Everett Marion "Chuck" THURMOND

THURMOND, JAYNES, KUNKLE, CORRELL, ADAMS, THURMOND, WILDE, SCALLON, ECHELBERGER, BANKS, KINZEY

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 10/29/2006 at 01:59:29

Iowa Falls Times Citizen
November 30, 2005, page B-6

EVERETT ‘CHUCK’ THURMOND
December 30, 1922 - November 26, 2005

WILLIAMS—Everett “Chuck” Thurmond, 82, of Williams, died Saturday, Nov. 26, 2005, at the Veterans Hospital in Des Moines. A gathering will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 7, at Fosters Chapel. Visitation will be before the gathering and a luncheon will follow. Burial will be in the Blairsburg Cemetery at a later date. Foster Funeral Home in Webster City is in charge of arrangements.

Everett Marion Thurmond, son of Henry and Eva Jaynes Thurmond, was born Dec. 30, 1922, in Blairsburg. He attended rural schools east of Blairsburg and graduated from Blairsburg High School. During World War II, he served with the U.S. Army - Infantry in the European Theater of Action. Following his discharge, he returned to Williams and started his trucking business. His business was related to gravel delivery and road construction. Chuck was a member of the American Legion Post No. 191 of Webster City.

Chuck is survived by his sisters, Ethel Kunkle of Eagle Grove and Verdelle Correll of Victoriaville, Calif.; several nieces and nephews, including Rod Adams of Webster City, Denny Thurmond and Betty Wilde, both of Eagle Grove; and special friend Bernice Scallon of Williams. He was preceded in death by brothers Clifford, Lloyd, Ray and Harry Thurmond; sisters Bessie Echelberger, Ada Banks, Leatha Kinzey, Nellie Adams and a sister in infancy.