Obituaries: Virgil Crippen, 1946, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: July 20, 1946 Winn Parish Enterprise

Virgil Crippen Succumbs After Short Illness

The death of Virgil Crippen, well known railway employee of Winnfield,
occurred at the Baptist Hospital in Alexandria Thursday, June 20, at 12:35
a.m. after an illness of only three days.

Mr. Crippen was stricken at his home Monday night and was rushed to the
hospital by ambulance.  It was learned that he had suffered a stroke from
which his death resulted.

His wife, members of his family, with close friends were at the bedside when
he passed away.

The deceased was born at Roamsboro, Texas, December 15, 1897.  The son of Mrs.
Mattie Hays Crippen of Jefferson, Texas, and the late D. C. Crippen, the
deceased is survived by his wife, the former Hattie Porter whom he married in
1921; his mother, three brothers, Frank and Jim Crippen of Winnfield and
Claude Crippen of Houston, Texas; one sister, Mrs. Willie Goodwin of Fort
Worth, Texas.

Mr. Crippen came to Winnfield from Texas twenty-eight years ago and has been
employed as a brakeman and extra conductor for the Tremont and Gulf Railway
here for twenty-eight years.  He was a member of the Winnfield Baptist Church,
Masonic Lodge, and the Eastern Star.

Funeral services will be held tomorrow, June 21, at the First Baptist Church
in Winnfield with Rev. H. H. McBride, pastor officiating.

Funeral arrangements will be under the direction of Southern Funeral Home and
the time of the last rites and names of pallbearers had not been arranged in
time for this issue of the paper.

Besides relatives, Mr. Crippen leaves a host of friends in this vicinity.