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Submitted: 9/6/22 • Approved: 9/8/22 • Last Updated: 9/11/22 • R535875-G535874-S3
Roy Thompson
November 19, 1899-April 20, 1969
Flossie Valentine Thompson
June 1, 1901-April 4, 1971
*Photo/information, courtesy of Mary (Coggin) Russell
*Obituary Roy Thompson
HEREFORD - Funeral services for Albert Leroy Thompson, 69, a resident of Deaf Smith County since 1902, were to be at 3 p.m. Tuesday in Gililland Funeral Home Rose Chapel.
The Rev. Gerald Mann, pastor of the First Baptist Church here, was to officiate. Burial was to be in West Park Cemetery here.
Mr. Thompson died early Sunday morning in the High Plains Baptist Hospital in Amarillo. He was born in Marietta, Okla., and married Flossie Faye Valentine, in March 1917 in Amarillo. He was a retired elevator operator and a Baptist.
Survivors include his wife, a daughter, Mrs. Charles Laing of Hereford; a son, Billy Ray of Hereford; three sisters, Mrs. Harry Sisk of California, Mrs. Ida Davis and Mrs. Nora Russell, both of Hereford; nine grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
(Published in The Amarillo Globe-Times (Amarillo, Texas) - 21 Apr 1969, Mon - Page 34)
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Texas, Marriage Index, 1824-2014
Name: A. Leroy Thompson
Marriage Date: 24 Mar 1918
Marriage Place: Deaf Smith, Texas, USA
Spouse: Flossie Valentine
U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
Name: Albert Leroy Thompson
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 42
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 19 Nov 1899
Birth Place: Marietta, Oklahoma, USA
Residence Place: Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas, USA
Registration Date: 16 Feb 1942
Registration Place: Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas, USA
Employer: Fraser Milling Co
Weight: 156
Complexion: Light
Eye Color: Gray
Hair Color: Red
Height: 5 6
Next of Kin: Flossie Jay Thompson
Household Members:
Name Relationship
Albert Leroy Thompson Self (Head)
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: Albert Thompson
Last Residence:
79045 Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas, USA
Born: 19 Nov 1899
Died: Apr 1969
*Obituary Flossie Valentine Thompson
HEREFORD - Funeral services are set for 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in Rose Chapel of the Gililland Funeral Home here for Mrs. Flossie Faye Thompson, 69.
Officiating will be the Rev. Gerald Mann, pastor of the First Baptist Church. Burial will be in West Park Cemetery here.
A resident of Hereford for 61 years, Mrs. Thompson died at 1:10 a.m. Sunday in the Deaf Smith County Hospital.
She was born in Colchester, Ill., and moved in 1907 to Hereford.
She married Albert L. Thompson on March 10, 1917, in Amarillo.
She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Hereford.
Survivors include a son, Billie Ray of 2132 S. Fairfield in Amarillo; a daughter, Marny Ann Laing of Hereford; three sisters, Mrs. Alma Hooper of Amarillo, Mrs. Mary Frazer of Hereford and Mrs. Zelphia Lloyd of Seminole; nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
(Published in The Amarillo Globe-Times (Amarillo, Texas) - 5 Apr 1971, Mon - Page 19)
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Contributed on 9/6/22 by neldapat
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