Obituaries:  Mrs. Eula Cutrer Whittington, Sabine, Natchitoches Parish       W-352
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Sep 3, 1965
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Mrs. Eula Cutrer Whittington

  Mrs. Iris Cutrer McCartney, 69, of Robeline, and her sister,
Mrs. Eula Cutrer Whittington, 68, of Benton, were killed
instantly, when their car was struck by a fast moving passenger
train, about three and one half miles west of Alexandria, Monday,
August 23.

  State Police reported that the car apparently stopped on the
tracks, and appeared to have rolled back about two or three feet,
when the oncoming Texas and Pacific train smashed into it.

  The car was knocked 156 feet, and following a preliminary
investigation, the train, en route from Marshall, Tex. to New
Orleans, was allowed to proceed. D. K. Timmons of Shreveport was
the train's conductor.

  The sisters were reportedly in Alexandria to settle the estate
of Mrs. McCartney's husband, who died August 14. She was in
Natchitoches Parish Hospital at the time of his death.

  Funeral services for Mrs. McCartney were held Wednesday, August
25, at 10 a.m., in Robeline Baptist Church, of which she was a
member, with the Rev. Oliver Prothro, and the Rev. J. C. Rousseau
officiating. Interment was in Robeline Cemetery, under the
direction of First National Funeral Home.

  She is survived by a brother, Fred Cutrer of Robeline; a sister,
Mrs. Ross Stoker, also of Robeline; and a number of nieces and
nephews.

  Pallbearers were Fred Cooper, Glenn Flenniken, Gene Sherrill,
Sheriff Sam James, Jack Winn, Jack Bell, Jewell, Dillard, and
John Sanders.

  Mrs. McCartney was a graduate of Louisiana State Normal School,
now Northwestern State College, and taught in Sabine and
Natchitoches Parish schools. She was retired, and taught music,
and was bookkeeper for a general mercantile store in Robeline,
that she and her husband operated.

  She was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Cutrer,
pioneer residents of Robeline.