Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, January 18, 1994 TAG: 9401180285
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C3 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: DALLAS, TEXAS LENGTH: Short
OBIT-THOMPSON, WARREN WESLEY, ("JINKS")
THOMPSON, Warren Wesley, ("Jinks"), 68, of Dallas, Texas, died Saturday,
January 15, 1994, in a Dallas hospital. He was born in Christiansburg, the son
of the late Elbert D. and Fannie Woolwine Thompson. Mr. Thompson was a retired
brick mason and a veteran of World War II, serving in the U.S. Navy. He is
survived by two sons, Ronald W. Thompson, Salem; Michael W. Thompson, Atlanta,
Ga.; two daughters, Claudia Kaye Simpson, Roanoke, Judy E. Thompson,
Chesapeake, Va.; three sisters, Leona Willett, and Frances Boyd, both of
Roanoke, Louise Bain, Kingston, N.J.; three brothers, Raymond Thompson, Salem,
Jerry Thompson, Roanoke, and Herbert Thompson, Marion, Ind.; seven
grandchildren; a special friend, Wynne McKay. Funeral services will be
conducted 11 a.m. Thursday at the John M. Oakey & Son Funeral Home in Salem,
by Father Ken Stofft. Burial will be in Sherwood Memorial Park. The family
will receive friends at the funeral home on Wednesday from 6 to 8 p.m.
Memorial contributions will be made to the American Lung Association of
Roanoke. John M. Oakey & Son in Salem is in charge of local arrangements.
by CNB