Lincoln County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....Thurman, Mary Catherine April 29, 1931



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The Ruston Leader, Wednesday, April 29, 1931
The Ruston Leader, Wednesday, April 29, 1931 (front page)
Mrs. Thurmon Succumbs At Home of Son; Funeral Services Will Be Held Tuesday 
Morning At Ten O’Clock;  (From Monday’s Daily)
	Following a sudden attack of illness at eleven o’clock last night Mrs. 
Mary Catherine Thurman, aged 76 and wife of the late Dr. J M. Thurmon, died at 
one o’clock this morning at the home of her son Dr. John Thurmon at 505 North 
Trenton Street.
	Mrs. Thurmon who has been making her home here with a daughter, Mrs. 
W. H. Cook since Dr. Thurmon’s death about five years age had been in 
apparently good health, and her death came as a distinct shock to even her own 
family. She was born in New Orleans where she lived until she came to Jackson 
Parish, now Lincoln, to live. She later married and lived the remainder of her 
live in a and around Ruston.
	Mrs. Thurmon was a faithful member of the Methodist church, and her 
life was one of devotion to her church and to her ten children who survive 
her. They are Mrs. W. H. Cook, Mrs. A. M. Ponder, L.H. Thurmon and Dr. John 
Thurmon all of Ruston; and Mrs. T. J. Ford, Search, Arkansas; Mrs. J. B. Bond 
and R. A. Thurmon of Longview, Texas; S. E Thurmon of Vernon, Texas and W. F. 
Thurmon of Monroe. Two brothers, Stewart Broadwell of Ruston and Wesley 
Broadwell of Gibsland, and a sister Mrs. Florence Thurmon of Dallas, Texas 
also survive.
	Funeral services will be held at the residence of Mrs. Cook on North 
Vienna Street at ten o’clock with the Rev. H. M. Johnson, pastor of Trinity 
Methodist church in charge. Interment will follow in Greenwood cemetery under 
the direction of B. F. McLure and company, local undertakers.
	Pallbearers for the funeral will be: Honorary: J. D. Holland, P. W. 
Baskerville, Abe Harris, E. L. Tuden, Dr. W. S. Calhoun, J. W. Cheatwood, Dr. 
Frank Roberts, C. E. Shallenberger. Active: Abe Cann, Homer Warren, J. H. 
Mays, Frank Price, A. W. Hadley, A. E. Phillips, J. T. Folk, Tom Cook, M. M. 
McLeod.


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