Descendants of Myrtle Rebecca Thurman

Myrtle Rebecca Thurman

Eugene "Bill" Thompson died 07 February 1992 in Winnsboro, Wood County, Texas.
Genevieve died 09 October 1989 in Mission Manor Nursing Home in Mt. Vernon, Franklin County, Texas.
They are buried in Restlawn Memorial Park, - Hopkins County, Texas

Genevieve Thompson

    Funeral Services for Genevieve Thompson, 74, of Winnsboro, will be conducted at 10 a.m. Thursday, Oct 12, in Murray-Orwosky Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. L. B. Morgan and the Rev. Onan Gardner officiating.
     Burial will be in Restlwan Memorial Park with Walter Gentry, Pat Bailey, Jerry Norton, jack Bowen, Pat Bowen and Jerry Thurman serving as pallbearers.
    The family will recieve visitors fro (sic) 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 11, at the funeral home.
    Mrs. Thompson died at7:45 p.m. Monday, Oct 9, in Mission Manor Nursing Home, Mount Vernon.
    She was born Dec. 4, 1914, in Hopkins County to Wes and Myrtle R. Thurman Blalock. She married Bill Thompson Sept, 23, 1956, in Como. He survives.
     Mrs. Thompson was a retired research tecnicial with a Veteran's Administration hospital and a 15-year resident of Greenpond. She was a member of Sharon Baptist Church, Chapel Hill. She was also a member if the Order of the Eastern Star and Daughters of the Nile.
    She was preceded in death by one brother, C. M. Blalock, in 1977.

Clipped obit dated 10-9-1989

A. D.
infant son of
Mr. and Mrs. Wess Blalock
Born & Died
Dec 26, 1915
Budded on earth of bloom
in heaven

Maurice Blalock

     Maurice Blalock of the Greenpond community dide Tuesday at 9:55 p.m. in the Woodhaven Nursing Home following a long illness. He was 59.
     Born in Hopkins County Dec. 6, 1917 he was the son of Wess and Myrtle Thurman Blalock.
     A retired Air Force master sergeant and veteran of World War II he married the former Opal Audry Berry in Terrell in 1954. She preceded him in death in 1973.
     He is survived by a sister, Mrs. Genevieve Thompson of Greenpond and three aunts.
     Funeral service will be at 2 p.m Friday in the Tapp Funeral Home chapel with he Rev. L. B. Morgan and the Rev. Carl Acker officiating.
     Interment will be in the City Cemetery with Jimmy Lanford (sic), Jerry Norton, Pat Bailey, Johnnie Bailey, Walker Gentry, and Buck Byers serving as pallbearers.

Clipped obit dated 3-9- 1977

Friday, December 28, 1962
Mrs. Blalock Dies Friday

Funeral services for Mrs. Wes Blalock, Route 2, Sulphur Springs, were held at 2 p. m. Sunday at the Como Baptist Church. Mrs. Blalock died Friday afternoon in Fort Worth.
Services were conducted by the Rev. Lester McKinney and the Rev. L. B. Morgan. Burial was in Restlawn Memorial Park.
Mrs. Blalock was born March 14, 1885 in Texas, the daughter of Elija and Lena Derberry Thurman.
Survivors include her husband; a daughter, Mrs. William E. Thompson of Fort Worth; a son, A. M. Blalock of Tyler; three sisters, Mrs. Hattie Sparkman of Hawkins, Mrs. Odena Detwiler of Kansas and Mrs. Mildred Aldrich of California; and two brothers, D. A. Thurman of Sulphur Springs and Dr. W. E. Thurman of San Angelo.
Palbearers were Paul Martin, Dewey Coker, Otis Kight, Bernard Lynch, Bill Estes, and Paul Kidd.
The Tapp Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

Blalock Rites Set Wednesday

Funeral services for Wes Blalock of Fort Worth, who died Monday morning in a Fort Worth hospital, will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Como Baptist Church.
The Rev. Lester McKinney and the Rev. L. B. Morgan will be in charge of services. Burial will be in Restlawn Memorial Park.
Mr. Blalock, who was 77, was a native of Hopkins County. He was born Nov. 11, 1885, the son of Thomas and Matilda Bowen Blalock.
Survivors include a a son, A. M. Blalock of Tyler, and a daughter, Mrs. William E. Thompson of Fort Worth.
The Tapp Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.


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