WILLIAM RAYMOND THOMPSON

William Raymond Thompson, 94, Flaherty, died Jan. 23, 2007, at North Hardin Health & Rehabilitation Center. He was born April 20, 1912, the son of Robert Walter and Bertha Ellen Lancaster Thompson.

He was a member of St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church, Flaherty.

He was preceded in death by two children, William Walter Thompson and Linda Lou Thompson; two brothers, Marion Thompson and Robert Thompson; a sister, Hattie Ellen Whelan Hall; three sons-in-law, Ed Vowels, Billy Joe Snyder and Bill White; a grandson, Frank Raymond Thompson; and a great-grandson, Ryan Weiner.

Mr. Thompson is survived by his wife of 73 years, Anna Elizabeth Ray Thompson, Flaherty; seven children, Anna Jean Vowels Corbett, Betty Jo White, and Patrick (Marlene) Thompson, all of Flaherty, William K. “Kenny” Thompson, Easley, S.C., Annetta Jane Snyder (Rosco) Avitt, and Rick (Janet) Thompson, both of Brandenburg, and Paul Randall (Yvonne) Thompson, Elizabethtown; two sisters, Alice Crutcher Langley, Radcliff, and Louise Switzer, Flaherty; a brother, Joe Thompson, Radcliff; 29 grandchildren; 56 great-grandchildren; and 19 great-great-grandchildren.

Funeral mass was held Jan. 26 from St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church, Flaherty, with Rev. Paul Beach officiating. Burial was in the St. Brigid Cemetery, directed by Coffey & Chism Funeral Home.

Condolences may be expressed online at www.coffeyandchism.com.

 

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