by Bhavesh Jinadra by CNB
Roanoke Times Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc. DATE: FRIDAY, April 9, 1993 TAG: 9304090364 SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B2 EDITION: METRO SOURCE: DATELINE: LENGTH: Short
OBIT-THOMPSON, MS. ALTA MAI
THOMPSON, Ms. Alta Mai, 91, of the Richfield Nursing Center, Salem, passed away Monday, April 5, 1993. She was a retired teacher from the Roanoke City Schools, where she taught French and English at Lucy Addison High School at its original location on Douglas Ave., which now houses the administration offices of Roanoke City Schools and at the new location, when it was built on Orange Ave., N.W. She was one of the first music directors at the school at its original location, and was a talented writer of poems and essays which she passed on to her students. She was widely renowed to those she taught and with whom she worked in those days. She was one of the founding members of St. Gerard Catholic Church. Survivors include a son, Michael Thompson, and grandchildren of Washington, D.C.; and other relatives. Funeral services will be held Saturday, 11 a.m. at the Hamlar-Curtis Chapel with Father Louis Benoit officiating. Friends may call on Friday at the Hamlar-Curtis Funeral Home. A memorial service will be conducted by the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Friday at 7 p.m.