Mishap
Claims Farmer Folsom – A 69-year old Folsom man was
killed Monday (April 18, 1983) in a freak accident involving his tractor,
according to spokesmen for the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Department. Reports said that Howard Swift Allen was
doing tractor work at his farm on Allison Cemetery Road at the time of the
accident. Deputies said Allen was working with a
blade on the back of his tractor, apparently pushing debris. While working, they said, he either suffered a heart attack
or was struck in the head by a branch. He
fell onto the rear wheel of the tractor, which kept turning for about two hours
until he was found, deputies said. St. Tammany Parish Coroner Dr. Thomas
Healy pronounced Allen dead at the scene of the mishap. Dr. Healy said the body has been sent away for an autopsy to
determine the exact cause of death. Allen was a retired employee of
Prestressed Concrete Products Company, Inc.
He is survived by his wife, Norma H. Allen, his daughter, Mrs. Leslie
Willie of Folsom, grandchildren Allen Wayne Willie of Folsom and Mrs. Melissa
Patterson of Covington, great-grandchild George W. Patterson, III, brother
Verlon Allen of Walnut Creek, California, and sisters Mrs. Pauline Watson of
Pinson, Tennessee and Mrs. Minnie Tanner of Louisville, Kentucky. Services will be held at 2:00 PM
Thursday, April 21, at the Red Bluff Baptist Church. (Burial was in Allison Cemetery
near his home.) Article taken from The St.
Tammany Farmer, Covington, Louisiana, Thursday, April 21, 1983. |