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DATE: WEDNESDAY, December 8, 1993                   TAG: 9312080256
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-2   EDITION: METRO 
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OBIT THOMPSON, SAMUEL A. JR

THOMPSON, Samuel A. Jr, 74, of Roanoke, died Sunday, December 5, 1993, in a local hospital. Mr. Thompson was an elder at Second Presbyterian Church. He was one of the original founding members of the Roanoke Chapter of Mended Hearts. Mr. Thompson was a former pharmaceutical representative in Roanoke and Southwest Virginia. He was a 32nd degree mason and a member of Lakeland Lodge #190. During World War II, he served as a captain in the Marine Corps. He is survived by his wife, Page Duke Thompson; two sons, Samuel A. Thompson III and wife, Glenda, Charlotte, N.C., Charles Duke Thompson and wife, Patricia, Chapel Hill, N.C.; one brother, Charles E. Thompson, Mt. Olive, N.C.; three grandsons, Matthew, Benjamin and Scott Thompson. A memorial service will be held at Second Presbyterian Church, 1 p.m. Wednesday, December 8, 1993, with Dr. William R. Klein officiating. The family will receive friends at the church following the memorial service. Interment will be in Maplewood Cemetery, Mt. Olive, N.C., 2 p.m. Thursday, December 9, 1993. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials be made to Second Presbyterian Church Fund, 214 Mountain Ave., S.W., Roanoke, VA 24016 or Mended Hearts Assn., P.O. Box 20544, Roanoke, VA 24018. Arrangements by Oakey's Roanoke Chapel.



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