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Marion Van Bostick, Jr. - Madison Parish, Louisiana

From Tallulah Madison Journal January 25, 1946

Ex-Marine Drowns Here Sunday Night

Car Found Early Monday Practically Submerged In Canal Overflowing Banks From Recent Rains

The community was shocked Monday morning upon learning of the death by accidental drowning of Marion 
Van Bostick, Jr. Van, as he was known here, had been visiting his sister, Mrs. Lionel Naylor and family, 
since his discharge from the U. S. Marines, after seven years service. 

The body was found in Canal Bayou, on the western edge of town, just beyond the Chicago Mill and Lumber Co.

Sunday night was stormy and a heavy fog hung over the roads and it is presumed blocked his vision in 
driving home. From the evidence of car tracks, he had slipped off the pavement on the right hand side of the 
road and had suddenly turned the wheel too severely to the left and with the wet pavement the car left the 
road and plunged into the canal, which was overflowing with the torrent of rain. There was evidence of a 
bad bruise on his forehead, supposedly from a blow suffered when the car went over the bank.

Marion Van Bostick was born May, 31, 1921. He attended Tallulah High School until 1939, when he joined the 
U. S. Marine corps. He was in the Pearl Harbor attack, and has since served in the Pacific Area, was engaged 
in a number of invasion battles, notable among which was the famous Okinawa invasion. He has been home only 
a short time since his dis-charge. He was a member of the Scott-Nicols Voak Post American Legion.

He is survived by his father, Marion Van Bostick, Sr., four sisters, Mrs. Lionel Naylor, of Tallulah, Mrs. 
Eunice Furr, of Sicily, Island, Mrs. Lena Anderson of Monroe, La., Mrs. Annie Travis, of Rayville and Mrs. 
Estelle Wade of Jonesboro, La; and three brothers, Pfc. Phillip Ray Bostick, of the U. S. Army, now stationed 
in Tokyo, Japan and Herman and Erie Jones Bostick of Holly Ridge, La.

Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at one o'clock from the Tallulah Methodist Church with Rev. Kilpatrick 
officiating. Interment was in Masonic Cemetery in Rayville, La.

Pallbearers were; Major James Wade, Stuart Moberly, Captain Sam Scurria, Purvis Pace, Lieutenant Robert Todd 
and Sgt. Louis Mettles.