Obituaries: Thomas White, 1965, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: October 14, 1965 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Thomas White, Local Youth, Services Today

Funeral services were set for 3 p.m. today (Thursday) for Thomas White, 19, of
Winnfield.

The youth was found at home shortly before 4 p.m. Wednesday by his father. 
The coroner's office recorded the cause of death as an apparent self-inflicted
shotgun wound.

The youth had been despondent since the death of his mother a year ago.

A sophomore at Centenary College in Shreveport, he was studying pre-medical
science.  He was graduated from Winnfield High School in 1964.

While in high school the youth was a member of the marching band and was
elected drum major.  He was a member of the Beta Club, scholastic honorary
society.  At Centenary, he was a member of TKE fraternity.

Survivors include his father, Bill White, and a brother, Lawrence, a student
at Winnfield High School.  His maternal grandmother, Mrs. A. I. Talton, lives
in Winnfield and his paternal grandmother, Mrs. D. M. White, lives in
Bienville.

Services were to be in the First Methodist Church where the youth was a member
with burial in the Garden of Memories Cemetery under the direction of Hixson
Brothers Funeral Home.

W. B. Stewart, Don Walsh, J. K. Martin, Jim Russell, Jesse Anders, James Hall
Emerson, John Stroud, and Murray Duncan were to serve as pallbearers.