Thomas left this earth way too soon. He was shot accidentally when he was 40 years old.
He worked as Editor of the Kentucky Era newspaper in Hopkinsville, Ky.
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Investigation Continues
Tom Covington's
Funeral Tuesday
Services will be held at 10:30 Tuesday morning for Thomas Bass Covington, 41-year-old managing editor of the Kentucky New Era, who was found shot to death in his automobile in an isolated section of Trigg County about 9 a.m. Sunday.
The funeral will be at Fuqua-Hinton Funeral Home, with the Rev. Sidney M. Maddox, pastor of the First Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will follow at Riverside Cemetery.
Mr. Covington, an employe of the New Era for the past 13 years, had the day off Saturday and it was presumed he had gone fishing. He played golf Friday afternoon and had scheduled another golf game for Sunday.
Surviving are the widow, former Sue Fan Chiles, and three children. They are Thomas Covington III, age 12, Laura Ann, 10, and Karen Leigh, 8. A half-sister, Mrs. Betsy Jane Wilson of Nashville, also survives.
Mr. Covington was born in Indianapolis on June 15. the son of the late Thomas and Ethel Wallace Covington. but he moved to Hopkinsville as a very small child. He attended schools of the city and graduated from Hopkinsville High School in 1943.
Mr. Covington volunteered immediately for service with the Navy and served on a destroyer during the remainder of World War II. He saw action in a number of the war's major sea battles in the South Pacific.
Following his discharge from the Navy, Mr. Covington attended the University of Kentucky, for a time before returning to Hopkinsville. He worked for the Old Fort Campbell Courier and for radio station WHOP before joining the New Era editorial staff in August of 1953.
During his time with the New, Era Mr. Covington served as city editor. Sports editor, and assistant editor. For several years he wrote a widely read sports column, "Don't Quote Me." He had been the newspaper's managing editor since last Aug. 16.
Pall bearers (or tomorrow's services will be D. B. Bostick Jr., Wesley Brandon, Jimmy Witty, David Morris, Buckley 'Smith. and Charles M. Gee.
-- Excerpted from Kentucky New Era (Hopkinsville, Kentucky), Monday, May 30, 1966; Pages 1 & 2.
He worked as Editor of the Kentucky Era newspaper in Hopkinsville, Ky.
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Investigation Continues
Tom Covington's
Funeral Tuesday
Services will be held at 10:30 Tuesday morning for Thomas Bass Covington, 41-year-old managing editor of the Kentucky New Era, who was found shot to death in his automobile in an isolated section of Trigg County about 9 a.m. Sunday.
The funeral will be at Fuqua-Hinton Funeral Home, with the Rev. Sidney M. Maddox, pastor of the First Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will follow at Riverside Cemetery.
Mr. Covington, an employe of the New Era for the past 13 years, had the day off Saturday and it was presumed he had gone fishing. He played golf Friday afternoon and had scheduled another golf game for Sunday.
Surviving are the widow, former Sue Fan Chiles, and three children. They are Thomas Covington III, age 12, Laura Ann, 10, and Karen Leigh, 8. A half-sister, Mrs. Betsy Jane Wilson of Nashville, also survives.
Mr. Covington was born in Indianapolis on June 15. the son of the late Thomas and Ethel Wallace Covington. but he moved to Hopkinsville as a very small child. He attended schools of the city and graduated from Hopkinsville High School in 1943.
Mr. Covington volunteered immediately for service with the Navy and served on a destroyer during the remainder of World War II. He saw action in a number of the war's major sea battles in the South Pacific.
Following his discharge from the Navy, Mr. Covington attended the University of Kentucky, for a time before returning to Hopkinsville. He worked for the Old Fort Campbell Courier and for radio station WHOP before joining the New Era editorial staff in August of 1953.
During his time with the New, Era Mr. Covington served as city editor. Sports editor, and assistant editor. For several years he wrote a widely read sports column, "Don't Quote Me." He had been the newspaper's managing editor since last Aug. 16.
Pall bearers (or tomorrow's services will be D. B. Bostick Jr., Wesley Brandon, Jimmy Witty, David Morris, Buckley 'Smith. and Charles M. Gee.
-- Excerpted from Kentucky New Era (Hopkinsville, Kentucky), Monday, May 30, 1966; Pages 1 & 2.
