A native of Butts county in which he spent the greater part of his life, Mr. Thurston was 71 years of age when the end came. He was born and reared in Towaliga district but moved to Jackson several years ago. He was a member of the Thirteenth Georgia Regiment in the Civil War and was a brave soldier in the service of the South and always took a keen interest in the meetings of John L. Barnett camp U. C. V. In 1910 he was honored by his fellow-citizens by being elected Tax Receiver, an office he filled to the satisfaction of his constituents. Mr. Thurston was of a genial, happy disposition and made friends easily and his passing brought sorrow to hundreds of people throughout the county. He is survived by his wife who was a Miss Collins before her marriage; four sons, Messrs. J. R., W. S., G. T. Thurston, of Jackson and J. W. Thurston, of Dublin; three daughters, Mrs. A. J. Turner, Mrs. J. W. Caston and Mrs. H. C. Norris, two brothers, Messrs. S. D. and T. J. Thurston, of Jenkinsburg. The funeral was held from the residence at 10:30 o?clock Monday morning and was very largely attended. Dr. Robert VanDeventer of the Baptist church was the officiating minister. Internment was in the city cemetery. The pallbearers were Messrs. Z. T. Buttrill, J. A. McMichael, F. L. Walthall, A. J. Roberts, L. E. Stephens, B. T. Deason.
A native of Butts county in which he spent the greater part of his life, Mr. Thurston was 71 years of age when the end came. He was born and reared in Towaliga district but moved to Jackson several years ago. He was a member of the Thirteenth Georgia Regiment in the Civil War and was a brave soldier in the service of the South and always took a keen interest in the meetings of John L. Barnett camp U. C. V. In 1910 he was honored by his fellow-citizens by being elected Tax Receiver, an office he filled to the satisfaction of his constituents. Mr. Thurston was of a genial, happy disposition and made friends easily and his passing brought sorrow to hundreds of people throughout the county. He is survived by his wife who was a Miss Collins before her marriage; four sons, Messrs. J. R., W. S., G. T. Thurston, of Jackson and J. W. Thurston, of Dublin; three daughters, Mrs. A. J. Turner, Mrs. J. W. Caston and Mrs. H. C. Norris, two brothers, Messrs. S. D. and T. J. Thurston, of Jenkinsburg. The funeral was held from the residence at 10:30 o?clock Monday morning and was very largely attended. Dr. Robert VanDeventer of the Baptist church was the officiating minister. Internment was in the city cemetery. The pallbearers were Messrs. Z. T. Buttrill, J. A. McMichael, F. L. Walthall, A. J. Roberts, L. E. Stephens, B. T. Deason.
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