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| Thompson, Maurice D., Sr. 226805 |
| Birth: 06/23/1919 Death: 08/18/2001 Marriage: |
| Cemetery: See Notes (NOT PLOTTED) |
| Record Source: The Paris News |
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If you copy this information, please cite this as your source: Betsy Mills and Ron Brothers. The Death and Cemetery Records of Lamar County, Texas, ReBroMa Press, 2008, http://www.lamarcountytx.org/cemetery. (05/12/2025) |
| Notes THE PARIS NEWS, Monday, Aug. 20, 2001: 'Maurice D. Thompson, Sr., 82, of Paris died Saturday, Aug. 18, 2001, at Baylor Medical Center in Dallas at which time Bright-Holland Funeral Home received him into their care. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 21, at First Baptist Church in Paris with Dr. Randall Perry officiating. Concluding services will follow at 3 p.m. at Hillcrest Mausoleum in Dallas. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Mr. Thompson was born June 23, 1919, in Paris, Miss., to Grady L. and Mytie Ruth Thompson. He married Ethelene Roberts July 23, 1939, in Houston, Miss. He attended public schools in Mississippi and Paris Junior College. During World War II he served in the Signal corps attached to the Army air force attaining the rank of Corporal. He was a member of the First Baptist Church where he sang in the Sanctuary Choir, was a deacon and member of the Dorries Sunday School Class. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge having received his 50-year pin and was a member of the Golden K Kiwanis Club. He moved to Paris in 1951 and began working at the Babcock-Wilcox Company when it opened in 1952 and retired in 1984 from the electronics maintenance department. After retirement he went to work for Bright-Holland Funeral Home where he was employed until his death. Surviving are his wife of 62 years; one son, Maurice D. Thompson, Jr., of Dallas; two sisters, Berene Thompson Barnett of Memphis, Tenn., and Faye Beth Joslin of Novice. He was known as 'Uncle Pawpaw' by many nieces and nephews whom he loved deeply. Many dear friends whom he valued also survive him. Pallbearers will be the Rev. Paul Appleby, Quinton Hawkins, Harry Woolston, Tom Anderson, C. J. Stubblefield, Pat Ryan, Gerald Whitesides, and Norman Davis. Honorary bearers will be deacons of First Baptist Church and members of the Dorries Sunday School Class.' |
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