Obituaries: Max Thieme, 1955, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: July 7, 1955 Winn Parish Enterprise

Max Thieme, 82, Head of Chevrolet Co., Died July 2

Max Alvin Thieme, 82, first Winnfield automobile dealer and resident since
1967, died at 11:30 p.m. Saturday night of a heart ailment in a local
hospital.  He had been ill for some time.

A native of Burkstadt, Germany, Mr. Thieme came to the United States in 1881,
and after living in Ohio moved to Winnfield in 1907.  At that time he was a
sheet metal worker.

Seven years later he entered the automobile sales business.  Since 1927 he has
been president of Max Thieme Chevrolet Co., Inc.  Active in local civic
affairs, Mr. Thieme was a former member of the Winnfield Board of Aldermen and
organized the first Winnfield volunteer fire department in 1908.

Funeral services were conducted at 10 a.m. Monday at the Southern Funeral Home
Chapel, with Rev. W. L. Holcomb officiating.  Burial was in the Winnfield
Cemetery.

Pallbearers were managers and employees of the Max Thieme Chevrolet Co.,
Russell N. Smith, O. T. White, Bennie Roberts, G. C. McCarty, James Vines, and
Woodrow Fordham.

Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Nina Bradford Thieme; a stepson, Lt. Col.
Henry F. Ledbetter, Barksdale Air Force Base; one stepdaughter, Mrs. Eddie
Baden; one sister, Mrs. Ida C. Hofmann, New York City; one niece, Miss Melita
Hofmann, New York City; three nephews, D. L. Hofmann, Winnfield, A. E. and V.
E. Hofmann, both of Toledo, Ohio.