Wednesday, March 13, 1963
Heart Attack Is Fatal Friday For Comer Thompson
Funeral services for Comer Lee Thompson were held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in the Eakly Methodist church with Rev. Gene Nease, Alfalfa Methodist pastor, officiating. Rev. Glen Balch, Eakly pastor, assisted. Burial was in the Eakly cemetery with Pitcher Funeral Home in charge.
A resident of the Caddo Star community, northeast of Carnegie, for fifty years, Thompson died early Friday morning at his home immediately after suffering a heart attack. He had been to the doctor several days prior to the attack but had continued with his carpentry work at Eakly.
He was born November 9, 1906, in New Mexico to W.O. and Lou Thompson. The family came to Oklahoma while he was yet a baby, settling in Comanche county. They moved a short time later to a farm in the Caddo Star community.
He was a veteran of World War II. He entered the service in 1942 and received his honorable discharge October 22, 194.
Surviving him are his mother of the home; three brothers, Ted of the home, Lex of Alfalfa and Floyd of Mangum, Mrs. Fairy Skaggs, Crescent, Okla.; seven nephews, four nieces and other relatives.
Wednesday, March 13, 1963
Heart Attack Is Fatal Friday For Comer Thompson
Funeral services for Comer Lee Thompson were held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in the Eakly Methodist church with Rev. Gene Nease, Alfalfa Methodist pastor, officiating. Rev. Glen Balch, Eakly pastor, assisted. Burial was in the Eakly cemetery with Pitcher Funeral Home in charge.
A resident of the Caddo Star community, northeast of Carnegie, for fifty years, Thompson died early Friday morning at his home immediately after suffering a heart attack. He had been to the doctor several days prior to the attack but had continued with his carpentry work at Eakly.
He was born November 9, 1906, in New Mexico to W.O. and Lou Thompson. The family came to Oklahoma while he was yet a baby, settling in Comanche county. They moved a short time later to a farm in the Caddo Star community.
He was a veteran of World War II. He entered the service in 1942 and received his honorable discharge October 22, 194.
Surviving him are his mother of the home; three brothers, Ted of the home, Lex of Alfalfa and Floyd of Mangum, Mrs. Fairy Skaggs, Crescent, Okla.; seven nephews, four nieces and other relatives.
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