Obituaries:  Edward Hubert (Jack) Tompkins, Sabine Parish       T-512
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Oct 1, 1948
Submitted by: Tammy Larche-Smith
              tammy@cp-tel.net




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The Sabine Index - Edward Hubert (Jack) Tompkins 
  
  1 Oct 1948 - Edward Hubert (Jack) Tompkins, age 28 years, 
formerly of Florien, died of heart attack Saturday morning in the 
corridor of a hospital near the emergency room where his brother, 
John Harold Tompkins, lie seriously injured. 
  
  Mr. and Mrs. John Tompkins and S. J. Sanderson, all of Jackson, 
were injured in an automobile accident which occurred in that 
city about 7 a.m. Saturday. Mrs. Tompkins was not seriously hurt 
but Tompkins and Sanderson were reported to be in a critical 
condition. Jack, who also lived in Jackson, was called to the 
hospital and died within a few minutes after being told of his 
brother's condition. 
  
  Funeral services were held 11 a.m. Monday, Sept. 27, from 
Ebenezer Baptist church of Florien, with burial in the church 
cemetery. 
  
  Surviving are his mother, Mrs. A. S. Tompkins; three sisters, 
Mrs. G. W. McCormick, Shreveport, Mrs. J. R. Bray, Many, and Mrs. 
V. L. Wright, Marshal, Texas; two brothers, Horace Tompkins of 
Leesville and Hoyt L. Tompkins of Shreveport, and several nieces 
and nephews. 
  
  Pallbearers were C. E. Pattison of Mansfield, S. E. Andrews, Dr. 
C. R. Carnahan and D. E. Sour, all of Shreveport; Melvin Wright 
and E. C. McCormic, both of Many; Gordon Williams of Florien; 
Lloyd Neisse and Mr. Valentine, both of Jackson, Miss. 
  
  Jack was a member of Ebenezer Baptist church of Florien and a 
graduate of Florien high school. He was a first lieutenant in the 
army during World War II and served two years overseas. He was 
wounded in the Normandy invasion. Since the was he was district 
manager of installation engineer of Jitney-Jingle, Inc. with 
headquarters in Jackson, Miss. 
  
  He was a former resident of Shreveport where he was connected 
with Silver's department store.