Glen Edward Thompson

GLEN EDWARD THOMPSON, 76, of Lavalette, W.Va., husband of Bertha Jean Thompson Thompson, passed to his heavenly home Wednesday, October 6, 2021 at St. Mary’s Medical Center.  He was born March 24, 1945 in Genoa, W.Va., to the late Emery and Sadie Workman Thompson.  His brothers Bobby Thompson and Jay B. Thompson also preceded him in death.  He was a 1963 graduate of Wayne High School; a US Army veteran serving at Frankfurt, Germany during the Vietnam War 1965-1968; retired from Special Metals Inc. as an electrician; and a member of Chadwick’s Creek Baptist Church in Catlettsburg, Ky. 

            He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Bertha Thompson; a son, Bryan Thompson and his children, Grace and Jacob Thompson of Lavalette; a daughter Robin Ann Thompson and her children Courtney Bays and Ivy Sigler; two sisters, Lou F. Webb of Wayne, and Nell R. Napier of Rittman, Oh.; a sister-in-law, Marlene Thompson of Wayne; and a host of family and friends too numerous to mention.

             Rev. Reginald Hill and Sam Preston will conduct graveside services for family and friends at 3 p.m. Monday, October 11, 2021 at Elmwood Cemetery Annex.  Procession will leave Johnson Tiller Funeral Home at 2:30 p.m.

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