Obituaries:  Thurman Middleton, Sabine, Natchitoches Parish       M-343
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Aug 1, 1990
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Thurman Middleton

  Services for Mr. Thurman Middleton, 74, were held at 11 a.m.,
Thursday, July 26, at the Marthaville Baptist Church. Rev. Sammy
Giddens, and Rev. Ray Dyess officiated. Burial followed, with
Masonic rites, in the Marthaville Cemetery, under the direction
of Rose-Neath's Mansfield Chapel.

  Mr. Middleton died Tuesday, July 24, at Schumpert Medical
Center, following a lengthy illness. He was a native, and
lifelong resident of Marthaville, where he operated Middleton's
Grocery for over 30 years. He was a member of the Marthaville
Masonic Lodge #453 F&AM, a charter member of the Order of the
Eastern Star, Marthaville Chapter #223, a member of the
Natchitoches Farm Bureau, the American Quarterhorse Association,
and Louisiana Cattlemen's Association.

  Survivors include Marie Smith Middleton, his wife of 52 years,
of Marthaville; three daughters and their families, Billie Ann
and Harold Pierce, Jim, and Richard Prudhomme, and Glen Pierce,
all of Carthage, Texas, Shirley and Randall Hennigan, and Leah
Ann, and Angela Henningan of Marthaville, Pam and Ron Dyes, and
Dean Dyes of Marthaville; one sister, Ruby Gray of Houston,
Texas; one sister-in-law, Billie Jean Warren of Shreveport.

  Pallbearers were members of the Masonic lodge.

  Honorary pallbearers were Reginald Moore, Dale Moore, robert
Baxter Sr., James Hall, Hoyt birdwell, Floyd Glover, and Arden
Settle Sr.