Lamar County Texas Cemetery Records

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Thompson, Harry 255462

Birth: 04/15/1983 Death: 12/26/1960 Marriage:

Cemetery: Fairland-Littlejohn (NOT PLOTTED)

Record Source: Texas Death Certificate, The Paris News

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Betsy Mills and Ron Brothers. The Death and Cemetery Records of Lamar County, Texas, ReBroMa Press, 2008, http://www.lamarcountytx.org/cemetery. (05/12/2025)

Notes

THE PARIS NEWS, Monday, December 26, 1960, p. 10: “Harry Thompson. Harry Thompson, Negro resident of 345-7th NW, was found dead there early Monday. Justice of the Peace Gilbert Streety report the death, due to natural causes, occurred about 1 a.m. Surviving are a son, Victor Ray Thompson, and a stepson, Rudolph King, both of Paris. Ferguson Funeral Home has charge of burial.”

Information from Texas Death Certificate:
Name: Harry Thompson
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 26 Dec 1960
Event Place: Paris, Lamar, Texas, United States
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Widowed
Birth Date: 15 Apr 1893
Birthplace: Texas
Father’s Name: George Thompson
Mother’s Name: Mary Watson
Burial, Cremation or Removal Place: Fairland
Certificate Number: 73917
GS Film number: 2116619
Digital Folder Number: 005145501
Image Number: 02483
Citing this Record
“Texas Deaths, 1890-1976,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K34Y-LQ9 : 13 March 2018), Mary Watson in entry for Harry Thompson, 26 Dec 1960; citing certificate number 73917, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,116,619.

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