Obituaries: Virgil Crippen, 1946, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: May 21, 1946 Winnfield News-American

Last Rites Today For Virgil Crippen, 47, of Winnfield

Local Railroad Man Dies Thursday Morning at Alexandria

Funeral services for Virgil Crippen, 47, who died in an Alexandria hospital at
12:35 a.m. yesterday, Thursday, after a brief illness, will be conducted this
afternoon at 4 o'clock at the First Baptist Church with Rev. H. H. McBride,
pastor, officiating.  Interment will follow in the Winnfield Cemetery under
the direction of the Southern Funeral Home.

A railroad man for 28 years, Mr. Crippen was first employed by the Tremont and
Gulf railway on January 1, 1918 as a fireman, and several years later became a
brakeman, which position he held until he was stricken.  Pallbearers are
former associates at the company, including Ed Gassiott, J. T. Steen, Dan
Page, Houston Smith, Andrew Jenkins, and Jim Taylor.

Mr. Crippen was a member of the First Baptist Church and of the Masonic
fraternity.

He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Hattie Porter Crippen; mother, Mrs. Mattie
Crippen of Jefferson, Texas; three brothers, Frank and J. W. Crippen of
Winnfield and Claude Crippen of Houston, Texas, and a sister, Mrs. Willie
Goodwin of Fort Worth, Texas.