Extracted from The News-Star (Monroe, LA)
Monday, January 7, 1946

THOMAS M. MEREDITH

GRAYSON, La., Jan. 7. --(Special)-- Thomas M. Meredith, 86, of Grayson, died in a hospital in Columbia early Monday morning. The funeral will be held at the Grayson Baptist Church, Tuesday at 10 a.m. Rev. J. D. Kitchenham will officiate and interment will be made in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.

Pallbearers will be: Leonard Jackson, E. M. Steeley, T. L. Sorrell, Tom Hendricks, Frank Love and Frank Hadden.

Mr. Meredith was a member of the Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church and of the Clarks Masonic Lodge.

He leaves his wife; two daughters, Mrs. J. R. Weaver, Baton Rouge; Miss Marie Ann Meredith; four sons, G. E. Meredith, West Monroe; W. E. Meredith, Clarks; R. M. Meredith, Oak Grove; J. B. Meredith, Bastrop; a sister, Mrs. Marietta Bailey, Clarks, and many grandchildren and two great grandchildren.