Date of birth: 03 Apr 1887
Date of death: 22 Feb 1944

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Burial Information

Section 09 (Click Here for Section Map)
Cemetery: Odd Fellows Cemetery
Plot: 0401-05
Status: Occupied

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Notes

Obituary

W. W. Thurmond Rites
Held On Wednesday

Funeral services for Walton Wade Thurmond were held at the family residence in Lexington Wednesday afternoon at three o'clock. The Rev. Homer Roberson officiated, assisted by the Rev. A. Y. Brown.

Mr. Thurmond passed away Tuesday afternoon about one-thirty o'clock following a sudden heart attack the night before. His death came as a great shock to his family and a wide circle of friends.

Born and reared in Holmes County in the Acona neighborhood. Mr. Thurmond had long been prominent in business and civic affairs of Lexington and the county. He was highly esteemed and respected where he was known.

Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Bessie Maddox Thurmond, and two children, Miss Mary Elizabeth Thurmond, of Meridian, and W. E. Thurmond, Lexington.

Interment was in Odd Fellows cemetery.

Pallbearers were Joe H. Moore, L. P. Johnson, M. G. Carton, D. T Ruff, H. H. Johnson, Jesse B. Walton, Lute S. Ellison and Jesse H. Walton.

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Family Members

Parents
W.W. Thurmond
1854-1904

Lydia Eliza Thurmond
1861-1919

Spouse
Bessie Maddox Thurmond
1889–1974

Children
William Edward Thurmond
1912–1967

Mary Elizabeth Thurmond
unknown

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