St. Clair County Obits

JOHN LOUIS THOMPSON

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John Lewis Thompson
1884 -- 1963
Services From: Cheney Memorial Chapel
Tuesday, November 19, at 2:00 P.M.
Officiating: Reverend John Page
Soloist: David Freeman
Organist: Mrs. Doris Jones
Interment: Evergreen Cemetery

John Lewis Thompson
John Lewis Thompson, 78, retired Goodlander Mill employee, 120 S. Lincoln, died at 7:40 p.m. yesterday in Mercy Hospital following a long illness.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. in Cheney Memorial Chapel with Rev. John Page officiating; interment in Evergreen Cemetery.
John Lewis Thompson was born November 29, 1884, in St. Clair County, Mo., the son of William Thompson and Eliza Linn Thompson. He was united in marriage to Maggie Louisa Lasater March 27, 1904, in Monegaw Springs, Mo. He moved to Bourbon County in 1924 from St. Clair County, and worked for the State highway department for 10 years. He then farmed for several years before working for the Goodlander Mills, from which he retired.
His wife preceded him in death September 12, 1963. Survivors include two daughters and three sons. They are Mrs. Virgie F. Hall, 119 Blair; and Mrs. Ruby Dunlap, Wichita; William M. Thompson, 409 Arthur, City; George Lee Thompson, Yates Center; and L. E. Thompson, Baxter Springs.
There are 18 grandchildren and 41 great-grandchildren. Also surviving are one brother, George D. Thompson, 119 Blair, and one sister Mrs. Laura Hagan of Kalispell, Mont. A half brother, Felix Lee Thompson, lives in Raton, New Mexico.
Mr. Thompson was a member of the Church of God Holiness, sixth and Wilson.

JOHN LEWIS THOMPSON
Funeral services for John Lewis Thompson, 78 of 120 S. Lincoln, were held at 2 p.m. yesterday in Cheney Memorial Chapel with Rev. John I. Page, pastor of the Church of God Holiness, Sixth and Wilson, officiating. Interment was in Evergreen Cemetery.
David Freeman, soloist, was accompanied by Mrs. Howard Jones on the organ.
Pallbearers were C. W. Jewsbury, C. E. Gruver, Ralph Singmaster, H.W.