Obituaries:  David Anthony Dupree, Sabine Parish       D-160
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Dec 11, 1959
Submitted by: Tammy Larche-Smith
              tammy@cp-tel.net


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The Sabine Index - David Anthony Dupree 
  
  11 Dec 1959 - David Anthony Dupree, 6, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. 
Dupree of Many, drowns in creek behind his home, five miles 
northeast of Many about 9 a.m. Monday. 
  
  David and his younger brother, Patrick, were playing along the 
bank of the creek when David fell in. Patrick ran home and 
summoned help. 
  
  Clyde Campbell and father rushed to the scene and waded into the 
creek to pull the lad from the water. Mr. Campbell immediately 
began artificial respiration and was relieved by City Marshall 
George Cook and Deputy Sheriff H. W. Sandel and Trooper Jack 
Brown. Shortly after Parish Coroner Dr. L. H. Murdock, assisted 
by Dr. Burnell Brown and Dr. T. E. Adams continued respiratory 
efforts approximately two and one-half hours but the child could 
not be revived. Parish Coroner Dr. Murdock stated the boy 
apparently had been in the water from 40 minutes to an hour when 
recovered. 
  
  Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. Tuesday afternoon at St. 
John Catholic church officiated by Rev. Father M. R. Gremillion. 
Interment was in adjacent cemetery under the direction of First 
National Funeral home of Natchitoches. 
  
  Survivors are his parents Edward and Thais Dupree, two brothers, 
Glenn Joseph and Patrick Charles; one sister, Catherine Ann, all 
of Many; paternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Dupree of 
Many. Maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. M. G. Hoehle of 
Ponchatoula and great-grandparents, Henry Dupree of Many; 
maternal great grandmother, Mrs. J. A. Wallace of Baton Rouge. 
  
  Pallbearers were: Curtis Rodriguiz, Robert Smith, John DeClue, 
Jerry Koss, Phil Nett, and George Davis.