Obituaries:  John Phillip Durr, Sabine, Natchitoches Parish       D-600
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Dec 23, 1968
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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John Phillip Durr

  A 21 year old Pleasant Hill man was killed instantly, when the
car in which he was a passenger collided with a Missouri and
Pacific engine in Shreveport, about 1 a.m., Saturday.

  Killed in the collision was John Phillip Durr, a passenger in a
car driven by 22 year old Dempsey Hillard, also of Pleasant Hill.
The third person in the car was Richard Evans, 21, of Converse.

  Durr was pronounced dead at the scene. Hillard and Evans were
both taken to Schumpert Hospital, where Hillard was listed in
satisfactory condition, and Evans underwent surgery, and was
listed in guarded condition.

  According to patrolman J. D. McEachern, Hillard said that he was
headed south on the Mansfield Road, came to the crossing, and did
not see the train, nor any signal lights working.

  The engineer told police that he saw the car about 50 feet from
the crossing, and that the auto's headlights seemed to dip, as if
trying to stop, and then attempted to cross the tracks ahead of
the eight car train.

  The body was taken to Wellman's Funeral Home in Shreveport, and
was later transferred to Warren Meadows Funeral Home.

  Funeral services were held at 2 p.m., Sunday, in the Beulah
Methodist Church near Marthaville, with the Rev. Cecil Salley
officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery, under the
direction of Warren Meadows Funeral Home of Many.

  Survivors are his mother, Mrs. Arleve Durr of Pleasant Hill;
eight brothers, R. B. Durr of Vernon, Tex., J. Y. Durr of
Pleasant Hill, T. A. Durr, and Lois Durr of Winnie, Tex., Luther,
Leroy, and Ellis Durr of Beaumont, Tex., and Boge Durr of Port
Neches, Tex.; eight sisters, Mrs. Willie Davison of Amarillo,
Tex., Mrs. Marie Williams of Leesville, Mrs. Annie Tourhton, and
Mrs. Ivy Ford of Houston, Tex., Mrs. Louise Taylor of Mitchell,
Mrs. Gloria Bryant of Oklahoma City, Okla., and Mrs. Christine
Tolar of Doucette, Tex., and Mrs. Callie Williams of Port Neches,
Tex.