Carl Wayne Gray Genealogies
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Thompson, Sam
1931 - 2001 (69 years)-
Name Thompson, Sam Birth 11 Aug 1931 [1, 2] Gender Male Reference Number THOM.S008 _FGRAVE 21120968 Military Service Korean War, Radioman First Class (RD1), United States Navy [3] 
United States of America Flag, 48 Stars (1912-1959)
In 1912, two stars were added to the United States flag, representing Arizona and New Mexico, bringing the total number of stars to 48. They were arranged in six rows of eight stars each. American fighting men would fight under this flag during four wars: World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the beginning of the Vietnam War. (In 1959,…
United States Navy 
United States Navy Korea Korean War
(1950-1953)
United States Navy Enlisted Rates Death 23 Jun 2001 [1, 4] Burial Rusk Cemetery, Flora, Clay County, Illinois 
[1, 3] 
Headstone, Thompson, Sam and Bertha M. Person ID I34017 Carl Wayne Gray Research Last Modified 23 Feb 2024
Father Thompson, Louie Robert, b. 26 Sep 1905 d. 22 Jan 1987 (Age 81 years) Mother Coble, Evalena Selma 'Evie', b. 2 Apr 1901, Flora, Clay County, Illinois d. 26 Dec 1982, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois (Age 81 years) Family ID F11530 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Smith, Bertha May, b. 19 Sep 1930, Rochester, Monroe County, New York d. 4 Dec 2014, Clay County Hospital, Flora, Clay County, Illinois (Age 84 years) Marriage 9 Apr 1955 San Diego, San Diego County, California Family ID F13941 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 31 Jan 2023
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Event Map 
Marriage - 9 Apr 1955 - San Diego, San Diego County, California 
Burial - - Rusk Cemetery, Flora, Clay County, Illinois = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - Herald & Review (Decatur, IL) - Monday, June 25, 2001
Deceased Name: Thompson 69, Clay City, farmer, died Saturday (June 23, 2001).
Services: 1 p.m. Wednesday, Frank & Bright Funeral Home, Flora.
Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday.
Burial: Rusk Cemetery, Flora, with military rites.
Memorials: St. Thomas Episcopal Church.
- Herald & Review (Decatur, IL) - Monday, June 25, 2001
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Sources - [S10549] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Thompson, Sam and Bertha M., (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=21120968), none. (Reliability: 2).
- [S3045] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, Stanford Township, Clay County, Illinois, (District 13-20), image 20, page 10a, (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2442/M-T0627-00769-00480?backurl=https%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.as) (Reliability: 2).
- [S10551] https://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Thompson, Sam, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21120968/sam_thompson), none. (Reliability: 2).
- [S10550] http://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Thompson, Bertha May, 84, (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=21120968), none. (Reliability: 2).
- [S10549] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Thompson, Sam and Bertha M., (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=21120968), none. (Reliability: 2).