Obituaries:  O. B. Thompson, 1963, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From:  February 7, 1963 Winn Parish Enterprise-News American


Final Rites Held For O. B. Thompson At Crossroads

Oscar Bowen Thompson, 83, died at 9 p.m. January 31, 1963, in a Winnfield
hospital after a long illness.  He was a former member for 30 years of the
Louisiana State Parole Board, and was associated in the oil business withe
late Governor O. K. Allen for many years.  He was the first promoter of
the Tullos oil field.  During the administrations of the late Governors
Huey P. Long and O. K. Allen, he was politically prominent.

At the time of his death, he was a resident of the Old Thompson homeplace
near Castor Creek, Route One, Tullos.

Last rites were conducted Saturday, February 2, at the Crossroads Baptist
Church with the pastor, Rev. W. W. Broadway officiating, assisted by a
Jena minister.  Burial was in the Magnolia Cemetery.

Mr. Thompson is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lorena Wood Thompson; one
daughter, Mrs. Norman (Addie) Thornton of Tullos; one son, M. J. Thompson
of Angleton, Texas; one sister, Mrs. Harry Coffer, of Jena; two brothers,
Barlowe Thompson of Jena, and Atman Thompson of Shreveport; one grandson,
Jeff Thompson, Angleton, Texas; one granddaughter, Marjorie Thompson,
student at Monroe.