Read Camilla’s story at Philomene Camilla Dooley – one of two.
Widney and his son and daughter-in-law were on their way from Shreveport, Louisiana, to visit Camilla in Jeanerette as her health was in serious condition. The car blew a tire and rolled several times. Widney died in the accident. https://www.newspapers.com/image/213039785/?terms=whitney%20walker&match=1. “Shreveport Man Killed, 2 Injured in Crash at Aloha: Whitney L. Walker, 63, Dies as Car Overturns,” Weekly Town Talk (Alexandria, Louisiana), 3 January 1948, p. 2, col. 2. Camilla died a few days later.
