Obituaries:  J. Stanley Tompkins, Sabine Parish       T-512
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Jan 11, 1995
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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J. Stanley Tompkins

  Funeral services for J. Stanley Tompkins of Lafayette, were held
on Saturday, Nov. 12, at 10 a.m., in the Martin and Castille
Funeral Home Chapel of Lafayette.

  Interment and committal services were held in the Many Cemetery
at 3 p.m., on Nov. 12. The Rev. Fred M. Fraser, pastor of the
United Methodist Church of Church Point, conducted the services.

  Mr. Tompkins, a native of Many, died at 9:10 a.m., on Thursday,
Nov. 10, at his Lafayette residence. He was 52.

  Survivors include his three daughters, Kimberly Tompkins, Amy
Tompkins, and Catherine Tompkins, all of Lafayette; his former
wife, Sandra Tompkins of Lafayette; his companion, Kenneth Seale
of Lafayette; his father and stepmother, Horace and Ruth Tompkins
of Many; and three brothers, Victor Tompkins of Baton Rouge, Dr.
Norman Terry Tompkins of Dallas, and Dr. Ronald Tompkins of
Boston, Mass.

  He was preceded in death by his mother, Ruby McFerrin Tompkins.

  A resident of Lafayette for the past 17 years, he was employed
by the State of Louisiana, Department of Environmental Quality,
as a health physicist. He had previously been employed by
Schlumberger Well Services in Morgan City, La., and Midland,
Tex., and was also a division manager for Gearhart Owens.
Professionally, he was a member of the Society of Petroleum
Engineers.

  He was a graduate of Northwestern State University, where he
received a degree in chemistry.

  Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Acadiana, P. O.
Box 3467, Lafayette, La., 70502.