Morris Co., TX - Obits: R. I. Dunlap ***************************************************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb by: John Wardlow USGenWeb Archives. Copyright. All rights reserved http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ***************************************************** Former Citizen Buried Here March 25, 1923 R. I. Dunlap, aged 67 years died last Sunday night at his home in Sulphur Springs. His death resulted from pneumonia and he was ill only a few days. Mr. Dunlap was nightwatchman for a cotton compress company in Sulphur Springs, and while on duty Sunday night, March 18, he was stricken with a sudden and unexpected attack of the vertigo. He was rendered unconscious by the attack and was not found until the next morning. As will be remembered this was the coldest night of the year, and as a result of the exposure, Mr. Dunlap contracted pneumonia, and other complications which brought about his death. Mr. Dunlap resided in Daingerfield up until about 20 years ago when he moved to Sulphur Springs at which place he remained up until his death. He was well known in Daingerfield and has many friends here who will regret very much upon learning of his death. He is survived by his wife and one son, Howard Dunlap, who resides in San Francisco, Calif. Also a brother, Dr. W. F. Dunlap of Cason. The remains of the deceased were shipped to Daingerfield and interred in the cemetery there Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Rev. W. A. Darden conducting the services. Exposure Causes Death of Sulphur Springs Man Special To The Times Herald Sulphur Springs, Texas, March 27-- R. I. Dunlap, aged 68, died at his residence on College street, this city, at 2 o'clock this morning, after lingering one week from the time he was found at 3:30 o'clock last Tuesday morning half a mile from the cotton compress, stiff with cold, his clothes partly frozen and feet entangled in a barbed wire fence in the northeast suburbs. Burial will take place at Daingerfield whence he came to Sulphur Springs about thirty years ago. He is survived by his wife and one son, Howard Dunlap, who arrived from Long Beach, Cal. before death came. Deceased was employed as nightwatchman at the cotton compress, and while making his rounds at 2:30 o'clock last Thursday morning fell from the platform, wandering away in a dazed condition. He had been exposed to the cold for five hours when found.