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Submitted: 4/11/21 • Approved: 7/30/21 • Last Updated: 8/2/21 • R407885-G0-S3
TEXAS
PRIVATE US Army
81 Field Artillery 8 Division
March 20, 1899 - March 30, 1939
*Front Page News Article
CARL PHIPPS DIES FROM HEAD WOUND
Carl Phipps, 39, world war veteran, was accidentally killed at 5 p. m. Thursday while hunting in a pasture near Maysfield.
Phipps was found shortly after he left his home in Cameron to go hunting near the home his mother, Mrs. Clay Phipps at Maysfield. Silas Coker of Maysfield found the fatally wounded veteran as he lay near a fence. One leg was entangled in the wire of the fence and friends hare said there was no doubt the shot gun he was carrying was accidentally discharged as he attempted to get through the wire. Near the body was a 410 gauge shot gun from which one shell had been discharged, the contents striking Phipps in the head.
Mr. Coker went to the home of Bill Thweatt, brother in law of Phipps and both summoned Justice John Thweatt who held the inquest. It was believed Phipps lay wounded for more than an hour before found by Mr. Coker. He died shortly after being found.
Phipps' car was found parked on the highway not far from where the body was found. The body was placed in the Phipps car but the ignition key could not be found. With Gilbert, a friend of the family, came to Cameron for Mrs. Phipps and to get a key to fit the car.
Mr. Phipps was a native of Milam county. He enlisted in the Army at the age 17 years.
Before moving to Cameron he lived at North Elm and was a prosperous farmer. Last year his right leg was badly burned. He spent several months in a hospital at Kerrville and had been living in Cameron for some time.
Survivors are, his widow, Mrs. Carl Phipps, one son John and a daughter, Dorris. His mother, Mrs. Clay Phipps lives in Maysfield.
Five brothers survive and are: Richard, William, Clay, J. B. and Floyd Phipps, all of Maysfield. Four sisters, surviving are: Mrs. Bill Thweatt of Maysfield, Mrs. Roy Weems of Cameron, Mrs. Milton Weems of Maysfield and Mrs. Jesse Newton of Buckholts.
Funeral services will be conducted from the First Baptist church of Cameron Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Interment will be in Oak Hill cemetery with Coleman Funeral Home directing arrangements.
The Cameron Herald(Cameron, Texas), 30 Mar 1939, Thu, Page 1
Family Members
Parents
William Clay Phipps
1859-1918
Mary Elizabeth Morris Phipps
1872-1950
Spouse
Neida Mae McDonald Phipps Clark
1901-1996 (m. 1919)
Siblings
Richard Tivas Phipps
1890-1979
William Marvin Phipps
1892-1971
Floyd Lafayette Phipps
1894-1969
Etta Euphalia Phipps Weems
1895-1969
Bertha Mae Phipps Weems
1897-1960
Edith Ola Phipps Newton
1901-1964
Henry Clay Phipps
1903-1966
Leila Thomas Phipps Thweatt
1906-1981
J. B. Phipps
1908-1981
Children
John Edward Phipps
1921-2007
Doris O. Phipps Starnes
1924-2015
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Contributed on 4/11/21 by lynst.peters62
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