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Fred L. Thost - Madison Parish, Louisiana 

From Vicksburg Evening Post, October 30, 1930

FRED L. THOST OF TALLULAH, LA. DIES THERE LAST NIGHT

Fred L. Thost, prominent businessman of Tallulah, passed away suddenly in Tallulah, 
last night, Mr. Thost suffered a heart attack yesterday morning, grew better during 
the day, but suddenly had a turn for the worse and succumbed last night.

The deceased was in the jewelry business in Tallulah and was highly respected. He has 
taken an active part in all the civic affairs of the Louisiana town.

He is survived by his wife, one son and a daughter.

From Tallulah Madison Journal October, 1930

Fred Thost Victim of Heart Attack

Fred L. Thost well known jeweler of Tallulah, succumbed to a heart attack at his home 
Wednesday evening.

Mr. Thost who had been in ill health for a number of years had been complaining of feeling 
badly for some time, but was able to be up and about until the day of his death.

A native of Missouri, Mr. Thost came to Tallulah about ten years ago from Helena, Arkansas. 
For the past several years he has been connected with the jewelry department of Bloom Drug 
Company.

With a quiet disposition and kindly nature, Mr. Thost had made a host of friends, despite 
the comparatively short time in which he resided here. He is a member of the Episcopal Church 
and a Mason.

His sole survivors in Tallulah are a wife and two small children; the majority of his relatives 
living in Missouri.

Mr. Thost will be buried with Masonic honors early this afternoon according to tentative plans 
at the time this paper was going to press. Services will be conducted at the house and at 
the cemetery.

The funeral is being handled by T. Ed. Williams Funeral Services of Tallulah.