Glynn County GaArchives Obituaries.....Thompson, Willard M. December 12, 1940
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13 December 1940; The Brunswick News

W.M. THOMPSON, AN AGED RESIDENT, PASSES SUDDENLY

    Willard M. Thompson, 79, an old and well known resident of Brunswick, died 
suddenly late yesterday afternoon.  He was walking along Union street, when he 
was stricken suddenly.  he fell to the street and was dead in a few minutes.  
Although he had not been confined to his home by illness, he had been in bad 
health for some time.
    Mr. Thompson came to Brunswick when a mere youth having been a resident of 
this city for 66 years.  For some time he was sexton of Palmetto cemetery.  He 
was well known among a large number of friends.
    He is survived by tow sons, Carl and Delma Thompson, and four 
grandchildren, all of this city.
    Funeral services were held this afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at McKendree 
Methodist Church, conducted by the Rev. Walter Blanks, assisted by the Rev. 
C.H. Moss and burial was in Palmetto cemetery.  The following served as 
pallbearer:  Active, Gerald Beach, H.K. Lamb, J.N. Knight, Ed Rouche, and R. 
Thompson; honorary, W.H. Greenfield, George Hill, H.C. Maynard, J.W. Crosby, 
D.I. Pierce, Percy Ricks, A.J. McCrary, J.E. McGraw, W.L. Mosley, W.B. Smith, 
N.J. Stewart, Mr. Green.  The funeral was in charge of the Gibson-Hart Funeral 
Home.

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