Rose Aletha Cecil was born to Thomas Harrison "Tom" Cecil and Rose Aletha Spalding at Howardstown Nelson County, KY. Her grandparents were: Robert Aaron and Nancy A. (Newman) Cecil of Holy Cross, KY and Michael and Nancy (Willett) Spalding of Howardstown, KY.

She was baptized Rose Alethia Cecil, 9-06-1869, by Rev. Francis DeMeulder at St. Catherine Catholic Church, New Haven, KY. Birth date given was 9-02-1869 [actually Sep. 1, 1869.] Sponsor, Elizabeth Spalding. Parents: Thomas Cecil and Alethia Spalding.

Allie (Cecil) Thompson had a half-sister, Louisa A. "Lou" (Miller) Roberts, 1857-1915. Lou (Miller) Roberts was the daughter of William and Rose Aletha (Spalding ) Miller. Lou's father died in the explosion of a boiler on a train. Lou Miller married John C. Roberts and they are buried in Holy Cross Cemetery in Loretto, Ky.

On the 1910 Dist. 6, Marion Co., Ky Census, she is listed as Rosie A. Thompson, a 40 year old, Ky native, living with her husband, Joe L. Thompson, and children, Mary Edna, Thomas C., Joseph W., Elizabeth A., Charles R. and Robert A. Thompson. She had 9 children and 6 were alive at that time.

On the 1920 Raywick, Marion Co., Ky Census, she is listed as Rose A. Thompson, a 50 year old, Ky native, living with her husband, Joseph L. Thompson, and children, Thomas C., Joseph W., Elizabeth E., Charles R., Robert A. and Cecilia A. Thompson.

On the 1930 Raywick, Marion Co., Ky Census, she is listed as Allie Thompson, a 60 year old, Ky native, living with her husband, Joe L. Thompson, and children, Charles R. and Aloise Thompson.

Kentucky Death Records Certificate # 24500; full name, Rose A. Thompson; date of death, Oct. 23, 1933; place of death and residence, Raywick, Marion Co., Ky; female; white; married; wife of J. L. Thompson; date of birth, Sept. 1, 1869; age, 64 years, 1 month, 22 days; birthplace, Ky; occupation: wife; total time (years) spent in this occupation: 40 yrs; name of father, T. H. Cecil, birthplace, Ky; maiden name of mother, Aletha Spalding, birthplace, Ky; informant, J. L. Thompson, Raywick, Ky. The Principal cause of death and related causes of importance in order of onset were as follows: Carcinoma of lungs. Buried, 10/25/1933, in St. Francis Xavier Cemetery, Raywick, Ky.

LEBANON ENTERPRISE OBITUARY – 10/27/1933
DEATH CLOSES USEFUL LIFE - MRS. J. L. THOMPSON DIES AT RAYWICK AFTER LINGERING ILLNESS
Mrs. Rose Allie Cecil Thompson, 64 years old, wife of J.L. Thompson died at her home at 12:15 o'clock Monday afternoon [October 23, 1933] following an illness with which she had suffered for many months. For nearly a year she had been resigned to her approaching death and had been patient and brave. Her passing did not come unexpectedly. Mrs. Thompson was born September 1, 1869, a daughter of the late Thomas H. & Alethia Spalding Cecil, and had spent the last twenty-nine years of her life at Raywick. On January 8, 1890, she was united in marriage to Mr. Thompson, the ceremony having been performed at St. Ann's Church at Howardstown by a Rev. A. Reinhart. To the union were born ten children, three of whom died in infancy. Other than her husband, the survivng children are: Sister Mary Fides and Sister Rose Marie of Mount St. Joseph and Cecil, Raffo, Willard, and Albert and Aloise Thompson, all of this county. Three brothers, as follows, also survive: John G. Cecil of Raywick, T.J. Cecil of Gethsemani, and R.L. Cecil, of Vine Grove. Funeral services were conducted Wednesday morning at St. Francis Xavier by the pastor, Rev. F.X. Laemmle, and burial was in the church cemetery. Pallbearers were: C.R. Sweets, P.E. Hughes, J.S. Hughes, J.S. Hughes, T.C. Lamkin, W.S. Smith and Howard Luckett. Mrs. Thompson had a wide acquaintance; each acquaintance was a friend. A model wife and mother, her greatest happiness was found at her own fireside with the family congregated with her. Truly such was an exemplar will be missed not only by her own family, but by the entire community in which she lived, for the light of her example still shines down the pathway pointing out to others the beauty of such a life , reminding them, "They can make their lives sublime And departing, leave behind them Footsteps on the sands of time." All that tender, skillful; care could do was done for the deceased but the time had arrived for her to "cross the bar" and while the family was assembled beside her bed, she gently and sweetly "put out to sea."