Obituaries:  Bruce David Eddington, Sabine Parish       E-352
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Sep 8, 1961
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Bruce David Eddington

  Denham Springs - Bruce David Eddington, 18 month old son of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles W. Eddington was killed late yesterday
afternoon, when he was run over by an ice cream truck, in front
of his home here.

  The child's father is a sports writer on the State-Times staff.

  The body will be at the Seale Funeral Home until 12:45 p.m.,
Friday. Services will be held at the First Methodist Church of
Denham Springs at 1 p.m., followed by burial in Denham Springs
Memorial Cemetery.

  Denham Springs Chief of Police, Alvin E. Corley, said the child
and his mother had gone out to meet the ice cream truck.

  The mother bought some merchandise from the truck driver,
Lawrence Hull, Rt. 2, Antioch Rd., Baton Rouge, the chief said,
and started back into the house.

  Corley said the driver said the child started to follow his
mother into the house.

  The ice cream salesman closed the door in the back of his truck,
walked around and got back into the vehicle, and started off, the
chief said.

  The child apparently had walked in front of the truck, out of
range of the driver's vision, Corley said. The driver stopped
when he realized that he had run over the child.

  Bruce was the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Eddington of Many,
La.