Born in Oconee County, a son of the late Henry Justice Thompson and the late Mae Moore Thompson, Mr. Thompson retired from Owens Corning Fiberglas with thirty-five years of service. He was a member of Easley First Baptist Church where he belonged to the Eller Sunday School Class and was active in the church prison ministry. He was a U.S. Army National Guard Veteran.
Tab was an avid outdoorsman enjoying fishing and shooting. He had a passion for building things and repairing anything that needed attention, especially firearms. Tab loved his family dearly and loved spending time with them. He will be deeply missed by all that loved and knew him.
Surviving, in addition to his wife of sixty-five years, are his son, Dr. Tab E. Thompson and his wife, Dr. Katherine C. Thompson, of Columbia; his daughter, Deborah Hasty and her husband, Steven, of Travelers Rest; ; two sisters, Donna Styles and her husband, Charles, of Travelers Rest, and Margaret Dillard and her husband, Billy, of Anderson; four grandchildren, Henry Pate Hasty, JohnHenry Tab Thompson and his wife, Sophie, Jesse Leigh Hasty and Luke Tellis Thompson; and two great-grandchildren, Poppy Louise Thompson and Tab Ernest Thompson. In addition to his parents, Tab was predeceased by six brothers, Carlisle Thompson, James Thompson, Jack Thompson, Floyd "Git" Thompson, Harold "Buggs" Thompson and David Thompson; and three sisters, Viola "Bokie" Griffin, Ninetta Spearman and Fredda Acker.
Burial at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Anderson.
Born in Oconee County, a son of the late Henry Justice Thompson and the late Mae Moore Thompson, Mr. Thompson retired from Owens Corning Fiberglas with thirty-five years of service. He was a member of Easley First Baptist Church where he belonged to the Eller Sunday School Class and was active in the church prison ministry. He was a U.S. Army National Guard Veteran.
Tab was an avid outdoorsman enjoying fishing and shooting. He had a passion for building things and repairing anything that needed attention, especially firearms. Tab loved his family dearly and loved spending time with them. He will be deeply missed by all that loved and knew him.
Surviving, in addition to his wife of sixty-five years, are his son, Dr. Tab E. Thompson and his wife, Dr. Katherine C. Thompson, of Columbia; his daughter, Deborah Hasty and her husband, Steven, of Travelers Rest; ; two sisters, Donna Styles and her husband, Charles, of Travelers Rest, and Margaret Dillard and her husband, Billy, of Anderson; four grandchildren, Henry Pate Hasty, JohnHenry Tab Thompson and his wife, Sophie, Jesse Leigh Hasty and Luke Tellis Thompson; and two great-grandchildren, Poppy Louise Thompson and Tab Ernest Thompson. In addition to his parents, Tab was predeceased by six brothers, Carlisle Thompson, James Thompson, Jack Thompson, Floyd "Git" Thompson, Harold "Buggs" Thompson and David Thompson; and three sisters, Viola "Bokie" Griffin, Ninetta Spearman and Fredda Acker.
Burial at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Anderson.
Family Members
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William Carlisle Thompson Sr
1920–1996
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Mary Viola Thompson Griffin
1922–2017
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Ninetta Chastain Thompson Spearman
1923–2007
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Fredda Louise Thompson Acker
1925–1980
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James Henry Thompson
1927–2012
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Henry Jackson "Papa Jack" Thompson
1929–2023
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Floyd Wallace Thompson
1932–1991
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Harold Eugene Thompson
1935–1981
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