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Dennis R. "Bob" Carroll, Jr. - Madison Parish, Louisiana 

From Tallulah Madison Journal, January 6, 1983

Two youths killed in New Year's crash

Two youths were killed New Year's morning and one escaped serious injury when their car struck a bridge 
abutment and was torn in half, throwing all into Roundaway Bayou.

Richard (Rick) Priest, 20, and Dennis R. (Bob) Carroll, 19, were both killed in the one-car accident, 
while Carol Priest, 19, suffered minor injuries and swam to safety.

The accident occurred about 2:18 a.m. when Priest's small foreign car, traveling north on old Highway 65 
south of Tallulah, apparently slid sideways and struck the Inglewood Bridge.
Dr. T. A. Neumann, Madison Parish coroner, said Priest was killed on impact, and that Carroll apparently 
drowned after the car plunged into the bayou. Carol Priest, sister of the driver, was thrown free of the 
vehicle and into the bayou, where she dove several times in search of her brother and the Carroll youth.

Unable to locate them, she swam to the bank and made her way to the home of A. L. Sevier Jr., just north 
of the bridge, where she called her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Priest.

The police and Tallulah Fire Department Emergency Unit were notified, and began sear-ching for the youths 
about 3 a.m. Several volunteers aided parents and emergency unit personnel in the search, which was hampered 
by the darkness and by the heavy brush and debris in the bayou, swollen by recent heavy rains.

The Priest youth's body was recovered about 5:30 a.m., and Carroll's about 30 minutes later after dragging 
the bayou. The car had been pulled from the stream in two separate pieces.

The three youths were en route to meet the Priests' parents and others for breakfast at the Tallulah Truck Stop 
when the accident occurred. They had been together with them at a New Year's party at the Tallulah Country Club, 
and had left at the same time, but the youths took the old highway north, and apparently lost control upon 
approaching the narrow bridge, state police said.

Services for Dennis R. "Bob" Carroll, Jr., 19, were at 3 p.m. at First Baptist Church with the Rev. David Lawrence 
officiating. Burial was in Delhi Masonic Cemetery under direction of Crothers Funeral Home.

Mr. Carroll died Saturday morning one mile south of Tallulah from injuries suffered in an automobile accident.

He was a native of Maryland and a resident of Tallulah for several years. He was a student at Northeast Louisiana 
University, College of Business. He was a member of First Baptist Church and a member of Pi Kappa Alpha at NLU.

Survivors include his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dennis R. Carroll of Tallulah; two brothers, Jeffrey Clay Carroll, 
Clifton Brooks Carroll, both of Tallulah; and maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Eddie J. Phillips of Rayville.

Pallbearers were Steve Condra, Mark Carroll, Dewayne Trichell, David Bell, Paul Neumann, Don Meade, Marty Verhagen 
and Todd Ivey.

Honorary pallbearers were members of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity.

The family requests memorials be made to the NLU Foundation, College of Business Scholastic Fund.