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Submitted: 3/13/15 • Approved: 3/21/15 • Last Updated: 3/24/15 • R1065298-G0-S3
PRIVATE US Army
World War I
November 24, 1894 - December 12, 1975
(*Obituary)
Elisha D. Thompson, 81, of Jonesboro, died Friday afternoon in St. Bernard’s Regional Medical Center. Born in Sweetwater, Tenn., he spent most of his life in the Jonesboro area. He was a veteran of World War One and was retired from the Jonesboro Rice Mill.
Survivors include one sister, Mrs. Ethel Eason of Brookland; and two brothers, George Thompson of Kennett, Mo., and Hugh Thompson of West Memphis.
Funeral services will be Monday afternoon at 3 in the Farmer’s Union Funeral Chapel, Rev. Jimmy Davis officiating. Burial will be in Pleasant Grove Cemetery.
(Jonesboro Sun, Sunday, 14 Dec 1975, p. 6.)
(DOB, 24 Nov 1896, WWI Draft Registration Card, Ancestry.com)
(DOB, 24 Nov 1894, WW II Draft Registration Card, and U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010, Ancestry.com)
Contributed on 3/13/15 by ahbrown
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