Photocopy of a The New York Times Service article published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch regarding the death of Thelma Toole, the mother of novelist, John Kennedy Toole. Article states that Thelma Toole died after a long illness, in a New Orleans Hospital at 82 years old. Article briefly mentions Thelma Toole's unflagging belief in her son's writing which led to the posthumous publication of his novel, A Confederacy of Dunces.
