

  <p>Counts, Thomas H.</p>
  <p>Passed: 1997-01-01</p>
  <p>Age: 101</p>


  <p>Source: Charleston Gazette</p>

  <p>Death Notice: </p>

  <p>Obituary Date: 1997-01-03</p>
  <p>Information: RIPLEY - Thomas H. Counts, 101, of Ripley, died Jan. 1, 1997, in Jackson General Hospital after a short illness.  He was the last surviving Jackson County World War I Army veteran.  He was a farmer, contributed property for the first Goshen Church, a fiddle player, a member of IOOF, VFW Post 5501, Ripley, and American Legion Post 107, Ripley.  Surviving:  sons, Huey of Salina, Kan., Zane of St. Albans; daughters, Phyllis Conway, Gwendolyn ""Squint"" Lewis, Claudette Hicks, and Zalithea ""Zip"" Walters, all of Ripley, Sandy Saslaw of Seabrook, Md.; sister, Bernice Roberts of Waltersboro, S. C.; 30 grandchildren; 31 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild.  Service will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Parsons-Waybright Funeral Home, Ripley, with the Rev. Orville Walker officiating.  Burial, with military graveside rites by Ravenswood VFW, will be in Counts cemetery, Kentuck.  Friends may call from 5 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home.</p>


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