Tuesday, January 18, 2005

BURKESVILLE Mary Evelyn Thurman, 83, of Bowling Green died Jan. 12, 2005, at a Woodburn nursing home.

The Cumberland County native was an elementary school teacher, having taught in the Franklin-Simpson School System and in Germany and Japan for the U.S. Army. She was a graduate of Asbury College at Wilmore and had a masters degree in elementary education and a doctorate in library science. She was a librarian at Western Kentucky University, an active member of the Retired Teachers Association, Methodist Women and many other civic organizations and was a faithful member of First United Methodist Church in Franklin. During her teaching career, she lived in Franklin for many years. She was a daughter of the late W.E. Thurman and Rosa Simpson Thurman. She was preceded in death Funeral was Jan. 13 at Norris-New Funeral Home, with burial in Rose of Sharon Cemetery at Bow.

Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to First United Methodist Church of Franklin.

Survivors include two brothers, William S. Thurman of Franklin and Bernel Thurman of Burkesville; two sisters, Christella Newton of Athens, Ala., and Velma Payne of Bowling Green; a niece, Kristie Stratton of Franklin; three nephews, Jeff Newton of Chattanooga, Tenn., Marty Thurman of Arizona and Steve Newton of Hixton, Tenn.; and two great-nieces, Wendy Newton and Audra Stratton.

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