TITLE:  Robert Tullie Thompson

SOURCE:  The Post and Courier, June 25, 2001

SUBMITTED:  The Post and Courier

FORMATTED:  Kim Grissom, June 2001

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Mr. Robert Tullie Thompson, 75 years of age, of 6818 Wire Road, 
Branchville, died at his home on June 24, 2001. Mr. Thompson was born 
near Branchville, a son of the late Richard Jesse Thompson and Mamie 
Crook Thompson. He was a graduate of Branchville High School, served in
the U.S. Army during World War II in the European Theater, he was a 
recipient of the Bronze Star, and he also took part in the liberation 
of prisoners and the occupation of Germany following VE Day. Mr. 
Thompson was a faithful member of Prospect Southern Methodist Church, 
and a member of the Senior Adult Class. He was a Mason, a farmer by 
occupation, and a trustee of the Cattle Creek Campground. Funeral 
services will be conducted Tuesday, June 26, at 4 p.m., at the Prospect 
Southern Methodist Church with the Rev. Larry Sprague, Rev. Robert 
Ethridge, and the Rev. Jerry Craig Thompson, with interment in the 
Thompson Cemetery, Rigby Road, Branchville. Visitation will be from 7 
to 9 p.m., Monday, June 25, at the OTT FUNERAL HOME IN BRANCHVILLE. 
Pallbearers will be Samuel Alva Murray, Donald Edwin Kirven, Sr., Dr. 
Robert Allen Varn, Gerald Atmar Thompson, Jr., Toby Wayne Dukes, Albert
Thompson, Jr., James Lewis, and Tommy Wolfe. Honorary pallbearers will 
be the surviving members of the Eastern Carolina Baseball League 
Conference, and the T&M Hunting Club. Mr. Thompson is survived by his 
wife, Mrs. Mary Emma Eaddy Thompson of Branchville, two daughters, Mrs.
Kathy Thompson Beeks, and Mrs. Sharon Thompson Pinckney, both of 
Branchville, three brothers, Mr. Richard Ernest Thompson, Mr. Samuel 
Heyward Thompson, and Mr. Gerald Atmar Thompson, Sr., all of 
Branchville, two sisters, Mrs. Grady (Emma Mae) Calvin Murray, Sr., of 
Grover, and Mrs. Gaynell Thompson Cannon of Columbia, a foster sister, 
Mrs. Julian (Mildred) Baker of Harleyville, six grandchildren, Ethan 
Robert Beeks, Rachel Timms Billbrough, David Thompson Pinckney, 
Julianna Kathleen Beeks, Nicholas Jarvis Pinckney, Jr., and Melissa 
Pinckney Wiles, two great grandsons, 14 nieces and nephews, a number 
of great nieces and nephews, and a host of cousins and friends. 
Memorials may be made to the Prospect Southern Methodist Church, 
Branchville, S.C., c/o Mrs. Wayne Freeman, Church Treasurer, Rigby 
Road, Branchville, S.C. 29432, or to the charity of one's choice. 
(The Post and Courier June 25, 2001)


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