Dougherty County GaArchives Obituaries.....Louise Pearce Tompkins  May 17 1956
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Albany Herald May 20, 1956

"Mrs. Tompkins Funeral Will Be Held Sunday"

Funeral services for Mrs. Louise Tompkins, 59, who died Thursday afternoon at 
her home on the Mock Road, after a prolonged illness will be held Sunday 
afternoon at 2 p.m. in the chapel of the Albany Undertaking Company.
Services will be conducted by Chaplain Charles W. Stipek and Chaplain Roscoe E. 
Bell both of Turner Air Force Base. Interment will follow at Crown Hill 
Cemetery.
Serving as pallbearers will be W. B. Jackson, lewis L. Rogers, Ed Wilder, 
Howard Nowell, Tobby Macker, and Clarence E. Rubadou Jr.
An honorary escort will be formed by Leo Leader, George Mock, O. D. Culpepper, 
George Sabados, Frank Faulk, Whitfield Gunnels, Dr. Thomas D. Johnson, R. E. 
McCormack Sr. and Joe A. Meyer.
Mrs. Tompkins was born in Albany and reared in Cuthbert. Before her marriage 
she was the former Miss Louise Pearce, daughter of Philip E. Pearce and the 
late Carrie Massey Pearce of Albany.
Before her illness she was prominently identified with music circles of the 
city. For the last eight years she had been organist at the Turner Field Chapel 
and prior to that time she had served as organist for many of the local 
churches. She was a member of the Albany Womens's Club and a member of the 
Methodist Church.
She is survived by her husband, Albert H. Tompkins of Albany; a daughter, Mrs. 
Charles D. Poole of Japan; a son, Albert H. Tompkins Jr. of Norwalk, Calif; 
father Philip E. Pearce of Albany; two aunts Mrs. Mabel Massey Rogers and Mrs. 
E. P. Nowlin, both of Albany and five grandchildren.
The Albany Undertaking Company is in charge of arrangements.



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