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Walter Wilson Thompson Sr.

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Walter Wilson Thompson Sr.

Birth
Lumber City, Telfair County, Georgia, USA
Death
12 Mar 2012 (aged 91)
Hazlehurst, Jeff Davis County, Georgia, USA
Burial
Hazlehurst, Jeff Davis County, Georgia, USA Add to Map
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MILES FUNERAL HOME IN HAZLEHURST ANNOUNCES THE FUNERAL SERVICE FOR MR. WALTER WILSON THOMPSON, SR. AGE 91, OF HAZLEHURST, WHO PASSED AWAY MONDAY, MARCH 12, 2012. SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT 2 PM WEDNESDAY IN THE CHAPEL OF MILES FUNERAL HOME.

REV. J. BARRY OWENS & REV. RODNEY PORTER WILL OFFICIATE WITH BURIAL IN THE HAZLEHURST CITY CEMETERY.

MR. THOMPSON WAS BORN IN LUMBER CITY BUT, HAD LIVED MOST OF HIS LIFE IN HAZLEHURST. HE WAS THE SON OF THE LATE EUGENE PHILYAW THOMPSON & MARGIE LOWERY THOMPSON. MR. THOMPSON WAS RETIRED FROM COOK & COMPANY. HE WAS OWNER/OPERATOR OF THOMPSON'S JEWELERS, THE THEATER & THOMPSON'S LOCKSMITH. HE WAS PAST MASTER OF MASONIC LODGE #283, PAST GRANDMASTER OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA; 33 % SCOTTISH RITE MASON, PAST WORTHY PATRON OF EASTERN STAR #402, MR. THOMPSON WAS A FORMER BUILDING CODE INSPECTOR FOR HAZLEHURST, McRAE, MILAN & ALAMO. HE WAS A CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, AND AN ARCHITECT. HE ALSO ENJOYED PHOTOGRAPHY, GOLFING & HUNTING. MR. THOMPSON WAS A MEMBER OF THE FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH.

SURVIVORS INCLUDE: WIFE: JUANITA FINDLEY THOMPSON OF HAZLEHURST; DAUGHTER: LENITA THOMPSON OF HAZLEHURST; SONS & DAUGHTERS-IN-LAW: WALTER THOMPSON, JR. & LYNN OF HAZLEHURST, GARY & WANNELL THOMPSON OF DUBLIN; SISTER: JACKIE CARTER; GRANDCHILDREN: CHERIE DOUTHIT, DEANNA & ED BRADLEY, DREI THOMPSON, STEPHANIE & DOUGLAS MOSS, ANDRIEA MIMBS & MARIA THOMPSON & 11 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN; SISTER-IN-LAW: MARJORIE THOMPSON; SEVERAL OTHER RELATIVES ALSO SURVIVE.

VISITATION WILL BE WEDNESDAY FROM 1-2 PM AT MILES FUNERAL HOME IN HAZLEHURST.
MILES FUNERAL HOME IN HAZLEHURST ANNOUNCES THE FUNERAL SERVICE FOR MR. WALTER WILSON THOMPSON, SR. AGE 91, OF HAZLEHURST, WHO PASSED AWAY MONDAY, MARCH 12, 2012. SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT 2 PM WEDNESDAY IN THE CHAPEL OF MILES FUNERAL HOME.

REV. J. BARRY OWENS & REV. RODNEY PORTER WILL OFFICIATE WITH BURIAL IN THE HAZLEHURST CITY CEMETERY.

MR. THOMPSON WAS BORN IN LUMBER CITY BUT, HAD LIVED MOST OF HIS LIFE IN HAZLEHURST. HE WAS THE SON OF THE LATE EUGENE PHILYAW THOMPSON & MARGIE LOWERY THOMPSON. MR. THOMPSON WAS RETIRED FROM COOK & COMPANY. HE WAS OWNER/OPERATOR OF THOMPSON'S JEWELERS, THE THEATER & THOMPSON'S LOCKSMITH. HE WAS PAST MASTER OF MASONIC LODGE #283, PAST GRANDMASTER OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA; 33 % SCOTTISH RITE MASON, PAST WORTHY PATRON OF EASTERN STAR #402, MR. THOMPSON WAS A FORMER BUILDING CODE INSPECTOR FOR HAZLEHURST, McRAE, MILAN & ALAMO. HE WAS A CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, AND AN ARCHITECT. HE ALSO ENJOYED PHOTOGRAPHY, GOLFING & HUNTING. MR. THOMPSON WAS A MEMBER OF THE FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH.

SURVIVORS INCLUDE: WIFE: JUANITA FINDLEY THOMPSON OF HAZLEHURST; DAUGHTER: LENITA THOMPSON OF HAZLEHURST; SONS & DAUGHTERS-IN-LAW: WALTER THOMPSON, JR. & LYNN OF HAZLEHURST, GARY & WANNELL THOMPSON OF DUBLIN; SISTER: JACKIE CARTER; GRANDCHILDREN: CHERIE DOUTHIT, DEANNA & ED BRADLEY, DREI THOMPSON, STEPHANIE & DOUGLAS MOSS, ANDRIEA MIMBS & MARIA THOMPSON & 11 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN; SISTER-IN-LAW: MARJORIE THOMPSON; SEVERAL OTHER RELATIVES ALSO SURVIVE.

VISITATION WILL BE WEDNESDAY FROM 1-2 PM AT MILES FUNERAL HOME IN HAZLEHURST.


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