Obituaries: David Ross Taylor, 1969, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: January 9, 1969 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

First Traffic Fatality 1969

David Taylor Is Killed On U. S. 84

Winn's first traffic fatality of 1969 is 19 year old David Ross Taylor, of
Winnfield, who died instantly when the car he was driving hit a bridge 1.8
miles east of Winnfield on U. S. 84.  Time of the accident was 12:10 a.m.
January 6.

Taylor was traveling west on 84 in a 1967 Dodge Coronet, when he lost control
of the auto on a curve, dropped off the road on the right side, crossed back
on the left side of the road, and hit the guard rail.  The auto then slid
down the guard rail to Port de Luce Creek relief bridge, struck the bridge
abutment before going over the rail, traveling 47 feet to the edge of the
water on the bank of the opposite side.  The driver and an occupant, Charles
Cockerham, 16, of Winnfield, were thrown from the car, causing instant death
for Taylor.  Cockerham received lacerations, cuts, and bruises, and was able
to walk to the ambulance which took him to Winnfield General Hospital where he
is receiving treatment.

Funeral services for Taylor were held Tuesday, January 7 in the chapel of
Hixson Brothers Funeral Home, Rev. Homer Ivy officiating.  Interment was
in Garden of Memories Cemetery.

He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Taylor of Winnfield; one
brother, Russell Taylor of Dallas, Texas; two sisters, Mrs. Suzanne Stevenson
of Richardson, Texas, and Miss Margaret Ann Taylor of Dallas, Texas; his
maternal grandmother, Mrs. T. D. Thornton, Ashdown, Ark.

A native of Ashdown, Arkansas, he was a 1967 graduate of Winnfield High School
and had attended LSU.

Acting as pallbearers were John G. Crooks, Ronald Brazzell, Larry Paulson,
Benton Teddlie, Steve Vines, and Wayne Moore.