Obituaries:  Mrs. Noel Tipton, Sabine Parish       T-135
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Aug 1, 1968
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Mrs. Noel Tipton

  Mrs. Noel Tipton was killed, and her husband, who is chief
deputy for the Sabine Parish Sheriff's Department, was seriously
injured when a pulpwood truck crossed into their lane of traffic
Friday, July 26, at 7 p.m. The Accident happened on State Hwy. 6,
11.3 miles west of Many.

  Sgt. C. J. Miller, and Sgt. Jerry Rains investigated the
accident for the Louisiana State Police.

  Mrs. Tipton was dead at the scene. Her husband was rushed to
Many Clinic by Sabine Ambulance Service, and later in the night,
transferred to Schumpert Hospital in Shreveport.

  Sheriff Harold Sandel said he visited Tipton this week, and he
is improving. He will probably be in the Shreveport hospital for
several more days.

  Tipton, who was driving a Sheriff's Department car, was
traveling west, when the truck driven by Carrage Moore, 44, of
Hemphill, Tex., Negro, traveling east, attempted to make a left
turn onto State Highway 475, and cut into the left front of the
Tipton car.

  Miller said the left front wheel of Tipton's car was 5 ft 6 in.
from the center line in his lane of traffic, on impact. After the
impact, the car Tipton was driving traveled 7 ft. The point of
impact was 57 ft. west of the center line of State Hwy 475. Moore
told the investigating officers that he had drank a half can of
beer about an hour before the wreck happened.

  A passenger in Moore's truck, which was not loaded, was James
Noble, 30, a Hemphill Negro. A witness to the accident was E. H.
Warr of San Augustine, Tex.

  The 1967 Dodge Tipton was driving was a total loss. About $300
damage was done to the truck.

  Moore was charged with negligent homicide, and driving a truck
with no brakes. He is lodged in Sabine Parish Jail.

  Funeral services for Mrs. Tipton were held Monday, July 29, at
11 a.m., in Many's First Methodist Church, with the Rev. John B.
Kolemay, and the Rev. J. C. Skinner officiating. Burial, under
the direction of Warren Meadows Funeral Home, followed in Many
Cemetery.

  Survivors, other than her husband, are a son, Noel Tipton Jr. of
Westfield, N. J.; a daughter, Mrs. Martha Bird of Many; two
brothers, James C., and William W. Holt, both of Bastrop; two
sisters, Mrs. Weimar Wilson of Zwolle, and Mrs. H. E. Harriman of
Hamburg, Ark.; and four grandchildren.

  Pallbearers were Melvin Wright, C. B. Byrd, R. J. Petty, T. M.
Phillips, Harold Sandel, and Wallace DeLatin.