Chambers County AlArchives Obituaries.....Thompson, Thomas L. January 5, 1943 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Linda Ayres http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00031.html#0007674 October 5, 2023, 11:35 am Ashland Progress Many people of Clay County were made sorrowful when the news came to this county last week of the passing of T. L. Thompson, 69, of near LaFayette. He died at his home Jan. 5th. Funeral services were conducted from the church of his membership, Macedonia Primitive Baptist Church in Chambers County. Elder H. R. Avery officiated, assisted by Elder L.M. Parrish. Interment was in the nearby cemetery. Mr. Thompson was born on the Thompson estate which dates from 1822. The date of his birth was June 23, 1873. He was reared and died in the same home in which he was born. He was married to Miss Annie Roberts in March 1898. He brought his family to Clay County in 1901 and lived a resident and citizen in and near Ashland for 18 years. He obtained a Hope in Christ early in life and later joined Mt. Zion Church while he was living in this county. He lived a devoted Chris tian until death. He was faithful to his church. He was a kind and affectionate husband, a fond father, and a friend to all Deepest bereaved in sorrow are his wife, three sons, and three daughters. His sons are: R.L. Thompson, La Grange, Ga., T. L. Thompson, Atlanta, Ga., Sgt. Hoyt Thompson, Ft Benning, Ga., his daughters are Mrs. W. E. Pepper, Millerville, Mrs. Flora Mercier, Sandersville, Ga., Mrs. Thelma Slayden, San Louis Obispo Calif. Many other relatives and a host of friends bow their heads in a deep sense of sorrow for the passing of Uncle Bun Thompson. Submitted by his nephew B. B. Finley. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/chambers/obits/t/thompson6723gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb