Treasure Chest Thursday ~ Dr. Fleet William Brock ~ Physician Killed in Auto Accident

PHYSICIAN KILLED IN AUTO ACCIDENT

Chief Engineer of Great Southern Company Hurt Seriously

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Bogalusa, La., Aug. 21---Dr. F. W. Brock, 42 years old, a member of the staff of the Elizabeth Sullivan Memorial hospital here, was killed, and Major J. H. Friend, chief engineer of the Great Southern Lumber Company injured seriously when an automobile in which they were riding from Slidell to Bogalusa overturned at 7:30 o'clock this evening at a curve in the road two miles from Talisheek. An ambulance from the local hospital brought the accident victims to Bogalusa, twenty miles from the scene of the smash.
Dr. Brock and Major Friend had been to New Orleans and returned by train to Slidell late today, then got in the automobile to complete their journey. The car turned over three times in rounding a curve. Dr. Brock's skull was crushed and Major Friend's shoulder and three of his ribs were broken.
Dr. Brock is survived by a wife [2nd Wife] and three children, also three brothers, Jap Brock, state bank examiner; Col. (J. Vol) Brock, district attorney, and Dr. J. L. Brock, coroner of Washington parish. He was a native of Franklinton and has been residing in Bogalusa for many years. Major Friend has been connected with the Great Southern Lumber Company, for a long period, but was absent during the war serving overseas..

Dr. Fleet William Brock was a son of Alexander B. 'Sandy Brock and Sarah Elizabeth 'Sallie' Williams and a grandson of James L. Brock and Elizabeth Purvis.

Dr. Fleet William Brock was a distant cousin. 








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[1] Dr. Fleet William Brock Killed in Auto Accident obituary, The Times-Picayune, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, 22 August 1923, Page 17, Col 5.

Sunday’s Obituary~Maude Brock

Mrs. Fleet Brock Dead
The sudden death Tuesday of Mrs. Maude Draughn Brock, wife of Dr. Fleet Brock of the hospital staff that Bogalusa, was a shock and great surprise to family and attending physicians. She had been under treatment at the hospital a short time but was thought to be all right and went for a visit with her aunt Mrs. Newt McElveen at Dillon, where she had a nervous attack and died within few hours
Interment was made Friday in the Cemetery at Warnerton her former home. The beautiful floral offerings from the hospital staff, the Bogalusa Elks and many individual personal friends were comforting and somewhat consoling to the bereaved family. Mrs. Brock is survived by a husband and three children, having many friends in this town who are in deep sympathy with them in their great sorrow.


Maude “Irene” Draughn was the first wife of Dr. Fleet William Brock. They were married on 9 October 1906. They had 5 children, three of which survived.

After the death  of Maude, Dr. Fleet Brock married Mattie Elizabeth Hale in 1922. On 21 August 1923, Dr. Fleet W. Brock was killed in an automobile accident near Talisheek, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana.
Maude and Dr. Fleet Brock are buried in the Brock Cemetery, Washington Parish, Louisiana.

Dr. Fleet William Brock is a distant cousin.



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[1] Chronicling America, The Era-Leader, (Franklin, La.) December 2, 1920, Image 2, column 3.