Martin Elmo Thompson's Obituary
Martin Elmo Thompson, 94, passed away Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at his residence. The family will receive friends from 9 a.m. until the service begins at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, October 1 at St. John Orthodox Church, 1663 Tutwiler Avenue, Memphis, TN. Interment will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery. He was preceded in death by his wife Martha Eudora Thompson and is survived by his daughter, Martha Berge (Don); sons, Jim Thompson (Patricia), Don Thompson (Carla); brother, Ralph G. Thompson (Sarah); 11 grandchildren and 25 great grandchildren. Mr. Thompson, a WWII veteran, was a freelance commercial artist, specializing in package design. He was active in the early years at Christ United Methodist Church with the Fisherman Ministry. The family requests memorials to be sent to Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Memorial Park Funeral Home, 5668 Poplar Ave. Memphis, TN 38119, (901)767-8930, “Behind the Stone Wall”.
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