Mrs. Fannie Ross Thomasson (1969) Clark County, Arkansas

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Southern Standard,  October 16, 1969  P1C1, Clark County Arkansas 

Mrs. Fannie Thomasson, Pioneer Resident, died Saturday 

Mrs. Fannie Ross Thomasson, aged 91, of Arkadelphia, died Saturday 
afternoon at her home. Mrs. Thomasson was a member of a pioneer Clark 
County family. She was born April 02, 1878 at Okolona, a daughter of 
William P. Ross and Alice Black Sloan Ross and she was married at Okolona, 
December 20, 1897 to R.L. Thomasson. They moved to Arkadelphia shortly 
after the turn of the century. He was the proprietor of a drug store here 
for several years. Mrs. Thomasson was a graduate of Arkadelphia Methodist 
College, the predecessor of Henderson-Brown College and Henderson State 
College. In Arkadelphia Mrs. Thomasson was a member of the Daughters of 
the American Revolution, member of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, 
and a member of the First United Methodist Church. 

She is survived by a son, Robert R. Thomasson of Arkadelphia; a daughter, 
Mrs. Mary A. Lane of Arkadelphia; a sister, Mrs. John B. Brown of Arkadelphia; 
four grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. 

Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. Monday in the Murry-Ruggles Funeral 
Chapel by Dr. Fred Harrison and Rev. J.M. Hamilton and burial was in Rose 
Hill Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the building fund of the First 
United Methodist Church. 


Fannie Ross Thomasson was a cousin to my Dad, Marvin Andrew Sloan. 

Wanda J. Sloan Karnes 
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