Obituary of Ben Morgan Thomas

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Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2003
From: http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00001.html#0000008
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Ben Morgan Thomas 
Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, December 8, 1938 
Death Claims Ben M. Thomas 
   Ben Morgan Thomas, 33 years old, died at the home of his mother, 
Mrs. Nettie A. Thomas, on Slate Avenue Monday, December 5, after an 
illness of some fourteen years' duration.  Mr. Thomas' illness dates 
back to his 19th year, when he was taken ill with a spinal affliction, 
which slowly paralyzed his limbs.  For the past year or so he had been 
able to move about with difficulty. 
   Funeral services were held at the residence Wednesday morning, 
December 7th, at 10:30 o'clock, conducted by the Rev. Henry S. Ficklin, 
followed by interment in the family lot in the Owingsville Cemetery. 
   He was the son of the late Mark Thomas and besides his mother is 
survived by four sisters, Mrs. Henry Jackson, of Alton, Mo., Mrs. Boys 
McCarty and Mrs. T. Epperson, of Mt. Sterling, and Mrs. Carroll Stull, 
of this county; five brothers, Richard Thomas, of Nicholas county, 
John Arnold Thomas, of Montgomery, and Edward, Jack and Watson Thomas, 
of Owingsville. 
   Pall bearers were Dee Thomas, Mark Thomas, John Conyers, Billy 
Power, Joe Foley, Jr., Johnnie Stone, John D. Power and Richard Hart.