Obituaries: Thelma Page Gorham, 1943, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: October 21, 1943 Winn Parish Enterprise

Mrs. J. R. Gorham, Jr., Succumbs Oct. 21

Mrs. John Robert Gorham, Jr., 37, succumbed suddenly from a heart attack at
her home here Thursday morning, October 21, 1943, at 7 o'clock.  She had
undergone an operation for appendicitis at a local clinic last week and had
improved sufficiently to be moved to her home.  Her death came as a shock to a
large number of friends and relatives.

Mrs. Gorham, before her marriage was Miss Thelma Page.  She was born and
reared in Winnfield and was a member of the East Winnfield Baptist Church.

Funeral arrangements had not been completed pending the arrival of a sister
from California.  Burial will be made in the East Winnfield Cemetery.

Mrs. Gorham is survived by her husband, John Robert Gorham, Jr., and three
children, Wynonia, 13, Billy Thomas, 8, and Lawrence, 3; her mother, Mrs. M.
L. Page, who resided with her daughter; and the following sisters and
brothers: Miss Mary Page, New Orleans; Mrs. Clara Gray, Torrence, Calif.;
Henry Page, New Orleans; Stephen Page, Port Arthur, Texas; and Dan and Wiley
Page, Winnfield.