Obituaries:  Wayne DeVille, Sabine Parish       D-140
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., May 25, 1972
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Wayne DeVille

  One person was killed, and two seriously injured, when a
Cardinal 177 plane crashed at the Many dump (just west of Hart
Field) about 9 p.m., Thursday, May 18.

  The dead was identified as Wayne DeVille, 17, of Many. Injured
were Gayle Brown, 38, the pilot, who owns Alpine Mobile Home
Sales in Many, and his son, Gayle Jr., 14. The two youths were
thrown from the plane when it crashed.

  The three were taken to Fraser Hospital in Many for emergency
treatment by Sabine Ambulance Service. Ambulance operator, T. M.
Maines, who lives at the airport, heard the crash, and was on the
scene immediately.

  DeVille died at Fraser Hospital about 10:05 p.m., and Brown and
his son were treated and taken to P & S Hospital in Shreveport
that night. They were reported in satisfactory condition, and
improving Tuesday morning.

  The senior Brown suffered from multiple head injuries, a broken
left arm, several broken ribs, and several bruises, while his son
received a broken jaw, and head injuries.

  Harold Cook, owner of the plane, was an eye witness to the
crash.

  "I saw it when it went down," Cook told the INDEX Friday
morning..

  This is his account of how it happened.

  Brown was doing touch-and-go, which is light landing and
take-off. He came onto the runway with full flaps down, in order
to slow down the plane. He tried to take off, and didn't retract
the flaps, and couldn't get any altitude. He dumped the flaps,
and the plane stalled.

  Cook said the right wing fell, hitting the ground first, and
then the nose of the plane fell.

  Cook said his plane was valued at $9,500, and he did not have
any insurance on it.

  Another eye witness to the crash was Eddie Williams of Many, an
employee of the INDEX, He said he was parked at the dump about
220 yards from where the plane crashed.

  Williams said he heard a noise that sounded like a firecracker,
and then the plane hit the ground.

  Funeral services for DeVille were held Saturday, at 4 p.m. in
the First United Pentecostal Church in Alexandria, with the Rev.
G. A. Mangum, and the Rev. B. L. White officiating.

  Burial was in Forest Lawn Cemetery in Pineville, under the
direction of Hixson Funeral Home.

  Survivors include his father, Zeb DeVille of Pineville; his
mother, Mrs. Bernice DeBona of Alexandria; a brother, Zeb DeVille
Jr. of Shreveport; and three sisters, Mrs. Diane Trudel of
Woonsocket, R. I., and Pamela DeVille, and Sandra DeVille, both
of Alexandria.

  The wreckage was guarded by local law enforcement officials,
until the arrival of an examiner from the Federal Aviation
Administration.