Extracted from The Franklin Sun (Winnsboro, LA)
Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Thelma Waller

Funeral services for Thelma Waller, 90, of Winnsboro, were held at Young's Community Memorial Funeral Home on Thursday, May 1, 2008, with Rev. Frances Guy and Rev. Marshall Thomas officiating. Interment followed at Myrtle Memorial Cemetery under the direction of Young's Community Memorial Funeral Home in Winnsboro.

Mrs. Waller was born Aug. 29, 1917 in Benton, Ark. and passed away Tuesday, April 29, 2008 at Plantation Manor Nursing Home in Winnsboro. She was a resident of Winnsboro, the owner and operator of a skating rink, and a member of the First Baptist Church in Winnsboro.

She was preceded in death by: husband-Hiram Butler Waller; parents-Calvin and Letha Young; son-Ralph Waller; brother-J. C. Young; two sisters: Louise Magee and Ruth Pritchard.

Survivors include: two daughters: Betty Montgomery and Judy Everett both of Monroe; and seven grandchildren and numerous great-grandchildren.