Roanoke Times
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DATE: SUNDAY, March 3, 1991                   TAG: 9103030225
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ARCHITECT JOHN THOMPSON DIES

He was a retired architect with Thompson and Payne, and a member of Second Presbyterian Church. Thompson also served as a member of the city Planning Commission.

Thompson was a native of Roanoke and a graduate of Jefferson High School, which was called Roanoke High School at the time. He studied at the University of Virginia and Massachusetts Institute of Technology before returning to Roanoke to begin his career in architecture.

In a 1978 article in the Roanoke Times & World-News, Thompson said he had designed about 400 buildings in the Roanoke area since he started work as an architect in 1929.

When Thompson started a partnership with Frank Stone in 1940, he began devoting most of his time to designing buildings for colleges, including Radford University and Roanoke College. But he said in 1978 that he wished he had built more homes during his career, because "designing a house is more of a personal thing."

Thompson was preceded in death by his wife, Fannie B. Thompson. He is survived by his wife, Josephine T. Thompson; a son, John Botsford Thompson, Annapolis, Md.; three grandsons, John M. Thompson Jr., Truman Thompson and Hiley Thompson; a stepson, Carl Thomas Knudsen, Essex Fells, N.J.; three stepgrandchildren, Heidi Caslessle, Heather Holst-Knudsen and Mark Thomas Holst-Knudsen; and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services are pending and are tentatively scheduled for Tuesday.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial contributions be made to the American Cancer Society (P.O. Box 554, Roanoke, Va., 24003-0554). Friends may call at Oakey's Roanoke Chapel after 11 a.m. Sunday.

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