Obituaries:  Donald T. Dickerson, Sabine Parish       D-262
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Aug 12, 1955
Submitted by: Tammy Larche-Smith
              tammy@cp-tel.net


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The Sabine Index - Donald T. Dickerson

  12 Aug 1955 - Donald T. Dickerson, 33, of nearby Thomasville,
Ga., and husband of the former Imogene Wright of Many, was killed
in a car crash near here during a heavy rainstorm late Saturday
afternoon.

  Final rites were at Cool Branch Baptist church and cemetery,
Carlisle, S. C., Tuesday at 11 a.m. The body was taken there
Monday by Forsyth Funeral Home here.

  Mr. Dickerson, a native of South Carolina, had for the past
four months been a pipeline superintendent of South Georgia
Natural Gas Co., Inc., now nearing completion of a transmission
system to serve this area. He was formerly employed in Louisiana
and had been married 2 1/2 years.

  He was a victim of a freak mishap in a heavy downpour of rain
on US 84 at small Brumbley creek four miles east of Cairo about 4
p.m. Saturday. A motorist travelling eastward toward Thomasville
behind him said he was travelling 45 to 50 miles per hour and
that he was apparently blinded by a big splash of water
accumulated on the roadway at the bridge approach and that the
car then struck a guard rail, causing it to swing around
completely against the heavy concrete bridge railing. Mr.
Dickerson, the only occupant of the car, was thrown through the
front door window on the opposite side 20 feet upstream into a
creek hole 15-feet deep.

  Cairo firemen, Sheriff C. H. Strickland, state patrolmen and
others responded quickly and began searching for the submerged
body. Partly because the water was muddy from the heavy rain, the
body was not recovered until about 45 minutes later. Firemen has
resuscitator equipment ready and it was used extensively to no
avail. Dr. C. K. Singleton, at the scene, said death was due
either to a head injury or drowning or a combination of both.

  Survivors, in addition to his wife, include his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Dickerson, Carlisle, S. C.; and two sisters,
Miss Doris Dickerson, of Carlisle; and Mrs. Robert Holly,
Rockhill, S. C.

  Melton Wright and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Petty left by plane
from Shreveport Sunday morning to attend the funeral.