Obituaries: Betty Moore Wheat, 1958, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: November 13, 1958 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Falls Under Car, Is Killed

Sikes Woman Is Victim Of Freak Auto Accident

A freak accident late Tuesday claimed the life of Mrs. Rudolph Wheat, 19 year
old resident of the Hebron Community near Sikes in Winn Parish.  She was
the 13th auto accident victim in the parish this year.

Winn Sheriff R. S. Jordan said that Mrs. Wheat died instantly when she fell
from the auto she was backing from the driveway at their home about two miles
east of Hebron Church on the Sikes-Grayson road.  She was pinned under the
wheel.  Jordan said that as Mrs. Wheat was backing the auto from the driveway
onto the highway, she had the car door open.  The vehicle rolled completely
across the road and down the grade on the opposite side.  Mrs. Wheat fell from
the car and the left front wheel rolled over her chest.

In the car with Mrs. Wheat at the time was Barbara Neal Tullos, Jordan said.

Mrs. Wheat's husband is employed as a sawmill worker near Sikes.  They are the
parents of a seven month old child, William R. Wheat.  She is the former Betty
Moore of Grayson, Route 2.

In addition to her husband and child, Mrs. Wheat is survived by her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Nervie Moore of Grayson, Route 2; six brothers, Billy R., Don W.,
Roy L., Buddy P., Clarence M., and Nervie D. Moore, all of Grayson, Route 2;
two sisters, Mrs. Lucille Varnell of Columbia and Miss Frances Moore of
Grayson, Route 2.

Funeral services were held at Hebron Church at 1 p.m. today (Thursday). 
Burial was to be in Jena under direction of Southern Funeral Home of
Winnfield.

The victim's husband was summoned to the scene by Miss Tullos.  He rolled the
vehicle from her but Mrs. Wheat was already dead, having been killed "almost
instantly," according to Deputy Coroner Dr. John McElwee.