Wise County, Virginia, Obituaries:  Billy Ray Thompson 

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Bristol Herald Courier
Friday, January 10, 2003

Billy Ray Thompson
    NORTON -- Billy Ray Thompson, 72, of McCoy Street, passed away early
Thursday morning, Jan. 9, 2003, at the Bristol Regional Medical Center,
Bristol, Tennessee. He was born at Wise County, Va., and lived most of his
life in Norton. Mr. Thompson had worked as a pipe insulator for Daniels
Plumbing and Heating, Norton. He attended the First Pentecostal Church, Big
Stone Gap, Va. He was a U.S. Army veteran.
    He was a son of the late Elbert S. and Polly Wilson Thompson, and was also
preceded in death by a granddaughter, Deidra Nicole Hutson; four sisters,
Lizie Reider, Dovey Mullins, Beatrice Pegramn and Stella Culbertson; five
brothers, Jack Thompson, Charlie Thompson, Ben Thompson, Roy Thompson and an
infant brother. 
    Survivors include his wife, Bessie Bolling Thompson, Norton; three
daughters, Teena Coffey and Billie Jane Thompson, both of Norton, and Cheryl
Hutson, Appalachia; one son, Adam Thompson, Norton; four grandchildren,
Patricia Edwards, Jason Baker, Shanna Gilliam and Heather Coffee; three great-
grandchildren, Abigail Edwards, Kain Baker and Brianna Gilliam; two sisters,
Delia Parker, Columbia, S.C., and Bessie "Marge" Flanegan, Waterford, Mich.;
several nieces and nephews; and a host of friends. 
    Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 12, 2003, at Carty Funeral
Home Chapel with Rev. Billy Carty officiating. Interment will be in Laurel
Grove Cemetery, Norton. Pallbearers will be family members and friends.
Visitation will be 6-9 p.m. Saturday at funeral home.
    Funeral arrangements cared for by Carty Funeral Home, Norton-Wise.