Thomas Ethan Sullivan (1932 - 1955)

Born 25 May 1932 in Mississippi, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Leria Annette (Sullivan) Bynum — married 4 Jun 1952 in Covington County, Mississippi, USA

Died 30 Oct 1955 at age 23 in Laurel, Jones, Mississippi, United States

Biography

Thomas Sullivan was born on May 25, 1932 in Mississippi, USA as the fifth child of Ross Sullivan Sr and Jannie Burch. He had ten siblings, namely: Ross Jr, B. B., Beatrice, Louise, Carl, Annette D., Bennie Hugh, Frankie Mae, Billy Jack, and Annie Pearl.^[1]

He died on Oct 30, 1955 in Laurel, Jones, Mississippi, USA (car accident died in a Laurel hospital; Age at Death: 66). ^[2]

Thomas Sullivan was buried in Mize, Smith County, Mississippi, USA (Zion Hill Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery).^[3]

He lived in Mount Olive, Covington, Mississippi in 1935. He lived in Mount Olive, Covington, Mississippi, USA on Apr 01, 1940 (Age: 8; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son). Race: (White). ^[4]

He served in the military between Mar 09, 1954–Apr 13, 1955 in Korea (Cpl, US Army, Purple Heart, Korean SM).^[5]

Thomas Sullivan and Leria Annette Sullivan had the following children:

1. Thomas Earl Sullivan was born on Jan 12, 1956 in Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi, USA. He died on Nov 28, 2002 last residence in Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi, USA (Age at Death: 46).
2. Dottie Faye Sullivan was born on May 27, 1953 in Mississippi, USA. She died on Feb 20, 2007 in Yukon, Canadian, Oklahoma, USA (at home; Age at Death: 53).

Greenville Delta Democrat Times, Monday, October 31, 1955, p. Front Page

Thomas Sullivan, 23, of Mount Olive died in a Laurel hospital Sunday night of injuries received when the car he was driving plunged off U.S. Highway 84. His brother, Carl, 21, was seriously injured in the wreck five miles west of Laurel.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Obituary for siblings, Carl Sullivan and Beatrice Sullivan.
2. ↑ Obituary for Thomas Ethan Sullivan in The Magee Courier (Magee, Mississippi) · Thu, Nov 3, 1955 · Page 4
3. ↑ See Headstone at Findagrave - Thomas Sullivan
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VYGH-PTN : accessed 6 April 2016), Tomas Sullivan in household of Ross Sullivan, Beat 4, Covington, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 16-11, sheet 5B, family 86, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 2019.
5. ↑ Thomas Sullivan - Military Headstone Application
6. ↑ Published Greenville Delta Democrat Times, Monday, October 31, 1955, p. Front Page

• Military Grave Marker
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VYGH-PTN : accessed 26 June 2017), Tomas Sullivan in household of Ross Sullivan, Beat 4, Covington, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 16-11, sheet 5B, line 56, family 86, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2019.