Burford Ancestors - Generation 5 - Wathada Jewell Burford

Wathada Jewell Burford was born 30 March 1936 in Judsonia, White County, Arkansas

She was the daughter of Lester and Cleffie Burford

Wathada Burford married Richard Thomas 12 September 1953 in Hartford, Van Buren County, Michigan, son of William and Christie Treat Thomas. He was born 17 November 1934 in Bangor, Van Buren County, Michigan.

Children of Wathada and Richard Thomas are:

i. Crystal Dianne Thomas, born 10 November 1954

ii. Richard Melvin Thomas, Jr., born 01 October 1956

iii. John David Thomas, born 17 August 1964

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PHOTO: Lora Burford, Wathada Burford Thomas, John David Thomas. 1965, Brinkley, Arkansas.

PHOTO: Red and Wathada, John, Dianne, Rick. 1997, Watervliet, Michigan.

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Richard Thomas died 05 May 2011, age 76, in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Wathada Burford Thomas died 26 November 2024, age 88, in St. Joseph, Michigan.

They are buried in Watervliet Cemetery, Watervliet, Berrien County, Michigan.