Mr. Thompson was born September 5, 1866 in Macon county at Excello. His father was William Thompson and his mother was the former Mary Palmer. He went to school at St. James Military Academy at Macon and attended Missouri University. He graduated from Medical College of the University of Maryland at Baltimore in 1892. He practiced medicine in Dows, Iowa and in Macon. In 1901 he took up farming where he spent the rest of his life until his health failed him.
He is survived by his wife, Margaret Stiles Thompson and two sons, Howard Thompson and Harry L. Thompson, both of near Clarence, and four grandchildren, Charlotte Ann Pflum, Lewis Thompson, Margaret Thompson and Herman Thompson, also 3 great grandchldren.
He is a member of the Bethlehem Methodist Church, south west of Clarence located in Macon county. He is also a member of Clarence Masonic Lodge 662.
Services will be held Tuesday at the Greening Funeral home at 2 p.m. with Rev. William Knowles officiating, assisted by Rev. Arthur Hampton. There will be Masonic Rites at the funeral home. Burial will be in the Maplewood Mausoleum.
Mr. Thompson was born September 5, 1866 in Macon county at Excello. His father was William Thompson and his mother was the former Mary Palmer. He went to school at St. James Military Academy at Macon and attended Missouri University. He graduated from Medical College of the University of Maryland at Baltimore in 1892. He practiced medicine in Dows, Iowa and in Macon. In 1901 he took up farming where he spent the rest of his life until his health failed him.
He is survived by his wife, Margaret Stiles Thompson and two sons, Howard Thompson and Harry L. Thompson, both of near Clarence, and four grandchildren, Charlotte Ann Pflum, Lewis Thompson, Margaret Thompson and Herman Thompson, also 3 great grandchldren.
He is a member of the Bethlehem Methodist Church, south west of Clarence located in Macon county. He is also a member of Clarence Masonic Lodge 662.
Services will be held Tuesday at the Greening Funeral home at 2 p.m. with Rev. William Knowles officiating, assisted by Rev. Arthur Hampton. There will be Masonic Rites at the funeral home. Burial will be in the Maplewood Mausoleum.
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