Thomas died during the 1918 influenza epidemic - marker shows death date of 10 Dec 1918, but death date should have been 09 Dec 1918 with interment on 10th. His obituary says he died on Monday, which was also the 9th, with burial on Tuesday, the 10th according to a 1918 calendar.
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--
Thomas died during the 1918 influenza epidemic - marker shows death date of 10 Dec 1918, but death date should have been 09 Dec 1918 with interment on 10th. His obituary says he died on Monday, which was also the 9th, with burial on Tuesday, the 10th according to a 1918 calendar.
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.
***
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--
