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James Edward Frith - Madison Parish, Louisiana 

From Tallulah Madison Journal, March 23, 1956

Madison Parish Youth Dies Of Injuries Received In Fall At Home Saturday; Was 3 Years Old

A three-year-old Madison Parish was injured in a fall at his home here Saturday, and lost battle for 
life early Sunday morning near Monroe in an ambulance bound for a Shreveport hospital.

According to Ouachita parish coroner, Dr. J. T. French, said that James Edward Frith, son of Mr. and 
Mrs. J. D. Frith, died of traumatic brain injury with an intracranial hemorrhage due to an accidental fall.

According to Dr. French, the child's parents said that he fell at a water pump around 11:00 A.M. Saturday, 
but did not seem to be seriously injured. The mother told Dr. French that the child came into the house and 
complained about the fall. He then layed down and slept. Around mid-afternoon when the child failed to rouse 
from sleep, parents checked to find that he had a high fever and was suffering convulsions, they told the 
coroner. The youngster was then rushed a Delhi clinic, and from there was taken to a Monroe hospital, where 
doctors, after an examination, advised taking him to Charity hospital in Shreveport. He was in the ambulance 
bound for Shreveport when death came around 12:30 A. M. Sunday. The ambulance had traveled only a short 
distance from Monroe, Dr. French said.

Funeral services were held Monday at 3:00 P. M. at the Montrose Baptist Church with Rev. J. A. Bryant officiating. 
Burial followed in the Silver Cross Cemetery under the direction of Young's Funeral Home.

Besides his parents, he is survived by two brothers, Jerrel Frith, Lloyd Thomas Frith, both of Tallulah; 
four sisters, Mrs. Willie Tannehill, Monroe; Patricia Anne, Nellie and Goodie Mae, all of Tallulah; 
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Frith, Tallulah and and Mrs. W. W. Downs of Vicksburg.

Pallbearers were J. R. Collins, Bruce Faught, Billy Ray Wilson and Lowell Bryant.