Obituary of Estelle Helton Thorn, Caldwell Parish, Louisiana Submitted by Kim Wise Source: Riser Funeral Home Date: August 28, 2004 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** Obituary: Estelle Helton Thorn March 3, 2004 Services for Estelle Helton Thorn, age 83, of Kelly will be held at 11 a.m., Wednesday, March 3, 2004 from the chapel of Riser Funeral Home in Columbia with Rev. Jimmy Goodman officiating. Interment will follow in the Little Star Cemetery east of Kelly. Mrs. Thorn was born in Clarks on April 2, 1920 to the union of Fred and Mittie Strebeck Helton and died Monday, March 1, 2004 at the Rapides Regional Medical Center in Alexandria. She was a retired nurse's aide with the Haven Nursing Center in Columbia and a member of the Holum Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband: Arvil W. Thorn and her son: Glen Thorn. Survivors include her grandsons: Terry Thorn of Pollock, Ricky Thorn of Logansport and Shannon Thorn of Olla, her daughter-in- law: Dianne Thorn of Olla, her great-grandchildren: Rindee Thorn, Mistin Thorn, Colby Thorn and Colin Thorn and her sister: Myrtle Braddock of West Monroe. Pallbearers will be Bob Allbritton, Robert Lowe, Kent Roark, Iley Evans, Eddie Peavy and Mitch Bratton. Honorary pallbearers are Bill Kerry and Howard Strebeck.