Edgar Willard Mouser, 59, was fatally wounded on the front steps of his residence at 705 Miradon, Jefferson Parish, when one of two shotguns he was carrying was fired accidentally.
Jefferson Parish authorities say the gun had a hair trigger and apparently fired when it was bumped or dropped.
Funeral services will be held at 3:30 p. m. tomorrow at the Schoen Funeral Home, 2310 Hickory, Metairie. Religious service will be conducted by the Rev. Rufus Zachery of the Metairies Baptist Church, assisted by the Rev. Wallace Primo of St. Martinville.
Burial will be in the Garden of Memories.
Mr. Mouser had been drilling superintendent for the Brewster and Bartle Drilling Company of Houston and New Orleans, and the Prince Drilling Company, of Houston, for the past 20 years. Prior to that he operated his own crew boat on the inland waterways.
He was a native of Emmett, Ark. but had lived in Louisiana and Texas for over 30 years.
He was a member of Metairie Baptist Church and Paradise Manor Community Club.
Survivors include his wife, the former Bonnie Reeder; one son, Williard Clinton Reeder Mouser; his mother, Mrs. Mary Mouser, and four sisters, Mrs. Fred Meyer, Mrs. Frank Gibson and Mrs. James Hintika, of Houston, and Mrs. Joe Beaty, of Emmett; two brothers, Jack Mouser of Houston and Charles Mouser of Norfolk, Va.
Jefferson Parish authorities say the gun had a hair trigger and apparently fired when it was bumped or dropped.
Funeral services will be held at 3:30 p. m. tomorrow at the Schoen Funeral Home, 2310 Hickory, Metairie. Religious service will be conducted by the Rev. Rufus Zachery of the Metairies Baptist Church, assisted by the Rev. Wallace Primo of St. Martinville.
Burial will be in the Garden of Memories.
Mr. Mouser had been drilling superintendent for the Brewster and Bartle Drilling Company of Houston and New Orleans, and the Prince Drilling Company, of Houston, for the past 20 years. Prior to that he operated his own crew boat on the inland waterways.
He was a native of Emmett, Ark. but had lived in Louisiana and Texas for over 30 years.
He was a member of Metairie Baptist Church and Paradise Manor Community Club.
Survivors include his wife, the former Bonnie Reeder; one son, Williard Clinton Reeder Mouser; his mother, Mrs. Mary Mouser, and four sisters, Mrs. Fred Meyer, Mrs. Frank Gibson and Mrs. James Hintika, of Houston, and Mrs. Joe Beaty, of Emmett; two brothers, Jack Mouser of Houston and Charles Mouser of Norfolk, Va.
Edgar Willard Mouser, 59, was fatally wounded on the front steps of his residence at 705 Miradon, Jefferson Parish, when one of two shotguns he was carrying was fired accidentally.
Jefferson Parish authorities say the gun had a hair trigger and apparently fired when it was bumped or dropped.
Funeral services will be held at 3:30 p. m. tomorrow at the Schoen Funeral Home, 2310 Hickory, Metairie. Religious service will be conducted by the Rev. Rufus Zachery of the Metairies Baptist Church, assisted by the Rev. Wallace Primo of St. Martinville.
Burial will be in the Garden of Memories.
Mr. Mouser had been drilling superintendent for the Brewster and Bartle Drilling Company of Houston and New Orleans, and the Prince Drilling Company, of Houston, for the past 20 years. Prior to that he operated his own crew boat on the inland waterways.
He was a native of Emmett, Ark. but had lived in Louisiana and Texas for over 30 years.
He was a member of Metairie Baptist Church and Paradise Manor Community Club.
Survivors include his wife, the former Bonnie Reeder; one son, Williard Clinton Reeder Mouser; his mother, Mrs. Mary Mouser, and four sisters, Mrs. Fred Meyer, Mrs. Frank Gibson and Mrs. James Hintika, of Houston, and Mrs. Joe Beaty, of Emmett; two brothers, Jack Mouser of Houston and Charles Mouser of Norfolk, Va.
Jefferson Parish authorities say the gun had a hair trigger and apparently fired when it was bumped or dropped.
Funeral services will be held at 3:30 p. m. tomorrow at the Schoen Funeral Home, 2310 Hickory, Metairie. Religious service will be conducted by the Rev. Rufus Zachery of the Metairies Baptist Church, assisted by the Rev. Wallace Primo of St. Martinville.
Burial will be in the Garden of Memories.
Mr. Mouser had been drilling superintendent for the Brewster and Bartle Drilling Company of Houston and New Orleans, and the Prince Drilling Company, of Houston, for the past 20 years. Prior to that he operated his own crew boat on the inland waterways.
He was a native of Emmett, Ark. but had lived in Louisiana and Texas for over 30 years.
He was a member of Metairie Baptist Church and Paradise Manor Community Club.
Survivors include his wife, the former Bonnie Reeder; one son, Williard Clinton Reeder Mouser; his mother, Mrs. Mary Mouser, and four sisters, Mrs. Fred Meyer, Mrs. Frank Gibson and Mrs. James Hintika, of Houston, and Mrs. Joe Beaty, of Emmett; two brothers, Jack Mouser of Houston and Charles Mouser of Norfolk, Va.
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