Obit: 1934, Franklin Parish, LA
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Mrs. Mary B. Gunn Boothe
Mr. Thomas Ezekiel Busby

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The Franklin Sun     Winnsboro, LA      January 11, 1934
Submitted September 2006 by: Glenda Warner Boyd
 
IN MEMORIAM (Mrs. Mary B. Gunn Boothe)
 
On January 4, 1934, the spirit of God came into the heart of 
Mary B. Gunn Boothe and severed the chain that linked her soul to 
its temple of clay. Rest, sweet rest at last. No more pain, no more sorrow now, 
and that once mortal frame, by the inevitable law of the Father of nature must 
perish--must decay, and go back to the dust from which it was made; while the soul, 
immortalized by the Son of God, is now following that light from the candles of glory, 
held aloft in the hands of angels to guide it across the valley of death.
 
Mary had been the victim of that dreaded T.B. for four years and confined to her bed for 
four months. All earthly efforts had been made for her restoration to health but it was not 
the will of the maker for her to linger in this world of sorrow, but to meet Him in the skies 
where the soul never dies.
 
The deceased was just in her 25th year, being the last of her family to be taken by this 
disease. She was born and raised at Gilbert, La. She leaves a husband, Louis Boothe, uncles 
and cousins, and a host of friends to mourn her loss. In this your hour of sorrow, we give 
our heartfelt sympathy; and remind you, that, those words, commanding that the body must perish, 
was never meant for the soul; which begins with the body at the dawn of life and remains in 
its mortal mold of clay, until divorced by the hands of God; and then---it enjoys a day whose 
sun never sets---it rises with a tide that, knowing no ebb, rolls on to the sea of immortality---
as an eagle that soars, but not with weary wings, that compels descent; it rises by a law of 
spiritual attraction, the glory of which draws the Heaven born spirit, upward in all its 
affections, till earth finally is no longer the abode of genial friendship---'till Heaven 
becomes the mighty magnet dissolving all earthly ties in its welcome embrace.
 
A FRIEND

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The Franklin Sun       Winnsboro, LA      June 21, 1934
Submitted by: Glenda Warner Boyd
 
Mr. Thomas Ezekiel Busby
 
IN MEMORY
 
The grim reaper of death has made another call, and the summons was issued to one 
of the leading citizens of Crowville community, Mr. T. E. Busby, who died Saturday 
June 9th at 3 p.m. He was attacked by a stroke of paralysis on June 8th about 5 p.m. 
and did not regain consciousness. His health had been failing him for some four of 
five years; but being an active farmer, and avoiding the idea of giving up his 
active work, he kept going, and only recently learned that he had excessive high 
blood pressure, which resulted in the stroke of paralysis.
 
Mr. Busby was born in Lincoln County, Miss. on Aug. 27, 1870, where he resided 
until young manhood, when he moved to Louisiana at the age of 21. Here he was 
married to Miss Mary McCarty and to this union, seven children were born, six of 
whom survive him.
 
He resided in Winn Parish until 1908 when he moved to Franklin Parish and settled 
in the Liddieville community where he remained for several years, and returned to 
Sikes, La., but again moved to Franklin parish in 1916 and settled on a farm known 
as the old Richland plantation, near Crowville, where he was considered as one of 
the best farmers of the community.
 
Mr. Busby was recognized by all, who knew him, to be a very quiet and peaceable 
citizen. A man who worked for , and appreciated true friendship. He was at all 
times very active in supporting all worthy moves which he considered would be for 
the betterment of the community, parish, state or nation. A man who was devoted 
to his family, and was at all times endeavoring to work for the future, best 
interest of same.
 
He had been a member of the Baptist church for more than forty years, and had 
served as a deacon of the church for 35 years, always rendering the best service 
possible to be given. He was made a Master Mason some forty years ago, and was a 
devout believer in the mysteries of Free Masonry. He assisted in the organization 
of Crowville Lodge No. 370, being one of its charted members, and afterwards 
serving as Master of the lodge. He was also a charter member of the Eastern Star 
Chapter of Crowville. His work in all organizations will be remembered by those 
who were associated with him as one who served well, and worked for the best 
interest of those principles which lead toward making the world better by having 
passed this way.
 
Those of the immediate family who are left to mourn his loss: are his wife, 
Mrs. Mary Busby, five daughters, Mrs. Jake Neatherland of Crowville, 
Mrs. Johnnie Walters of Winnsboro, Mrs. Fannie Walters of Crowville, 
Mrs. Rufus Ezell of Crowville, and Miss Naomi Busby of Monroe, and Otto Busby, 
a son of Crowville.
 
A FRIEND

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