Unknown County MA Archives Obituaries.....Thayer, Frank C. November 12, 1924
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The Atlanta Constitution, November 13, 1924
The Atlanta Constitution
Thursday, November 13, 1924
Page Five

Railroad Official Succumbs On Train

Frank C. Thayer, 60, of 132 Park drive, died early Wednesday morning on a 
train while nearing East St. Louis, according to a message received Wednesday 
by members of his family.

Mr. Thayer was engaged in making an inspection of the St. Louis division of 
the Southern Railway system at the time of his sudden death, which was caused 
by heart disease.  The body will be brought to Atlanta for funeral services 
and interment.

For 27 years Mr. Thayer had been connected with the Southern Railway company 
and had made his home in Atlanta for 22 years.  His long service with the 
Southern had been marked by steady promotion and he was chief general road 
foreman at the time of his death.

Before coming to Atlanta in 1902 Mr. Thayer made his home in Thornton, Mass., 
the city of his birth.  He was a Shriner, a Knight Templar and a vestryman in 
the Inman Park Episcopal church.

Mr. Thayer is survived by his widow; three daughters, Mrs. J.H. Lanier, of 
Savannah, Ga.; Mrs. R.H. Barnes, of Atlanta, and Mrs. Frances Robbins, who was 
Miss Frances Thayer, won the title of “Miss Atlanta” in the contest conducted 
by The Atlanta Constitution as a part of the 1923 National Beauty contest; 
three brothers, William Thayer, of Los Angeles, Calif.; Harry Thayer, of Santa 
Barbara, Calif., and Lou Thayer, of Denison, Texas.
 
The Atlanta Constitution
Thursday, November 14, 1924
Page Nine

Funeral services for Frank C. Thayer, 60, of 132 Park drive, who died 
Wednesday near East St. Louis while on an inspection tour for the Southern 
railway, with which concern he had been connected for 27 years, will be held 
Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock from the Church of the Epiphany, Rev. Russell K. 
Smith officiating.

Mr. Thayer came to Atlanta in 1902 from his birthplace, Thornton, Mass., and 
was general road foreman for the Southern railway at the time of his death.  
He was a Shriner, a Knights Templar, a vestryman in the Inman Park Episcopal 
church and a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.

Mr. Thayer is survived by his widow, three daughters, Mrs. Frances Robbins and 
Mrs. R.H. Barnes, of Atlanta, and Mrs. J.H. Lanier, of Savannah; one son, 
Vernon Thayer, of Atlanta, three brothers, William Thayer, of Los Angeles, 
Harry Thayer, of Santa Barbara, and Lou Thayer of Denison, Texas.


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