Obituaries:  Merle M. (Satch) Thompson, Sabine Parish       T-512
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Apr 22, 1992
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Merle M. (Satch) Thompson

  Services for Merle M. (Satch) Thompson, 82, were held at 2 p.m.,
Thursday, April 16, at McQuire Funeral Home Chapel. Officiating
was Rev. Lenard Galington, Baptist minister from W. Monroe,
assisted by Rev. J. W. Crowe. Burial was in the Vivian Cemetery.

  Mr. Thompson died Tuesday, April 14, at Bossier Medical Center,
after a brief illness. He was born October 14, 1909, in Mena,
Ark., and had resided in Vivian for 12 years. Mr. Thompson was
retired Superintendent of Operations for Placid Oil Co., and a
Baptist.

  He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Clara Thompson of Vivian; one
son, Gary Thompson of Florien; one daughter, Mrs. Millie Wall of
Vivian; one sister, Aline Mackey of Hattiesburg, Miss.; four
grandchildren; and five great grandchildren.

  Pallbearers were John Paul Hobbs, C. W. Nicholson, David
Caldwell, Jack Wilkins, Joe Caldwell, and C. W. Wall.