Date of birth: 09 Apr 1889
Date of death: 11 Sep 1991

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Burial Information

Section 01 (Click Here for Section Map)
Cemetery: Odd Fellows Cemetery
Plot: 0969-02
Status: Occupied

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Veteran Information

Branch: US ARMY
War/Campaign: WORLD WAR I

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Notes

Obituary
W. O. Thompson
Funeral services for W. O. Thompson, 102, of Lexington were held Friday, September 13 at 11:00 a.m., in Southern Funeral Home Chapel in Lexington. Rev. Tom Hollowell was the officiating minister. Interment was in Odd Fellows Cemetery in Lexington.

Mr. Thompson, one of Lexington's oldest residents, died Wednesday, September 11 at his residence.

A native of Tennessee, he was born April 9, 1889 in Perry County. He was a retired Lexington City Tax Collector, a member of First Methodist Church of Lexington, and a World War I Army veteran. He and Mrs. Thompson had been married for 65 years.

Survivors include his wife, Maude Vise Thompson of Lexington; two daughters, Doris Ellison of Lexington and Helen Baird of Marshall, Texas; three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Serving as active pallbearers were Dale Powers, Doug Aldrìdge, Holt Smith, Billy Ellis, Chick Weathersby, Billy Cash, and Frank Hughes.

The Holmes County Herald
Lexington, MS
September 19, 1991

Family Relations of William Osco Thompson

Parents:
William Riley Thompson
Ida Jane Thompson

Siblings:
Perry Polk Thompson
William Osco Thompson
Robert E. Thompson
Grady McKinley Thompson
Myrtle Thompson Crawley
Lester Brown Thompson
Nora Bell Thompson Vise

Spouse:
Maude Vise Thompson

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