Thomas left this earth way too soon. He was shot accidentally when he was 40 years old.
He worked as Editor of the Kentucky Era newspaper in Hopkinsville, Ky.
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Investigation Continues
Tom Covington's
Funeral Tuesday
Services will be held at 10:30 Tuesday morning for Thomas Bass Covington, 41-year-old managing editor of the Kentucky New Era, who was found shot to death in his automobile in an isolated section of Trigg County about 9 a.m. Sunday.
The funeral will be at Fuqua-Hinton Funeral Home, with the Rev. Sidney M. Maddox, pastor of the First Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will follow at Riverside Cemetery.
Mr. Covington, an employe of the New Era for the past 13 years, had the day off Saturday and it was presumed he had gone fishing. He played golf Friday afternoon and had scheduled another golf game for Sunday.
Surviving are the widow, former Sue Fan Chiles, and three children. They are Thomas Covington III, age 12, Laura Ann, 10, and Karen Leigh, 8. A half-sister, Mrs. Betsy Jane Wilson of Nashville, also survives.
Mr. Covington was born in Indianapolis on June 15. the son of the late Thomas and Ethel Wallace Covington. but he moved to Hopkinsville as a very small child. He attended schools of the city and graduated from Hopkinsville High School in 1943.
Mr. Covington volunteered immediately for service with the Navy and served on a destroyer during the remainder of World War II. He saw action in a number of the war's major sea battles in the South Pacific.
Following his discharge from the Navy, Mr. Covington attended the University of Kentucky, for a time before returning to Hopkinsville. He worked for the Old Fort Campbell Courier and for radio station WHOP before joining the New Era editorial staff in August of 1953.
During his time with the New, Era Mr. Covington served as city editor. Sports editor, and assistant editor. For several years he wrote a widely read sports column, "Don't Quote Me." He had been the newspaper's managing editor since last Aug. 16.
Pall bearers (or tomorrow's services will be D. B. Bostick Jr., Wesley Brandon, Jimmy Witty, David Morris, Buckley 'Smith. and Charles M. Gee.
-- Excerpted from Kentucky New Era (Hopkinsville, Kentucky), Monday, May 30, 1966; Pages 1 & 2.
He worked as Editor of the Kentucky Era newspaper in Hopkinsville, Ky.
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Investigation Continues
Tom Covington's
Funeral Tuesday
Services will be held at 10:30 Tuesday morning for Thomas Bass Covington, 41-year-old managing editor of the Kentucky New Era, who was found shot to death in his automobile in an isolated section of Trigg County about 9 a.m. Sunday.
The funeral will be at Fuqua-Hinton Funeral Home, with the Rev. Sidney M. Maddox, pastor of the First Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will follow at Riverside Cemetery.
Mr. Covington, an employe of the New Era for the past 13 years, had the day off Saturday and it was presumed he had gone fishing. He played golf Friday afternoon and had scheduled another golf game for Sunday.
Surviving are the widow, former Sue Fan Chiles, and three children. They are Thomas Covington III, age 12, Laura Ann, 10, and Karen Leigh, 8. A half-sister, Mrs. Betsy Jane Wilson of Nashville, also survives.
Mr. Covington was born in Indianapolis on June 15. the son of the late Thomas and Ethel Wallace Covington. but he moved to Hopkinsville as a very small child. He attended schools of the city and graduated from Hopkinsville High School in 1943.
Mr. Covington volunteered immediately for service with the Navy and served on a destroyer during the remainder of World War II. He saw action in a number of the war's major sea battles in the South Pacific.
Following his discharge from the Navy, Mr. Covington attended the University of Kentucky, for a time before returning to Hopkinsville. He worked for the Old Fort Campbell Courier and for radio station WHOP before joining the New Era editorial staff in August of 1953.
During his time with the New, Era Mr. Covington served as city editor. Sports editor, and assistant editor. For several years he wrote a widely read sports column, "Don't Quote Me." He had been the newspaper's managing editor since last Aug. 16.
Pall bearers (or tomorrow's services will be D. B. Bostick Jr., Wesley Brandon, Jimmy Witty, David Morris, Buckley 'Smith. and Charles M. Gee.
-- Excerpted from Kentucky New Era (Hopkinsville, Kentucky), Monday, May 30, 1966; Pages 1 & 2.
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