD, TISOR

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Date: 10/11/2018 at 12:19:24

Oakville Sentinel, April 4, 1935

The following clipping was sent to Mrs. R. G. Mellinger by her brother, Harve Swafford:

"Morgan City, La., March 20--The body of Vernon Hinckley of Loreauville, who disappeared when his boat capsized in Lake Dauterive near New Iberia March 11, was found today by children who were playing along the banks of the Atchafalaya river several miles below here. The body was recovered by fisherman. More than 200 men around Lake Dauterive had combed the woods and searched the lakes in a futile effort to locate Hinckley. His wife, who lives in Houma, was notified, and the body sent there for burial.

Hinckley's body had floated down Bayou Teche, a branch of the Atchafalaya River.

Vernon Hinckley is a brother of Mrs. Alvah Tisor and formerly lived in Oakville.