Newton County GaArchives Obituaries.....Mrs. R. H. (Octavia) Thompson February 1904 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Phyllis Thompson mandpthompson@bellsouth.net October 23, 2003, 9:49 pm The Georgia Enterprise, Feb. 19, 1904 Death of Mrs. R. H. Thompson Mrs. Octavia Thompson, wife of Mr. R. H. Thompson, died at her home in this city last Friday morning between the hours of 1 and 2 o'clock after a long illness. She was sixty eight years of age and one of the best known women in Covington. She has been identified with the methodist church since early life and was always a constant member until her health failed. She is survived by her husband and five children, Horace Thompson, of Atlanta, Will Thompson, of Calumet, Ala., F. H. Thompson, of Gainsville, A. B. Thompson, of Mansfield, and Miss Ida Thompson of Covington. The funeral services were conducted from the Midway Methodist church Saturday morning by Rev. G. W. Duvall and assisted by Dr. J. E. Dickey. The interment was in West View cemetery. This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb