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Thomas Hugh Montgomery - Madison Parish, Louisiana 

From Tallulah Madison Journal, July 3, 1959

Services Held Tuesday For Hugh Montgomery

Funeral services for Thomas Hugh Montgomery, 53, a retired assistant postmaster, were held here Tuesday 
at 3 p. m. at Trinity Episcopal Church with the Rev. William S. Spilman officiating. Interment followed 
in Silver Cross Cemetery under the direction of Young's Funeral Home.	

Mr. Montgomery died early Monday at the Madison Parish Hospital after being stricken at home. Death was 
attributed to a cerebral hemorrhage.

A retired assistant postmaster, he was with the postal department for many years. He retired in 1956 due 
to ill health. His quiet and pleasant manner endeared him to all his friends and associates. He was a 
devoted husband and father.

Born in Brookhaven, Miss., Mr. Montgomery had lived in Madison Parish since 1920. He was a member of Trinity 
Episcopal Church and had served on the vestry for a number of years, and was also a Mason.

He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Ethlyn Montgomery, Tallulah; a daughter, Mrs. King Trieschmann, Lake 
Providence; a son, Thomas, Jr., Tallulah; and two sisters, Mrs. Seared Daigre, Greenwood, Miss., and 
Mrs. R. Mize, Jackson, Miss.

Pallbearers were W. Z. Adams, Field Montgomery, Bill Yerger, Billy and C. B. DeMoss, Dr. George Webb, 
Robert Gandy and Lancaster Kell.