Southampton-King William County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Thompson, Leslie E., 1967 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ LESLIE EDWARD THOMPSON WEST POINT - A funeral service for Leslie Edward Thompson was conducted Saturday at 2 p.m. in W.J.M. Holland and Sons Funeral Chapel, Franklin, by the Rev. Herman Elam of Shady Grove Methodist Church, Mechanicsville. Burial was in Capron Cemetery. Pallbearers were Melvin Thompson, Crawford Wade Jr., Frances Cotton, Grayson Thompson, Gerald Burt and Warren C. Edwards. Thompson, 69, a native of Southampton County and a retired farmer, died early Thursday in a Richmond hospital after a long illness. He was a son of John A. and Mrs. Maggie Ricks Thompson of Southampton County. He was a member of Drewryville Methodist Church. Surviving are two brothers, Wray C. Thompson of West Point and Louis B. Thompson of Courtland; four sisters, Mrs. Gladys T. Wade and Mrs. Grace T. Burt of Mechanicsville, and Mrs. Mildred C. Edwards of Courtland. Leslie Edward THOMPSON, of King William Co., retired farmer, Southampton Co. native, d. 21 Sep 1967, Richmond, age 69, interred in Capron Cemetery*, 23 Sep 1967, "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Sep. 28, 1967, p. 8 *His parents are also buried there. Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Capron list (C-41 & -40): http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/capron.txt His father's obit ("The Tidewater News," Apr. 14, 1944, p. 4) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/t512j1ob.txt His mother's obit ("The Tidewater News," Mar. 11, 1963, p. 3) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/t512m1ob.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/t512l1ob.txt