Obituaries: Berry Irvin Thigpen, 1979, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: April 4, 1979 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Irvin Thigpen

Services for Ervin Thigpen, 83, of Hebron Community were held at 2 p.m.
Tuesday at Hebron Baptist Church near Sikes with the Revs. Jack Head and Glyn
Mixon officiating.

Burial was in the church cemetery with Masonic grave rites under the direction
of Riser and Son Funeral Home in Columbia.

Mr. thigpen died Sunday, April 1, 1979 in Caldwell Memorial Hospital in
Columbia after a brief illness.

Mr. Thigpen was member of Hebron Baptist Church and Rosemary Lodge No. 278 F.
& A. M. He was a retired farmer and a World War I veteran.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Evelyn Thigpen of Sikes; a son, Bennie
Thigpen of West Monroe; three daughters, Mrs. Ruth May of Grayson, Mrs.
Earlene May and Mrs. Maxine May, both of West Monroe; 11 grandchildren, and
nine great grandchildren.