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Berl H. Collins - Madison Parish, Louisiana

From New Orleans Times-Picayune November 30, 1936

TALLULAH, La., Nov 29. — Burrill [sic] Collins, 24-year-old farmer, residing near Tallulah, was 
killed here by a brick...which struck Collins on the head, causing instant death.

Funeral services...were held here this afternoon, with interment following in Silver Cross cemetery 
here. The Rev. Clarence Crow, pastor of the Tallulah Baptist church, conducted rites.

Collins is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Collins, who reside on Montrose Plantation; 
five brothers, Virgil, Jarrett [sic Jarritt], Pervis [sic Purvis], Wilborn [sic Wilburn] and Roy 
[sic Ray] Collins, of Tallulah; and three sisters, Mrs. S. G. Phillips and Miss Dot[t]ie Pauline Collins, 
of Tallulah, and Mrs. C. C. Watson of Winnsboro.


From the Tallulah Madison Journal December 4, 1936

Man Is Killed When Struck On Head By Brick

Burrill Collins, 26, farmer of the Montrose Plantation, near Tallulah, was fatally injured in a fight 
with Wayne George, young Mound farmer here late Saturday night. Collins succumbed to a head injury 
inflicted with a brick. George was arrested by H. R. Montgomery, night marshal, and placed in jail.

Both men had been drinking, according to information given peace officers. The cause of an argument 
which preceded the fight was not immediately learned. The fight took place in the downtown section.