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Emory Bassett Thompson

Male 1905 - 1979  (73 years)


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  • Name Emory Bassett Thompson 
    Born 15 Oct 1905  Palestine, Anderson County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 24 Apr 1979 
    Notes 
    • Emory moved to San Antonio while in high school, where he went to the
      San Antonio Military Academy and Waxahachie University after graduation. He
      was an excellent football player, boxer, golfer, hunter, pigeon racer, and
      storyteller. He was in the Navy during World War II in the Pacific and
      discharged as a Lt. Commander. He worked in security bonding for several years
      and co-owned the Austin Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company.
    Person ID I20216  1A William Bassett of Plymouth
    Last Modified 23 Sep 2011 

    Father Emory Brown Thompson,   b. 29 Oct 1869, Cherokee County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Dec 1936, Palestine, Anderson County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years) 
    Relationship Natural 
    Mother Edna Foree Bassett,   b. 31 Jul 1881, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. May 1972  (Age 90 years) 
    Relationship Natural 
    Married 23 Feb 1898  Palestine, Anderson County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Married

      At the residence of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Basset
      Palmer street, Palestine, Texas, at 7:15 p.m., Wednesday, February 23, 1898,
      Mr. Emery B. Thompson to Miss Edna Bassett, Rev. R.R. Hamlin officiating.
      This was a very quiet home wedding, only members of the families and a
      few friends being present.
      The attendants were Miss Eva Thompson, sister of the bridegroom, and
      Mr. Harry Bassett, brother of the bride; Miss Sadie McLeod and Mr. P.
      McBrearty of Taylor.
      The bride wore a handsome suit of navy blue silk henrietta clot
      trimmed with light and dark blue velvet, with cascade of elegant lace at side
      of corsage. Miss Thompson wore a pretty street suit of navy blue, trimmed with
      white braid. Miss McCloud also wore a street suit of brown cloth, with vest of
      pink satin and trimmed with lace. The gentlemen all appeared in handsome black
      suits.
      After congratulations the company were invited out to an elegant
      spread of cake, fruit, coffee and chocolate, served in the dining ro
      colored waiters, in white gloves, etc.
      This evening, Mrs. Thompson, mother of the bridegroom, will give a
      lunch and reception to the newly wedded couple at their elegant residence on
      Langston street.
      Mr. Thompson is a popular young railroad man, and Miss Edna is a
      native of Palestine, where she has spent the bright years of girlhood, and
      numbers her friends by the hundreds. The ADVOCATE joins with many in its
      felicitations to the young people and all wish for them only the happie
      future. May their lives be like their wedding day -- all sunshine.
    Family ID F06061  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Loretta Chapman,   b. 14 Oct 1907,   d. Deceased 
    Married 12 Nov 1929 
    Children 
    +1. Emory Chapman Thompson,   b. 19 Jun 1931, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Mar 2011, Austin, Travis County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
    Family ID F07939  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart