LEATH, Thomas – (d. 1928)

Obituary: Thomas Leath
(by Eld. Calvin Gregory)

Thomas Leath, for many years a citizen of the Dry Fork section, a few miles northwest of Pleasant Shade, died a few days ago at the home of his daughter, near Bethpage, from infirmities incident to old age. He was eighty years of age and had made his home in Sumner county for the past few years. He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Bobbie Mince; one brother, James I. Leath; and two sisters, Mrs. Dan Norman, and Miss Mary Susan Leath, all of Lafayette. He was an uncle of John W. Leath and Mrs. John Patterson of Pleasant Shade. The remains were brought back to the Dry Fork section for interment in the Billie Cothron cemetery. Funeral services were conducted by the undertaker, Ras Stinson.

Source: Carthage Courier – Carthage, TN – Thursday February 9, 1928 – Page 1

Submitted By: Bill Patterson, email is: BplusM@aol.com

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