Obituary of SAM J. THIGPEN, LaSalle Parish, Louisiana

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From The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La.  
Microfilm at the LaSalle Parish Library located in Jena, LaSalle Parish, La.

Many Thanks to The Times - Signal and to the LaSalle Parish Library for 
allowing the following to be added to the Archives.





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Date:  May 11, 1933

Headline:  Sam Thigpen Dies in Arkansas After Operation Sunday
(By Beverly Taylor)

News was received here on Monday telling of the untimely death of Sam J. 
Thigpen, who passed away at his home in the Missouri Pacific Hospital in 
Little Rock, Arkansas, last Sunday evening at 8 o'clock.

Mr. Thigpen will be remembered as the husband of Miss Bertha Warner, daughter 
of Mr. and Mrs. W. Y. Warner, of Jena.  He had been in ill health for 
sometime and his death was caused from an operation.

Funeral services were held at Rayville on Monday afternoon.  The following 
from Jena attended the funeral services:  Mr. and Mrs. W. Y. Warner, Mr. and 
Mrs. A. C. Warner, Mrs. C. F. Wade, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Reed, and Misses 
Nellie Warner, Beverly Lantrip, Lester Lantrip and Rodgers Warner.