Person:Rufus Thompson (5)

The Burlington, N.C., Daily Times-News Monday, July 7, 1947 Rufus A. Thompson

    Rufus A. Thompson, 70, succumbed at about 5:30 Sunday afternoon at his Haw River home after a critical illness of five days. The aged native of Alamance county had been in failing health for nine months.
    The son of the late William Thompson and Mrs. Polly Hornaday Thompson, the retired farmer was a birthright member of Cane Creek Friends Church.
    Surviving are his wife Mrs. Ella Thompson of Haw River, three daughters, Mrs. R. H. Waddell and Mrs. J. C. Hannah of Haw River and Mrs. Floyd Brewer of Graham; a son, A. H. Thompson of Haw River, two sisters. Mrs. Grant Thompson of Robins and Miss Effie Thompson of Burlington; six brothers, Thomas C. and Junie Thompson of Burlington and Lanty, Gurney, Jasper and Minter Thompson, all of Snow Camp; 15 grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
    Funeral services will be conducted by the Rev. Fred R. Pfisterer, pastor of the Haw River Methodist Church and Rev. J. Waldo Woody, pastor of the Cane Creek Friends church, at the latter near Snow Camp at 3:30 Tuesday afternoon. The body will lie in state 30 minutes prior to the funeral in the Cane Creek church. Burial will follow in the Cane Creek Church cemetery.

1. ↑ Gary Thompson - [Notes from Gary] - The data came from a survey by Mr. & Mrs. L S Hornaday, Jr. compiled in 1981. Much of the data recorded was not included on the stones, but was added from meeting records abstracted by Miss Wilma Griffin, familly members. Cane Creek Friends Meeting - Cemetery transcription. (http://cemeterycensus.com/nc/alam/cem043.htm).