William Claud Colston Obituary

W. C. Colston, longtime resident of Bonicord and Friendship, died at the home of his daughter, Miss Ethel Colston at Bonicord Wednesday. Mr. Colston's body was at the Sudbury Funeral Home at Friendship until time for the funeral services. Final rites were said at 3 o'clock Friday afternoon at the Mt. Moriah Primitive Baptist churc near Friendship. The Rev, J. D. Holder of Corinth, Miss., pastor of the church, officiated. Burial was in the church cemetery with Sudbury's in charge of the arrangements.

Born in 1877 in Williamson County, Tenn., Mr. Colston had lived in this West Tennessee area for 55 years. He was married to Mrs. Cynthia Pierce Colston, who survives him, in 1900. Mrs. Colston, who is 81, makes her home with her daughter at Bonicord. She is presently confined to the home with a broken hip.