Mr. William Ross Lathinghouse, Sr., age 77, a resident of 205 East Main, DeFuniak Springs, passed away Wednesday night in a local hospital. Mr. Lathinghouse was a native of Ware County, Ga., and had been a resident of DeFuniak Springs for the past 60 years. He was a retired dry goods merchant. Mr. Lathinghouse was a member of the First United Methodist Church of DeFuniak Springs.
Survivors include his daughter, Mrs. A. G. Campbell, Jr., of DeFuniak Springs; two sons, Wm. Ross Lathinghouse, Jr., and Thomas L. Lathinghouse, both of DeFuniak springs; one sister, Mrs. Ella Moshaw, of DeFuniak Springs; seven grandchildren, and one great grandchild.
Funeral services were conducted Friday afternoon at 2:30, from the Chapel of the Clary Funeral Home, with the Rev. Henry D. Mooney, and the Rev. Braxton B. McCurley officiating. Burial followed in the Magnolia Cemetery.
[Source: The DeFuniak Springs Herald, January 14, 1971, Page 4]
[Burial: Magnolia Cemetery, DeFuniak Springs]