Obituaries: Rowell Arnold Thigpen, Sr., 1973, Winn Parish, LA Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** From: May 30, 1973 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American R. A. Thigpen, Sr., Former Winn Juror, Succumbs Rowell Arnold Thigpen, Sr., 86, of Hebron Community, near Sikes, died at 5 a.m. Tuesday, May 29, 1973 in the Caldwell Hospital at Columbia after a lengthy illness. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. today in the Old Hebron Baptist Church with the Rev. E. D. Dearmon and the Rev. C. R. Weatherford officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery. Mr. Thigpen was a retired farmer, a former Police Jury member from Ward 3, lifelong resident of the Hebron Community, and a member of Hebron Church for 65 years. Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Eleanor Thigpen of Hebron Community, two sons, Grafton Thigpen and R. A. Thigpen, Jr., both of Hebron; two brothers, W. I. Thigpen and B. E. Thigpen, both of Hebron; and four grandchildren. Pallbearers included Belvin, Archie, and Bennie Thigpen, Elvin McClary (McCarty?), Alvin Pepper, Clyde Herring.