Ewell Smith Thompson died May 27, 2003, at his home in Oak Ridge.
Born on Dec. 6, 1919, he was the youngest of six children of Dr. M.E. Thompson and Etta Boshears Thompson of Oneida, both now deceased. A member of First United Methodist Church, he was also a member of the American Legion and the B.P.O.E.
After attending the University of Tennessee, Mr. Thompson served as an officer in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II and was stationed in England, Belgium and Germany. Following the war, he and his wife, Clarice, moved to Oak Ridge, where he worked for Union Carbide until his retirement in 1980 as manager of the telephone communications department. He was one of the founding members of the K-25 Credit Union in Oak Ridge and served as treasurer for 25 years.
Mr. Thompson is survived by his wife of 60 years, Clarice Evans Thompson; two daughters, Anne Parker and husband, Stephen, of Atlanta, Ga. and Jane Bolton and husband, Fred, of Los Alamos, N.M.; and six grandchildren, Ellen Elizabeth Parker, of Boston, Mass., David Ewell Parker, of Boulder, Colo., Sarah Webb Parker, of Atlanta, Ga., Laura Elizabeth Bolton, Caroline Anne Bolton and Evan Fredric Bolton, all of Los Alamos.
A graveside service will be at 10 a.m. Thursday May 29, 2003, at Oak Ridge Memorial Park.
The family requests that any memorials be made in the form of donations to the Discretionary Fund of the First United Methodist Church, 1350 Oak Ridge Turnpike, Oak Ridge, TN, 37830 or to a charity of the donor's choice.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday in the parlor of First United Methodist Church.
Weatherford Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
Published in The Oak Ridger, May 28, 2003
Born on Dec. 6, 1919, he was the youngest of six children of Dr. M.E. Thompson and Etta Boshears Thompson of Oneida, both now deceased. A member of First United Methodist Church, he was also a member of the American Legion and the B.P.O.E.
After attending the University of Tennessee, Mr. Thompson served as an officer in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II and was stationed in England, Belgium and Germany. Following the war, he and his wife, Clarice, moved to Oak Ridge, where he worked for Union Carbide until his retirement in 1980 as manager of the telephone communications department. He was one of the founding members of the K-25 Credit Union in Oak Ridge and served as treasurer for 25 years.
Mr. Thompson is survived by his wife of 60 years, Clarice Evans Thompson; two daughters, Anne Parker and husband, Stephen, of Atlanta, Ga. and Jane Bolton and husband, Fred, of Los Alamos, N.M.; and six grandchildren, Ellen Elizabeth Parker, of Boston, Mass., David Ewell Parker, of Boulder, Colo., Sarah Webb Parker, of Atlanta, Ga., Laura Elizabeth Bolton, Caroline Anne Bolton and Evan Fredric Bolton, all of Los Alamos.
A graveside service will be at 10 a.m. Thursday May 29, 2003, at Oak Ridge Memorial Park.
The family requests that any memorials be made in the form of donations to the Discretionary Fund of the First United Methodist Church, 1350 Oak Ridge Turnpike, Oak Ridge, TN, 37830 or to a charity of the donor's choice.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday in the parlor of First United Methodist Church.
Weatherford Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
Published in The Oak Ridger, May 28, 2003
Ewell Smith Thompson died May 27, 2003, at his home in Oak Ridge.
Born on Dec. 6, 1919, he was the youngest of six children of Dr. M.E. Thompson and Etta Boshears Thompson of Oneida, both now deceased. A member of First United Methodist Church, he was also a member of the American Legion and the B.P.O.E.
After attending the University of Tennessee, Mr. Thompson served as an officer in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II and was stationed in England, Belgium and Germany. Following the war, he and his wife, Clarice, moved to Oak Ridge, where he worked for Union Carbide until his retirement in 1980 as manager of the telephone communications department. He was one of the founding members of the K-25 Credit Union in Oak Ridge and served as treasurer for 25 years.
Mr. Thompson is survived by his wife of 60 years, Clarice Evans Thompson; two daughters, Anne Parker and husband, Stephen, of Atlanta, Ga. and Jane Bolton and husband, Fred, of Los Alamos, N.M.; and six grandchildren, Ellen Elizabeth Parker, of Boston, Mass., David Ewell Parker, of Boulder, Colo., Sarah Webb Parker, of Atlanta, Ga., Laura Elizabeth Bolton, Caroline Anne Bolton and Evan Fredric Bolton, all of Los Alamos.
A graveside service will be at 10 a.m. Thursday May 29, 2003, at Oak Ridge Memorial Park.
The family requests that any memorials be made in the form of donations to the Discretionary Fund of the First United Methodist Church, 1350 Oak Ridge Turnpike, Oak Ridge, TN, 37830 or to a charity of the donor's choice.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday in the parlor of First United Methodist Church.
Weatherford Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
Published in The Oak Ridger, May 28, 2003
Born on Dec. 6, 1919, he was the youngest of six children of Dr. M.E. Thompson and Etta Boshears Thompson of Oneida, both now deceased. A member of First United Methodist Church, he was also a member of the American Legion and the B.P.O.E.
After attending the University of Tennessee, Mr. Thompson served as an officer in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II and was stationed in England, Belgium and Germany. Following the war, he and his wife, Clarice, moved to Oak Ridge, where he worked for Union Carbide until his retirement in 1980 as manager of the telephone communications department. He was one of the founding members of the K-25 Credit Union in Oak Ridge and served as treasurer for 25 years.
Mr. Thompson is survived by his wife of 60 years, Clarice Evans Thompson; two daughters, Anne Parker and husband, Stephen, of Atlanta, Ga. and Jane Bolton and husband, Fred, of Los Alamos, N.M.; and six grandchildren, Ellen Elizabeth Parker, of Boston, Mass., David Ewell Parker, of Boulder, Colo., Sarah Webb Parker, of Atlanta, Ga., Laura Elizabeth Bolton, Caroline Anne Bolton and Evan Fredric Bolton, all of Los Alamos.
A graveside service will be at 10 a.m. Thursday May 29, 2003, at Oak Ridge Memorial Park.
The family requests that any memorials be made in the form of donations to the Discretionary Fund of the First United Methodist Church, 1350 Oak Ridge Turnpike, Oak Ridge, TN, 37830 or to a charity of the donor's choice.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday in the parlor of First United Methodist Church.
Weatherford Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
Published in The Oak Ridger, May 28, 2003
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