Hopkins Co., TX - Obit - Nathan A. Flippin
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FLIPPIN, NATHAN A. - Deputy Sheriff. His tragic death on last Sunday morning
has cast a pall of sorrow over Sulphur Springs and the entire of Hopkins
county. Nathan Flippin was born and reared at Flora, 19 miles northeast of
this city. He was 32 years of age. In 1907, he was appointed Constable of
Prec. No. 5 to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Felix Nelson.
In 1908 he was elected to the office, without opposition. In this, his first
public service, he discharged his duties in such a prompt and efficient
manner, that John R. Ray offered him the position of Chief Deputy in the
Sheriff's office, on his election in 1910. Nathan accepted the position;
served four full years under Sheriff Ray, and was again appointed Chief Deputy
under Sheriff J. B. Butler, at the beginning of his term in November 1914,
which position he held at the time of his death. Buried in the City cemetery
with Woodmen of The World honors. Munden's band followed the procession to the
cemetery. Eld. Fuqua of Arkansas took charge of the funeral. (Sulphur Springs
Gazette, Fri., Sept. 3, 1915) (Mr. Flippin was killed by a black man. In the
trouble, two black men were involved; both taken to the Sulphur Springs City
park and burned.)