1927 Birthday Celebration of Mrs. S. S. Thomas, formerly of Marion, Union Parish Submitted for the Union Parish Louisiana USGenWeb Archives by Shawn Martin, 6/2007 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ ================================================================================== ================================================================================== 1927 Birthday Celebration of Mrs. S. S. Thomas, formerly of Marion, Union Parish The Dallas Morning Star, Jan. 9, 1927 ================================================================================== ================================================================================== Shreveport Mayor’s Mother 91 Years Old SHREVEPORT, La., Jan. 8 (Sp) – Mrs. S. S. Thomas, 91 years old, mother of Mayor L. E. Thomas of Shreveport, observed her birthday anniversary Jan. 6 at the old family home at Marion, Union Parish. Her husband, the late B. B. Thomas, was engaged in the mercantile business at Marion and Alabama Landing, Union Parish, more than half a century. Mayor and Mrs. Thomas went to Marion this week to spend the weekend. ================================================================================== NOTE: Susan S. George (6 Jan 1836 - 13 Sept 1928), daughter of Rev. Elias George, married Burrell B. Thomas (17 Sept 1835 - 4 Apr 1915) on 24 October 1854 in Union Parish. Thomas worked as a merchant in Marion for his adult life. ##################################################################################