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Ezra Thornton - Madison Parish, Louisiana

From Tallulah Madison Journal August 13, 1965

Services For Ezra Thornton Held On Friday

Funeral services for Ezra Thornton, 44, who died in a Jackson, Miss, hospital Thursday of last week 
after a short illness, were held Friday at 4 P. M. in the chapel of Crothers Funeral Home with the 
Rev. George Smith officiating. Burial followed in Silver Cross Cemetery under the direction of 
Crothers Funeral Home.

Survivors include his mother, Mrs. Letha Thornton; two sons, Herman, Ft. Rucker, Ala., and Billy of 
Tallulah; a daughter, Mrs. Albert Newell, Tallulah, two brothers, Joe and Herman, Jr., both of Tallulah, 
a sister, Miss Wilma Thornton; and one grandchild.

Pallbearers were Charles Newell, Luman Byrd, Luke Wilkins, Marian Smith, Armon Cox and Winfred Parker.