Obit of Allen Seth Thompson - Bastrop County, Texas t512 Submitted by: Tammy 4 Feb 2002 ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. ==================================================================== Smithville Times, 5/24/2001: Allen Seth Thompson, 72, of Austin passed away 5/15/2001. He was born 2/28/1929 in Bastrop. He graduated from Smithville High School in 1946. He attended the University of Texas at Austin and Durham Business College. He served his country in the US Marine Corps with the rank of Corporal during the Korean conflict. He was wounded and received the purple heart. Upon his return home, he married June McCune on 2/3/1952 at the East Tyler Baptist Church in Tyler. He was a member of Parmer Lane Baptist Church in Austin. He was a lifelong member of the VFW post in Smithville. In Austin, he was a member of the Onion Creek Masonic Lodge AF and AM, was a 32 degree Mason, and was in the patrol unit in the Ben Hur Shrine. His career included working for 34 years for Institutional Grocery Sales, Forstex, Fleming, Lone Star Meat Co. He retired to be his wife's cargiver during her illness with Parkinson's disease. He was proceded in death by his wife of 48 years on 12/30/2000; his parents, Earl and Bertha Thompson of Smithville; in-laws Earl and Bessie McCure of Laneville. Survivors include his daughter, Terri Elizabeth Thompson; son and daughter-in-law, Tommy and Teresa Thompson of Austin; three grandsons, Dylan, Mitchell and Wesley Thompson; and brother-in-law, James McCune and wife, Wanda of Henderson. Funeral Service was held 5/19 at Marrs-Jones Funeral Home in Smithville. Interment followed in the Oak Hill Cemetery with full military honors by the Smithville Honor Guard. Memorials may be made to the Shrine Burn Institute, Galveston, TX.