Obituary of Dora Thomas, Caldwell Parish, Louisiana Submitted by Kim Wise Source: The Caldwell Watchman-Progress, October 2, 1975 Date: April 2005 Obituary of Dora Thomas The Caldwell Watchman-Progress, October 2, 1975 Funeral services for Mrs. Dora Mae Thomas, 75, of Columbia were at 4 p.m. Friday at the Cypress Baptist Church with the Rev. Elton Woods and the Rev. C. C. Martin officiating. She died Wednesday morning at Caldwell Memorial Hospital after a lengthy illness. Burial was in Cypress Cemetery under direction of Riser and Son Funeral Home of Columbia. Survivors are a daughter, Mrs. Evelyn Moore from Chatham; a son, retired Sgt. Staford M. Thomas from Arcadia; two sisters, Mis Dillis Martin of Columbia, Mrs. Mattie Roberts of West Monroe; a brother Mr. John E. Bailes of Columbia; nine grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.