>From "The Higbee News" dated 3 Mar 1911--MRS. ASA THOMPSON DEAD--Mrs. Asa Thompson, who had been sick in her home near Yates for several weeks, died Sunday, Feb 26, aged 72 years. Mrs. Thompson's maiden name was Robertson, and she was born in this county March 27, 1839. She was married to Asa Thompson on February 20, 1863, and was the mother of five children, viz: John, William, Mrs. Joseph Blake, Mrs. Gorham Burton and Mrs. J. D. Newman. Besides the children and her husband, she leaves two brothers. She was a devout member of the Presbyterian church with which she united when 18 years of age. Funeral services were conducted at the home Tuesday by Rev. J. W. Mitchell of Marshall and interment made in the Roanoke cemetery.