Although the generally accepted spelling of his mother Eliza's last name is Herrell, she was born Harrell and that is the way Thomas' middle name is recorded in the family Bible.
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PRUDEN: The funeral of Thomas Pruden, age 11 yrs., son of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde G. Pruden, was conducted at the Chapel of the Hall & Donahue Coffin Co., Tuesday afternoon, Rev. E.H. Yankee officiating. The child died at the family home on Rose Avenue, Monday, after an illness caused by influenza and pneumonia.
The funeral was held at the Hall & Donahue Chapel on account of other members of the family being ill with pneumonia. Mrs. Pruden and three of her children were unable to attend the funeral.
Mr. & Mrs. Pruden formerly resided in Maryville. The deceased boy is a grandson of the late Thomas Pruden, who died about 3 yrs. ago.
--Knoxville News-Sentinel (Tennessee)
--11 Dec 1918, pg 7--
Although the generally accepted spelling of his mother Eliza's last name is Herrell, she was born Harrell and that is the way Thomas' middle name is recorded in the family Bible.
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PRUDEN: The funeral of Thomas Pruden, age 11 yrs., son of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde G. Pruden, was conducted at the Chapel of the Hall & Donahue Coffin Co., Tuesday afternoon, Rev. E.H. Yankee officiating. The child died at the family home on Rose Avenue, Monday, after an illness caused by influenza and pneumonia.
The funeral was held at the Hall & Donahue Chapel on account of other members of the family being ill with pneumonia. Mrs. Pruden and three of her children were unable to attend the funeral.
Mr. & Mrs. Pruden formerly resided in Maryville. The deceased boy is a grandson of the late Thomas Pruden, who died about 3 yrs. ago.
--Knoxville News-Sentinel (Tennessee)
--11 Dec 1918, pg 7--