Obituaries:  Gerald Sanbell, Sabine, Vernon Parish       S-514
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Jun 12, 1964
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Gerald Sanbell

  HORNBECK - Two Hornbeck boys were killed Monday morning, when a
cave they were digging in the side of a road embankment
collapsed.

  The victims were Gerald Sanbell, 11 year old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Troy Sanbell, and Gary Withers, 10, who lived with his
grandmother, Mrs. Emma Withers.

  A neighbor passing the spot in an automobile earlier in the
morning, noticed the two young boys digging the cave, but failed
to see them when she returned less than an hour later.

  On close examination, she saw Gary's feet sticking out of a pile
of sand, and she and a passing motorist dug the two boys out of
the cave.

  Vernon Parish officers said Gerald was all the way in the cave
when it collapsed. He was pronounced dead at the scene, and Gary
was dead on arrival at a nearby hospital.

  The cave had been dug about five feet deep into the side of the
embankment, and about three feet of sand had collapsed on them,
officers said.

  The spot was less than a mile from the Hornbeck city limits.

  Both boys are students at Hornbeck School.