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Fuller died suddenly at the age of fifty-three after consuming a family meal at his Minden home. He had had returned from a trip to [[New Orleans]] to attend the statewide meeting of all school superintendents. Death came by a stroke of apoplexy. Several months earlier, he had undergone surgery after an attack of appendicitis but was thought to have regained his health.<ref name=obit/><ref name=polk>Statement of Ted Polk of Magnolia, [[Arkansas]], the caretaker of the Fuller-White House, Minden, Louisiana, August 15, 2011.</ref> He was survived by his wife, the former Mary Alma Bright (November 16, 1871 &ndash; June 3, 1949), a daughter of Edward Clarence Bright (1840–1893) of [[Tennessee]] and the former Texana Phillips (1845–1893), though born in [[Alabama]] was reared in Ouachita Parish, Louisiana.

Fuller died suddenly at the age of fifty-three after consuming a family meal at his Minden home. He had had returned from a trip to [[New Orleans]] to attend the statewide meeting of all school superintendents. Death came by a stroke of apoplexy. Several months earlier, he had undergone surgery after an attack of appendicitis but was thought to have regained his health.<ref name=obit/><ref name=polk>Statement of Ted Polk of Magnolia, [[Arkansas]], the caretaker of the Fuller-White House, Minden, Louisiana, August 15, 2011.</ref> He was survived by his wife, the former Mary Alma Bright (November 16, 1871 &ndash; June 3, 1949), a daughter of Edward Clarence Bright (1840–1893) of [[Tennessee]] and the former Texana Phillips (1845–1893), though born in [[Alabama]] was reared in Ouachita Parish, Louisiana.

Thomas and Alma Fuller had three daughters, Lee Aura Fuller Griffin (born 1895), Xenia Doyle Fuller Ruffin (c. 1898-1977),<ref>Xenia Fuller Ruffin obituary, ''[[Minden Press-Herald]],'' September 6, 1977, p. 1.</ref> and Miriam Rupert Fuller White (1900–1983), and sons-in-law, Robert M. Griffin (born 1896), a native of Henderson,  [[Texas]], Trueheart H. Ruffin (born 1895), a native of DeSoto Parish, and Russell Lanier White (1898–1967) of Minden. A subsequent granddaughter, Miriam White King, was born in 1929. Thomas and Alma Fuller are interred at the Fuller-White plot in the old Section A at the historic  Minden Cemetery.<ref>Minden Cemetery records.</ref>​ ​

Thomas and Alma Fuller had three daughters, Lee Aura Fuller Griffin (1895-1956), Xenia Doyle Fuller Ruffin (c. 1898-1977),<ref>Xenia Fuller Ruffin obituary, ''[[Minden Press-Herald]],'' September 6, 1977, p. 1.</ref> and Miriam Rupert Fuller White (1900–1983), and sons-in-law, Robert Mays Griffin (1896-1939), a native of Henderson,  [[Texas]], Trueheart H. Ruffin (born 1895), a native of DeSoto Parish, and Russell Lanier White (1898–1967) of Minden. A subsequent granddaughter, Miriam White King, was born in 1929. Thomas and Alma Fuller are interred at the Fuller-White plot in the old Section A at the historic  Minden Cemetery.<ref>Minden Cemetery records.</ref>​ ​

The Fuller-White House (built 1905) at 229 West Union Street in Minden, is located down a hill from the front campus of Minden High School. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The house has five upstairs bedrooms, with parlors, a study, and kitchen on the bottom floor. It is not open for public touring, but the caretaker may conduct individual tours when he is on the property. Fuller lived there for at least the last five years of his life. After his death, Alma Fuller resided there as she continued publishing ''The Webster Signal.''<ref name=polk/>​

The Fuller-White House (built 1905) at 229 West Union Street in Minden, is located down a hill from the front campus of Minden High School. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The house has five upstairs bedrooms, with parlors, a study, and kitchen on the bottom floor. It is not open for public touring, but the caretaker may conduct individual tours when he is on the property. Fuller lived there for at least the last five years of his life. After his death, Alma Fuller resided there as she continued publishing ''The Webster Signal.''<ref name=polk/>​