Clay County AlArchives Obituaries.....Thompson, Ancil S.  August 9, 1980
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Anniston Star
A man who served two terms on the Ashland City Council and is said to have owned 
the first T-model truck in the city died Saturday. Services for Ancil S. 
Thompson, 94, of Ashland will be today at 3 p.m. at the Ashland First United 
Methodist Church with the Rev. Ellis Johnson officiating.
Burial will be in the Ashland City Cemetery with Brock Funeral Home in charge. 
The body will be at the funeral home until an hour before services. Mr. 
Thompson's son, Milton I. Thompson said his father owned the first T-model truck 
in the Clay County community and use it to haul freight around town from the 
Ashland depot. "Before he got the truck, he had delivered the freight in dray 
pulled by a big, red horse," he added. Mr. Thompson was a native and lifelong 
resident of Clay County. He was retired, having owned and operated Thompson 
Grocery in Ashland for 25 years. He served two terms on the Ashland City Council 
and was a member of the Ashland First United Methodist Church. Survivors include 
his wife, Mrs. Margie Horn Thompson of Ashland; two daughters, Mrs. Effie Mae 
Brill of Jackson, and Mrs. Edna Barker of Ashland; a son, Milton I. Thompson of 
Ashland; a brother, Homer Thompson of Ashland six grandchildren and six great-
grand-children. Pallbearers will be Irving Thompson, Dean Barker, Morris Brill 
Jr., David Thompson, Alton T. Thompson and Bob Mohr.




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