Thompson, Sam

1931 - 2001  (69 years)

• Name	Thompson, Sam
  Birth	11 Aug 1931  [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	THOM.S008
  _FGRAVE	21120968
  Military Service	Korean War, Radioman First Class (RD1), United States Navy  [3]
  		United States of America Flag, 48 Stars (1912-1959) In 1912, two stars were added to the United States flag, representing Arizona and New Mexico, bringing the total number of stars to 48. They were arranged in six rows of eight stars each. American fighting men would fight under this flag during four wars: World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the beginning of the Vietnam War. (In 1959,…
  		United States Navy
  		United States Navy
  		Korea
  		Korean War (1950-1953)
  		United States Navy Enlisted Rates
  Death	23 Jun 2001  [1, 4]
  Burial	Rusk Cemetery, Flora, Clay County, Illinois   [1, 3]
  		Headstone, Thompson, Sam and Bertha M.
  Person ID	I34017	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	23 Feb 2024

  
  

  Father	Thompson, Louie Robert,   b. 26 Sep 1905   d. 22 Jan 1987 (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Coble, Evalena Selma 'Evie',   b. 2 Apr 1901, Flora, Clay County, Illinois d. 26 Dec 1982, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois (Age 81 years)
  Family ID	F11530	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Smith, Bertha May,   b. 19 Sep 1930, Rochester, Monroe County, New York d. 4 Dec 2014, Clay County Hospital, Flora, Clay County, Illinois (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	9 Apr 1955	San Diego, San Diego County, California
  Age at Marriage	He was 23 years and 8 months - She was 24 years and 7 months.
  Family ID	F13941	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Jan 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Marriage - 9 Apr 1955 - San Diego, San Diego County, California Burial - - Rusk Cemetery, Flora, Clay County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Herald & Review (Decatur, IL) - Monday, June 25, 2001 Deceased Name: Thompson 69, Clay City, farmer, died Saturday (June 23, 2001). Services: 1 p.m. Wednesday, Frank & Bright Funeral Home, Flora. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday. Burial: Rusk Cemetery, Flora, with military rites. Memorials: St. Thomas Episcopal Church.

  
  

• Sources

  [S10549] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Thompson, Sam and Bertha M., (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=21120968), none. (Reliability: 2). [S3045] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, Stanford Township, Clay County, Illinois, (District 13-20), image 20, page 10a, (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2442/M-T0627-00769-00480?backurl=https%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.as) (Reliability: 2). [S10551] https://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Thompson, Sam, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21120968/sam_thompson), none. (Reliability: 2). [S10550] http://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Thompson, Bertha May, 84, (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=21120968), none. (Reliability: 2).