Houston-Monroe-Lamar County GaArchives Obituaries.....Thurmond, Charles Archibald February 16, 1949
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Native Forsythian, Prominent Perry Citizen, Dies at age 94
     Perry, Ga. - Charles Archibald Thurmond, prominent 94-year-old retired 
merchant and farmer of Perry died February 16 at the residence of his 
daughter, Mrs. May Thurmond Andrew.  Funeral services were conducted the 
following afternoon at Gardner Watson Funeral Home here by the Rev. J. B. 
Smith, pastor of Perry Methodist Church.  Burial was in Evergreen Cemetery.
     Mr. Thurmond was born October 6, 1854, in Forsyth, and was the oldest man 
in Houston County.
     Survivors are three daughters, Mrs. Andrew, Miss Olga Thurmond, of Perry, 
and Fay D. Thomaston, of Columbus; one brother, George F. Thurmond, of 
Griffin; one half brother, Dr. Thomas Thurmond, of Griffin; two half sisters, 
Mrs. George D. Hall, of Barnesville, and Mrs. Ivan D. Johnson, of Forsyth; 
several nieces and nephews.
     Mr. Thurmond was a member of the Barnesville Blues, widely known National 
Guard unit, and a graduate of Hilliard Institute.  He was a life-time member 
of the Methodist Church and had made his home in Perry 75 years.

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