Obituaries: Annabelle Swanson Thomas, 1933, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: June 8, 1933 Winn Parish Enterprise

Last Rites Held For Mrs. Thomas Thursday 4:30

Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl M. Swanson Dies After Several Weeks Illness

Mrs. Melvin Thomas, 27 years of age, died at the St. Francis Sanitarium,
Monroe, Wednesday morning, 2:30 o'clock, following an illness of several
weeks.  Funeral services were conducted at First Baptist Church Thursday
afternoon at 4:30 o'clock.  Ministers conducting the rites were the Rev. Alwin
Stokes and the Rev. Ellis Smith, of Winnfield, Rev. John L. Dodge, Jonesboro,
and Rev. John Kitchenham, Columbia.  Interment was in the family plot in
Winnfield Cemetery.  A host of sorrowing relatives and friends attended the
last rites.

Active pallbearers were Zack Lawrence, Pleasant Heard, Alex Hill, Bill White,
John Emerson, and Tracy Harrell.  Acting as honorary pallbearers were Charles
Walsworth, Bryant Sholars, D. E. Sikes, A. L. Smith, George Bell Payne, W. T.
Heflin, V. L. Brumfield, Harry Fuller, Johnny Wright, Carver DeLoach, Lloyd
Key, Max Branch, A. Peterson, L. F. Morrison, Edgar Jackson, J. W. Perdue, A.
T. Drewett, Matt Milam, E. J. Byrnes, Dr. A. W. Radescich, W. W. Allen, B. L.
Anderson, J. N. Hyde, J. W. Mitchell, and A. I. Talton.

Mrs. Thomas, before her marriage, was Miss Annabelle Swanson, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Carl M. Swanson.  She attended school here and after her graduation
completed a course at Louisiana Tech and the University of Colorado.  For the
past several years she has been teaching in the Winnfield Grammar School,
where she took a leading part in the Parent-Teacher organization and school
activities.  She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Winnfield.

Mrs. Thomas was regarded as one of Winnfield's most beloved young women and
her death came as a distinct shock to the community.

Surviving the deceased are the husband, Melvon Thomas, parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Carl M. Swanson, and one brother, Clyde, of Winnfield.