Lewis Frank Cawthon, Sr.

Lewis Frank Cawthon, Sr., age 68, was found dead at his home Sunday morning, April 11, 1971. Cawthon, who resided at 105 Orange Avenue, was a member of the First Baptist Church, and was a former DeFuniak Springs City Councilman. He was also a member of the I.O.O.F.

Funeral services were conducted at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday [April 13, 1971] from the Comander Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. W. O. Wilham officiating. Entombment followed in the Magnolia Cemetery.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Willie [Janet Harris] Cawthon, DeFuniak Springs; three daughters, Mrs. Roy [Dorothy E.] Mitchell, Pensacola, Mrs. Stella Margaret Gatlin, DeFuniak Springs, and Mrs. Elaine Couch, Eustis, Florida, a son, Lewis Frank Cawthon, Jr., DeFuniak Springs. There are two sisters, Mrs. Rachel Thompson, Tallahassee, and Mrs. Salome Richbourg, of Crestview.

Also surviving are five grandchildren.

[Source: The DeFuniak Springs Herald, April 29, 1971, Page 8]

[Burial: Magnolia Cemetery, DeFuniak Springs]