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William Talbot Obituary
He was born on January 12, 1923, and was the son of Judge John Marshall and Katie Mae Lawler Talbot. He was educated in the Clarksdale public schools, attended Ole Miss and studied agriculture at Mississippi State. In September of 1943, he married Mary Elizabeth "Peggy" Blackburn.
Billy served his country in Europe in World War II as a member of the 104th and 106th Infantry. Upon his return from the War, he started farming in the Dublin community and spent the rest of his life in Coahoma County farming his own land and doing custom work for other planters in the area. He and his wife, Peggy, and son, Bill, operated Talbot Pool and Patio for more than 25 years. He was fondly known as "The Lord Mayor of Dublin" by close friends and family.
He is preceded in death by his wife, Peggy.
He is survived by a daughter, Pat Talbot Cothren and her husband, Butch, of Jackson; and a son, William Allen "Bill" Talbot of Dublin. He also leaves four grandchildren, Kent Cothren Kolb and husband, Frank, Phillip Cothren and wife, Whitney, Lauren Talbot McMullen and husband, Paul, and Marshall Talbot and wife, Mary. He was fortunate to know his five great grandchildren, Claire Elizabeth Cothren, Kate Talbot Cothren, James Bryan Kolb, Skylar Ann Talbot and Hunter Allen Talbot. Always at his side was his dog, Kazan.
A Graveside Service of Resurrection will be held today at 11:00 a.m. at Cherry Hill Cemetery in Dublin followed by visitation at Shack Up Inn at Hopson.
Much gratitude is owed to Sister Anne Brooks of Tutwiler Clinic and love and thanks to his special friend and neighbor, Phyllis McDaniel.
Meredith Nowell Funeral Home in Clarksdale is handling the arrangements.
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Wilma Thomas
May 29, 2010
To the family of an old friend of mine & my family, we send our condolences and love. Billy was to know him, was to love him! Billy loved everyone and everyone loved him ! He'll always be in our hearts. Al G. & Wilma Thomas, Belzoni, MS
Eddie Baker and Family
May 22, 2010
May your hearts soon be filled with wonderful memories of joyful times together as you celebrate a life well lived.
Monnie Thomas Armstrong
May 21, 2010
My heart is heavy. I just heard the news today about Billy. He and Peggy were friends of my parents and in HS me and a friend of mine stayed a few days with them during the summer. I must say Billy and Peggy were about the finest people anyone could ever meet. Billy was a great man and will be dearly missed. My thoughts and prayers are with the family. I wish there were more people like Billy Talbot in this world.
Karr West
May 20, 2010
I want to let the Talbot family know that my thoughts and prayers are with them during this very difficult time. When I first heard the news, it was a shock, followed by a sense of sadness, but then an afternoon of smiles and happy thoughts, as memories of good times with Mr. Billy filled my mind. He was my Boy Scoutmaster when I first joined the scouts. It didn't take long to see that he was like a magnet for kids, and that he loved every minute of it. I can clearly remember the first camping trip we went on when all of us "rookie" scouts were literally scared to death from all the wild tales the older guys had filled our ears with. We ended up with an odd number of boys and tents, so Mr. Billy asked me if I wanted to stay in his tent. Suddenly my fear was gone and from that point on, he was my buddy and has been a good ole buddy every since.
Thirty years later, my son worked for him at his pool business several summers during his high school years and loved every minute of it. He never failed to come home at night and tell us either something funny that Mr. Billy had done or a funny story that Mr. Billy had told him that day. With all the fond memories I have of Mr. Billy, I know that Bill and Pat, along with their children and grandchildren, must have volumes full to keep them all smiling, not only through this time of bereavement, but for the rest of their lives.
May 20, 2010
Bill, from the Hawthorne family who lived in Mattson and enjoyed many pool splashing summer days at your parents, Jan and I send our sincere sympathy.
Penny Hawthorne Byler and Jan Hawthorne
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